Kodihalli Chandrashekar (File photo)
BENGALURU: Employees of state transport corporations have found an unlikely hero in a farmer leader, who successfully led their protest to jolt the public transport administration and the government into action.
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) president Kodihalli Chandrashekar, who had not seen much success in the recent agitation against farm bills, triggered a panic wave when he was asked to lead the transport employees’ strike to draw attention of the authorities to their long-standing concerns.
The effect of his call for defiance was so instantaneous that more than 30,000 employees left their work and resorted to a strike. Finally, the government on Monday agreed to nine of the 10 demands, which Chandrashekar even forced the former to give in writing.