Bharat Bandh: Farmer bodies stage protests in TN
Chennai
In solidarity with the nationwide strike demandingrepeal of Centre's farm laws, farmer bodies and Left parties on Monday stagedprotests in several parts of Tamil Nadu.
In a protest held here, State Secretaries of the CPI and CPI(M), R Mutharasanand K Balakrishnan respectively, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief TholThirumavalavan and functionaries of the ruling DMK affiliated LabourProgressive Federation participated.
They raised slogans demanding the Central government to repeal the threecontentious farm laws and not privatise public sector enterprises.
Similar protests were held in other parts of the state including Kanyakumari inwhich office-bearers of ruling DMK and Congress party participated. The Marxistparty backed Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) was among the trade unionsthat actively took part in the protests.
The DMK's agricultural wing had days ago appealed to people, farmers and othersections of society to throw their weight behind the Bharath Bandh. In Tiruchirappalli, President, National South Indian Rivers Inter-LinkingFarmers Association, P Ayyakannu and volunteers who attempted to block a trainnear a bridge over River Cauvery were removed from that location and laterdetained in a marriage hall.
Similarly, farmers who attempted to stage rail blockade at Tiruchirapplli Fortrailway station were dispersed by police personnel. Shops and establishments were shut in several regions of Tamil Nadu's Cauverydelta zone, like Tiruvarur and Tiruthuraipoondi.
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