09TRY: Hundreds protest in Trichy against union govt in nation-wide strike
More than 2,000 protesters were detained by the police, and a section of employees in Bhel Trichy abstained from work. Public transportation including buses were operated as usual without any impact.
The all-India strike was held to pressurize the union govt to withdraw four labour laws and condemn the same for failing to control inflation in prices of essential commodities and fuel. Protesters urged the BJP-led union govt not to privatize the public sector undertakings.
Members of opposition trade unions such as AITUC, CITU, HMS, INTUC, LLF, LPF, and UTUC took out a protest rally from Thennur EB office to Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) near Kohinoor theatre junction in Trichy city.
Tension prevailed for a while at the PSK campus, as CPI functionaries defying police protection trespassed into the campus. Protesters including CPI's district secretary S Siva and a few women were forcibly evicted. As the protesters were pushed out of the PSK's compound, an argument broke out between the CPI cadres and the city police. Around 1,500 protesters were detained by the police in five wedding halls in the city, they were released later. In Trichy railway junction, DYFI and CPM functionaries climbed a locomotive on platform one, they were arrested by the police. In Bhel Trichy, sources said that 60% of the employees reported for work. Reportedly, members attached to trade unions of INDIA bloc parties including LPF, CITU, and AITUC did not report for work. Altercations broke out between two sections of the trade union near the Bhel factory, one opposing the strike and other group supporting the strike.
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