Truck drivers' protests called off after government assurances on new hit-and-run law
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and all issues have been resolved. The new laws have nor been implemented yet and will only be implemented after consultation with AIMTC," Malkit Singh Bal, the chairman of the AIMTC said. The transport body said that the truck drivers strike will end soon and all the drivers must resume the operations.
The truck drivers have announced a strike against the increase in punishment in the hit-and-run cases under the new criminal code- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The new provisions prescribe a jail term of up to 10 years or ₹7 lakh fine if a truck driver flees an accident spot or fails to report the incident to the authorities. In the erstwhile Indian Penal Code (IPC), the punishment for the offense was 2 years imprisonment.
"We had a discussion with All India Motor Transport Congress representatives, govt want to say that the new rule has not been implemented yet, we all want to say that before implementing Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 106/2, we will have a discussion with All India Motor Transport Congress representatives and then only we will take a decision," Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said. The nationwide truck drivers protest led to chaos in several states as people indulged in ‘panic buying’ fearing drying up of stocks. Many petrol pumps ran out of fuel across the country as people queued up to get fuel supplies amid uncertainty over the drivers protest.
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