Summary:
It was decided in the meeting to meet the demands of the protesters, end the existing contract with the outsourcing the agency and hire the pourakarmikas directly on contract basis. Disappointed Hiremath tried to walk out of the meeting but he was convinced not to do so. The pourakarmikas demanded that their salaries be credited to their bank accounts directly instead of payment by their contractors as the outsourcing agency allegedly underpaid them. HUBBALLI: Pandemonium broke out at the general body meeting as senior BJP corporator Dr Pandurang Patil snatched commissioner Siddalingayya Hiremath’s cellphone after accusing him of audio recording a heated argument between them over the demands of outsourced pourakarmikas.The demands of civic workers, who were staging a sit-in on the premises of HDMC by boycotting works, was being discussed in the meeting. However, the corporators vented ire against Hiremath for allegedly remaining silent..