Violent protest exterior Pawar’s home, slippers hit on the nameplate, Supriya Sule joined palms

Mumbai: Over 100 hanging staff of Maharashtra State Highway Transport Company (MSRTC) on Friday protested exterior Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar’s home in Mumbai and raised slogans in opposition to him. The protesters stated that Pawar did nothing to resolve their points. The police had been taken without warning as protesters gathered exterior Pawar’s residence ‘Silver Oak’ on Pedder Highway in south Mumbai at round 3 pm. The workers stated that they stood by their demand for merger of the company with the state authorities.

Hundreds of MSRTC staff are on strike since November 2021

Hundreds of MSRTC staff have been on strike since November 2021, demanding the standing of state authorities staff and merger of the company. Within the coalition authorities of three events Shivsena, NCP and Congress, the transport ministry is with the NCP and Anil Parab is the transport minister. Pawar’s daughter and Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule tried to persuade the protesters exterior the home with folded palms and stated that she is able to speak to them, however she has to first see that her mother and father inside are secure.

Court docket directs hanging staff to return to work
Police later detained a number of protesters and took them away, whereas further forces had been deployed exterior the home. The Bombay Excessive Court docket on Thursday directed the hanging staff to return to work by April 22. Following the courtroom’s order, the Transport Minister had assured that no motion could be taken in opposition to the workers returning to work throughout the time restrict set by the Excessive Court docket. Nonetheless, on Friday afternoon, the protesters reached Pawar’s residence and raised slogans in opposition to him.

Some staff scoffed at Pawar’s nameplate
Some staff additionally thrashed Pawar’s nameplate at his residence. A hanging MSRTC worker stated, “Round 120 MSRTC staff have dedicated suicide in the course of the strike. We stand by the demand for merger of the company with the state authorities. NCP chief Sharad Pawar did nothing to resolve our points. One other protester stated, “We welcome the choice of the Bombay Excessive Court docket, however we’re speaking to the state authorities on this difficulty, which has been elected by the folks.”

‘Authorities’s Chanakya Pawar can also be answerable for the loss’
The protester stated, ‘The elected authorities did nothing for us. Chanakya Sharad Pawar of this authorities can also be answerable for the loss now we have suffered. Sule appealed to the protesters and stated, ‘I’m prepared to speak with you. Please assist. My father, mom and daughter are inside the home. I’m prepared to speak with you. Let me guarantee their security first. Joint Commissioner of Police (Legislation and Order) Vishwas Nangre-Patil additionally reached the spot.

‘Protest exterior Sharad Pawar’s residence was pointless’
NCP chief and Maharashtra House Minister Dilip Walse-Patil stated that the workers mustn’t have taken the regulation into their very own palms. He tweeted, ‘The undesirable flip the protests have taken is just not proper. The protest exterior NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence in Mumbai was pointless. With out naming anybody, he stated that it’s well-known who’s instigating these protesters. He stated the federal government was prepared to speak to the protesters.

‘Greater than 100 MSRTC staff have misplaced their lives’
BJP chief Praveen Darekar stated that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress authorities is within the state. He stated, “Greater than 100 staff of MSRTC have misplaced their lives however the state authorities by no means appeared severe to finish the deadlock. Ministers Anil Parab and Ajit Pawar have repeatedly warned of disciplinary motion in opposition to the workers. Staff haven’t forgotten this vanity. Pawar is taken into account the primary architect of Maharashtra’s ruling coalition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which shaped the federal government in 2019. (language)