Hyderabad, June 5 -- In what could be seen as a significant move, the Telangana government has given its nod to conduct the trade union elections in the Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC), after more than 12 years.

Election to the TGSRTC trade unions has been one of the principal demands put forth by various unions during their negotiations with successive state governments, ever since the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government had de-recognized the trade unions.

The re-recognition election is an important democratic exercise that provides TGSRTC employees an opportunity to elect their representative trade union for collective bargaining and employee welfare matters.

The TGSRTC workers' unions had placed 32 demands be...