Bengaluru, Dec 12(UNI) Karnataka Home minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday ruled out any possibilities of enforcing ESMA against the State Transport Corporation employees, who were on strike since Thursday.

"State Government has no plans to impose Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against the striking employees of the State Transport Corporation", the Minister said after meeting Chief minister B S Yediyurappa.

Stating that the general public are in great trouble following the agitation by the STC employees, the home minister had appealed to the Union Leaders to come for negotiations to resolve their issues.

"It is unfair on the past of the Employees, who had stayed away from their works, when the people of the state are at great difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic" he said.

Maintaining that the Transport minister Lakshman Savadi has continued touch with both the Officials of the STC's as well as with the leaders of the agitating employees leaders, the Home minister expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved soon.

Meanwhile, Chief minister B S Yediyurappa had also appealed to the Union leaders to end their strike and help to bring the Transport services in the state to normalcy. as the general public including students, labourers as well as farmers had been badly affected by the agitation.

Chief minister had also assured to look into addressing the issues bothering the STC employees, once they withdraw their agitation.

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