<p>In a stern message to the striking employees of road transport corporations, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said the state government was not ready to accept any of their conditions and warned of stringent action against them.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters in Bidar, the Chief Minister said, "Don't ask me about the transport employees' strike. We will not accept any of their conditions under any circumstances."</p>.<p>Noting that his government had already fulfilled eight of their demands, Yediyurappa said the adamant posture of the employees is causing trouble to the people of the state.</p>.<p>"The employees have to give up their obdurate stand. We will not give salaries to those who remained absent from their job. We will take more stringent action," he added.</p>.<p>Later in the evening, the Chief Minister convened a meeting in Bengaluru where he directed the officials to provide security to those transport employees who are willing to join duty.</p>.<p>He also instructed the police to deploy a constable on each bus.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/ksrtc-employee-consumes-poison-at-bus-stand-973552.html" target="_blank">KSRTC employee consumes poison at bus stand</a></strong></p>.<p>Asking officials to take legal action against the transport employees who indulge in violence, Yediyurappa directed them to initiate stringent measures against all those who are on strike.</p>.<p>The strike by the RTC workers on wage-related issues entered the 7th day on Tuesday even as the transport corporations struggled hard to operate buses, which a few miscreants damaged.</p>.<p>According to a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation official, 2,299 buses including 262 Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses were operated in the state on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The official said 54 buses were damaged allegedly by the employees.</p>.<p>So far, 72 FIRs have been registered in connection with the damage to 36 buses by 10 am Tuesday.</p>.<p>As many as 115 employees were involved in vandalism, of which 19 have been arrested, he said in a statement.</p>.<p>A few bus employees were also attacked in some parts of the state, officials said.</p>
<p>In a stern message to the striking employees of road transport corporations, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Tuesday said the state government was not ready to accept any of their conditions and warned of stringent action against them.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters in Bidar, the Chief Minister said, "Don't ask me about the transport employees' strike. We will not accept any of their conditions under any circumstances."</p>.<p>Noting that his government had already fulfilled eight of their demands, Yediyurappa said the adamant posture of the employees is causing trouble to the people of the state.</p>.<p>"The employees have to give up their obdurate stand. We will not give salaries to those who remained absent from their job. We will take more stringent action," he added.</p>.<p>Later in the evening, the Chief Minister convened a meeting in Bengaluru where he directed the officials to provide security to those transport employees who are willing to join duty.</p>.<p>He also instructed the police to deploy a constable on each bus.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/state/karnataka-districts/ksrtc-employee-consumes-poison-at-bus-stand-973552.html" target="_blank">KSRTC employee consumes poison at bus stand</a></strong></p>.<p>Asking officials to take legal action against the transport employees who indulge in violence, Yediyurappa directed them to initiate stringent measures against all those who are on strike.</p>.<p>The strike by the RTC workers on wage-related issues entered the 7th day on Tuesday even as the transport corporations struggled hard to operate buses, which a few miscreants damaged.</p>.<p>According to a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation official, 2,299 buses including 262 Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses were operated in the state on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The official said 54 buses were damaged allegedly by the employees.</p>.<p>So far, 72 FIRs have been registered in connection with the damage to 36 buses by 10 am Tuesday.</p>.<p>As many as 115 employees were involved in vandalism, of which 19 have been arrested, he said in a statement.</p>.<p>A few bus employees were also attacked in some parts of the state, officials said.</p>