Continuing his tirade against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, senior Congress leader B. Janardhana Poojary on Tuesday said that the Chief Minister should have held negotiations with the striking transport workers to prevent inconvenience to general public and loss to the government.
“It is not late even now. The Chief Minister should keep aside his arrogant attitude and hold dialogue with striking workers,” Mr. Poojary told presspersons here. He said that even the transport employees are human beings and their grievances should have been heard. He said that he is completely with the transport workers. Unfortunately, the Chief Minister has failed to read the minds of the workers as well as the general public.
Mr. Poojary said that while the people had elected the Congress with lot of hopes and expectations, Mr. Siddaramaiah, who does not listen to anyone, has been ruining the Congress in the State. In fact, he is offering the government to the Bharatiya Janata Party, “not just on a Silver platter, but on a golden platter”, he said.
Karnataka had given two “wonderful” Union Ministers for Labour — Oscar Fernandes and M. Mallikarjun Kharge, Mr. Poojary said. Praising Mr. Fernandes for cleverly averting a national trade union strike, Mr. Poojary said that Mr. Siddaramaiah should have consulted these leaders to address the transport employees strike.
He cautioned Mr. Siddaramaiah that the High Command has been watching his functioning and that if he did not mend his ways, Mr. Fernandes or Mr. Kharge will be made the Chief Minister.
