Driver Srinivas Reddy’s Suicide: Telangana Mourns
Even as Telangana community is yet to overcome the self-immolation of Srikantha Chary in 2009 for the demand of the Separate Statehood of Telangana, the new Telangana state witnessed one such incident with the self-immolation of Khmmam depot RTC driver Srinivas Reddy amidst TSRTC strike.
Srinivas Reddy, who has national interest has sent both of his sons into army, sacrificed his life for fellow RTC employees. Srinivas Reddy’s last words before self-immolation say that all. He said, “All the RTC workers and their families should be happy. It’s alright even if anything happens to me.”
He has sacrificed his life for the demand of merger of RTC with the government, recruitment to various posts, and increase of wages to employees. His suicide triggered a massive protests across the state by RTC employees and unions who further intensified their protests. Seeing Srinivas Reddy’s suicide, his fellow driver Venkateswarulu too attempted suicide. However, Venkateswarulu was saved by other RTC employees.