Ola drivers withdraw strike, Uber stays firm

MUMBAI: The MNS delivery union referred to as off the strike of Ola drivers on Wednesday night, however the Uber drivers’ protest will continue on Thursday.
Among the calls for that the MNS put forth to Ola is creation of Marathi in contracts of drivers and writing 'Ola' in English as well as Marathi on the cabs.

“There are a large number of bhoomiputras (sons of the soil) who're plying cabs and would want to enroll in the industry. They must be given an opportunity to check agreements/contracts in Marathi. Also, the cab must have its logo and stickers in Marathi too,” demanded MNS delivery union president Sanjay Naik. He had discussions with Ola officers in the afternoon in the presence of senior cops at Andheri police station ahead of taking decision to withdraw the stir.

Ola officers, while confirming that drivers will be back on task from Wednesday evening, didn't give any legit commentary on use of Marathi language in their legit agreements and on cab stickers.

As for Uber cabs, Naik stated that a assembly has been organised with the firm officers at a police station in jap suburbs at 1 pm on Thursday.

Another union chief stated, “We attraction to all blacklisted drivers for whom we had gone on strike to register with the MNS union, and this listing will be forwarded to Ola. These drivers will be taken back inside a fortnight." Ola officers stated drivers would be re-instated supplied there is not any legal document.

As for calls for for extra profits and incentives for drivers, Naik stated the union contributors were assured via Ola officers that this will be looked into in 15-20 days. "We are giving them 3 weeks to unravel the issue,'' he mentioned.


Another union chief, Nitin Nandgaonkar, stated Ola officers had been asked to remove the bouncers from Andheri place of business in order that drivers can meet officers with none resistance or intimidation.


Earlier throughout the protest, just about 80 cabs were vandalised in the past couple of days in Mumbai and Thane, sources in the aggregator corporations stated. According to the sources, a number of drivers were intimidated previous two days, asked to stick offline and 35 motive force partners had referred to as up to inform that their 'mobilephones were snatched away to verify they may now not perform on app platform.' Sources stated that during few cases, unknown individuals had even broken eggs inside of cabs ahead of working away in order that nobody can sit down due the stench. The police were informed in 28 such cases, sources stated, despite the fact that Mumbai police stated that action has been taken in only one case at Nehru Nagar police station in Kurla East.


"Most of those incidents befell on Tuesday and till overdue evening. In many cases, the driving force partners were petrified and they did not whinge to the police,'' stated a senior legit from an aggregator firm.


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