After being denied permission for a morcha BEST employees had planned from Byculla to the Mantralaya to highlight the merger of the Undertaking’s budget with that of the BMC’s, the workers have now decided to gather at Azad Maidan today to push for their demands. 

Speaking to mid-day, Shashank Sharad Rao, convener, BEST Workers Joint Action Committee, said, “The merger of the BEST budget with the BMC one will be like a solution to the Undertaking’s financial problems. We will submit a memorandum to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. In fact, the Shiv Sena had promised this in their manifesto, but it seems they have forgotten about it.”