Hit and Run laws - Transporters body to meet Home Secretary

The All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) called for a repeal of provisions that bring stricter penalties in Hit and Run cases under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS). Addressing journalists in New Delhi, AIMTC representatives said they were meeting Home Secretary A K Bhalla later in the evening and that a nationwide strike call will be taken after it.

"Truckers are not willing to work due to the new Hit and Run laws which have been passed in December," senior representatives from the AIMTC said while adding that movement of essential commodities is being hit.

According to AIMTC office bearers, the on-going transport disruptions which started from January 1 are not an official strike call. "Truck drivers are spontaneously protesting. Government must not make the same mistake it did with Farm Laws and repeal the contentious Hit and Run Law with immediate effect," the representatives said.


"A call on whether to give a strike call or not will be taken after the meeting with the Home Secretary," AIMTC added.