Bengaluru drivers seek alternative to Uber, Ola apps with JD(S) support

The proposed app will allow drivers to own app and decide prices that customers will have to pay

H D Kumaraswamy, president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party in Karnataka, has taken up the cause to help drivers on cab hailing platforms Uber and Ola in the state build a competing app, as the party eyes building a large vote bank ahead of the state elections next year.

Drivers attached to the two platforms have stepped up their protests against the two companies over the past few weeks, over falling earnings as both Uber and Ola have cut incentives. There are over 100,000 cabs on both platforms in Bengaluru alone, with the number of drivers being even higher.

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