Ration dealers Strike on Nov 1

Hyderabad, October 29: Telangana Ration Dealers Welfare Association president Nayi Koti Raju has said that we will go on strike on November 1 ahead of Direct Transfer Scheme.

We knew that Govt has proposed introduction of the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme. In this regard, they are going for a massive strike on Nov 1.

Dealers alleged that the government had failed to fulfill the promise of increasing their commission and was trying to close ration shops in the name of DBT, which would render 17,200 dealers and 25,000 workers jobless.

He also said that the dealers had waited for three-and-a-half years. "Not a single promise made by the government on our demands has been fulfilled so far,' he said. "We will not allow this to happen and intensify our agitation till the government withdraws DBT proposal," Mr. Raju said.