Jalandhar : Seeking the resignation of the state Transport Minister, Master Mohan Lal, CPI leader Joginder Dayal alleged today that the minister had failed to protect the interest of the people on the issue of bus fares and was dancing to the tune of private transporters. Alleging that the Punjab Government had surrendered to private transporters on the issue of increasing bus fares, Dayal said the minister had already made it clear that big transporters were calling the shots in the Transport Department and hence he was left with no moral authority to continue as a minister. Dayal said big private transporters had “hijacked” the department following which Punjab Roadways and the PRTC were suffering losses. “In connivance with senior officials of the department, influential private transporters have grabbed peak rush hour slots in the timetable to ply buses on all main routes,” said Dayal, adding that the minister should make it public that how many times the timetable regarding main routes had been altered in the past four years. Urging the government to withdraw the hike in bus fares, Dayal said tax on all luxury buses should be increased from the existing 50 paise per km to Rs 2.25 paise per km, which was charged from ordinary buses.
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