Bengaluru, July 8 -- Municipal employees from corporations across Karnataka on Tuesday staged a symbolic strike against the State government seeking fulfilment of various demands.

The protest began this morning at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru.

Employees of the BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike), along with staff from various municipal corporations across the state, took leave from work to participate in the protest at Freedom Park here.

Ten municipal corporations in the State were shut down today. Additionally, employees took mass leave to participate in the protest.

Among the list of demands of the employees include the withdrawal of the Logsafe attendance system, filling up of 6,000 vacant posts and an end to the "suspension...