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Hundreds of candidates who were shortlisted successful the 2019 recruitment for drivers and driver-cum-conductors successful North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC), staged a protestation successful Hubballi connected Friday seeking recruitment for each the notified posts and withdrew it aboriginal successful the time pursuing circumstantial assurance by Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy.
Earlier, they had gathered earlier the cardinal bureau of the NWKRTC connected Gokul Road and began their agitation. They were upset with the government’s determination of reducing the fig of posts notified earlier.
As per the recruitment notification of 2019, the NWKRTC had called for applications for filling up 2,814 posts of drivers and driver-cum-conductors. After completion of the documentation process and the trial of proficiency, the provisional database was published. But subsequently, the fig of posts was trimmed to 1,000, which had enraged occupation aspirants resulting successful a bid of protests successful the past mates of months. Subsequently the president and the MD of NWKRTC excessively had requested the authorities to licence filling up of the remaining 1,814 posts.
On Friday, arsenic Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy was scheduled to instrumentality portion successful the inauguration of the renovated caller cardinal autobus presumption successful Hubballi, the occupation aspirants congregated earlier the cardinal bureau nether the enactment of Subhash Singh Jamadar and staged a sit-in.
The protesting candidates were joined by BJP MLA Mahesh Tenginakai and MLC Pradeep Shettar, councillor Rajanna Koravi, and others.
Before participating successful the programme, Mr. Reddy and president of NWKRTC Bharamagouda (Raju) Kage heard their grievances and promised to look into the issue.
Later, Mr. Reddy called them for a treatment astatine the NWKRTC cardinal bureau successful which Labour Minister and territory successful complaint Santosh Lad, Mr. Tenginakai, NWKRTC MD Priyanga M., and Police Commissioner N. Shashikumar were besides present.
Mr. Jamadar told presspersons that during the meeting, Mr. Reddy promised them that 1,000 posts would beryllium filled up earlier December 8 and the remaining 814 posts would beryllium filled up aft taking up the contented with the Chief Minister and getting support from the Finance Department.
He besides said that Mr. Lad had besides promised to rise the contented with the Chief Minister during the adjacent Cabinet meeting. Following the assurances, it was resolved to telephone disconnected the agitation for the clip being, helium said.
