An app-based cab hailing service, Namma TYGR, was launched in Bengaluru on Wednesday, culminating a series of protests by cab owners and drivers against US-based Uber and Bengaluru-headquartered Ola. The party is banking on the service to take it to the seat of power after the assembly elections due in May next year. At that time, Gowda’s son Kumaraswamy had supported the stir and assured help in forming a company run by the drivers and cab owners. Speaking at the event, Tanveer Pasha, the leader of the Ola, TaxiForSure, Uber Drivers’ Association, said around 5,000 drivers and cab owners had already joined the platform. In their search for a company to run the service, the drivers and cab owners’ association had approached several companies before settling on the TYGR.

Source: Hindustan Times November 30, 2017 08:13 UTC