The bus driver killed himself after losing his job, I think the headline missed the lead of the story.
Jeez and not by a small margin.
that’s tbh a private issue
someone’s suicide shouldn’t be political
It reflects the inevitable result of Modi’s extremism. He has been prime minister for too long.
Modi has become a scumbag of epic proportions.
Always has been. Look up the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.
well, yeah, dude has basically no challenge to his position
but he’s going to win the next election anyway
It reflects the religious screaming about “religious freedom” only to the secular while not allowing even a thought about it when it comes to any other religion.
It’s behind a pay wall. What happened?
Mohit, who was a conductor in UP Roadways was suspended earlier this year, for allegedly halting a Delhi-bound bus for two passengers to offer Namaz. The UPSRTC staff and his co-driver, a contractual staff, were suspended on June 5 for halting ‘Janrath’, an air-conditioned bus headed to Kaushambi from Bareilly. do read - https://monyet.cc/comment/4068760
“Bus conductor fired after disrupting services by halting off designated stops” should be the headline.
Are they really supposed to allow abruptly halting public services for the whims of two passengers now? What the fuck is the department supposed to do, delay the buses and just ask the working passengers with time commitments to fuck off every time someone in the bus wants to pray?
This story is shite and the editors should be ashamed of making it a religion issue.
The bus department’s decision was correct and not even remotely related to religion.
Looking it up - Kaushambi to Bareilly, the route the bus was on, is a 5 hour drive. We’re not talking about city buses with 2 minutes between each stop. Long distance routes like that generally give the driver the discretion to decide where and when to stop for toilet breaks, etc. Nobody is going to object to a break of a few minutes.
In other words, this would have been a perfectly normal rest break if not for the religious aspect. So no, the editors are not wrong.
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