Withdraw strike in festival season: Danam

Labour Minister Danam Nagender on Monday appealed to striking employees to withdraw their agitation considering the arrival of Dasara and Deepavali festival season.

Talking to media persons, Nagender said the 14-day strike has paralysed the State Administration and have caused crores of rupees loss to State's exchequer. Stating that the strike was causing lot of inconvenience to people, particularly in Telangana region, he appealed to employees to reconsider their decision with the approach of festival season. He said that the Telangana activists should consider the financial condition of daily-wage labourers in the unorganized sector.

Defending Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Nagender said that the decision on Telangana needs to be taken by the Centre by consulting all political parties and it was wrong to blame the Chief Minister for the delay. He said some vested elements were trying to draw political mileage by targeting the Chief Minister on the issue.

The Minister said that the provocative statements of political leaders would worsen the law and order situation in the region and therefore, all leaders must observe restraint and peace till the Centre announces its decision on Telangana issue.