BRS opposes nod for Green SM cabs, says it threatens livelihood of other cab drivers

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General secretary of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and former IPS officer R.S. Praveen Kumar has alleged that the State Government has given permission to the Green SM company of Vietnam and it is likely to threaten the livelihood of the six-lakh auto and cab drivers.

Stating that the BRS was against the flow of foreign investments and even the free RTC bus travel facility to women, he said allowing the operations of Green SM in the State was a hasty decision since it was linked to the lives of auto and cab drivers.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, he said the previous BRS government too had invited foreign investments, but there was no loss/harm to any section with the flow of capital from overseas. He stated that the cabs of Green SM were running already in Hyderabad, at a time when drivers working for Rapido, Uber, Ola and other platforms were complaining about insufficient rides.

Minister for Transport Ponnam Prabhakar had given rate cards to auto drivers in the past but had not given the same to cab drivers. The Green SM was claiming that it would arrange rides at only ₹8 per km. The offers being given by Green SM were only to deceive the passengers in the days to come, Mr. Praveen Kumar said.

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