Will speak for sanitary workers: Thiruma
Talking to reporters in Madurai, he accused AIADMK of hypocrisy.
"An AIADMK govt was the first to privatise sanitary work in 11 out of 15 corporation zones in Chennai. Why did AIADMK not hold protests in support of sanitary workers then? Only when workers were arrested did Edappadi K Palaniswami speak for them," he said.
Thirumavalavan said there was no need to arrest workers in the middle of night and urged the state govt to withdraw cases filed against them.
"Making politics out of this issue is petty. Some think this crisis can be used to break the DMK alliance. That will not work. We will continue to speak for sanitary workers from within the alliance," he said.
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