Bengaluru, Feb. 9 -- The Karnataka State Contractors Association (KSCA) has called for massive protests against the state government in Freedom Park on February 12 (Thursday) over pending bills.

"If any problems of the contractors of the state are to be resolved, an 'official meeting' of the Chief Minister will be inevitable. To open the government's eyes, struggle is the only way. We have organised a massive strike at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Thursday," the KSCA announced.

The KSCA said that the government has arrears of about "Rs. 37,000.00 crores from various departments" for the past four years, adding that the association's meetings with the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and with the Government Secretary of the department have be...