Claiming that board of directors observed discrimination while allotting shares that benefit the drivers, members of the government authorised Pune-Mumbai-Pune Taxi Association refused to operate taxi services yesterday as a mark of protest. They said services would remain shut today as well and will resume once they meet officials from the state’s co-operative department later.

The association is the oldest government authorised organisation that has been allotting shares that benefits drivers and its members. But the drivers claimed that for the last two years, instead of allotting shares to them, the association directors allotted shares to their relatives.