Bihar Elections: DKS appeals to Karnataka employers to provide 3 days paid leave for migrant workers

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has appealed to employers across the state to support voters from Bihar so that they can participate in the assembly elections there.

In his message, which his office shared with the media on Tuesday (November 4), Shivakumar said that a large number of Bihar residents are working in Bengaluru and various parts of Karnataka and wanted the workers to be given at least three days of paid leave for the purpose.

The Deputy CM, who is also the state president of the Congress, urged companies and business establishments to cooperate in ensuring participation of migrant workers in the electoral process.

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Shivakumar said, “I request all the companies, commercial entrepreneurs, hotels, contractors, builders, shopkeepers and other industrialists to provide at least three days of paid leave to the voters of Bihar State to cast their vote in the Bihar State General Elections and cooperate to enable them to actively participate in the election process.”

Voting for the 243-member Bihar Assembly is to be held in two phases on November 6 and November 11.

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