Farmer Bodies Stage Protests Across Tamil Nadu During Bharat Bandh
NDTV
Farmer bodies and Left parties protested across Tamil Nadu in solidarity with the nationwide strike demandingrepeal of the Centre's three farm laws.
In solidarity with the nationwide strike demanding repeal of the Centre's farm laws, farmer bodies and Left parties on Monday staged protests in several parts of Tamil Nadu.
In a protest, State Secretaries of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPIM), R Mutharasan and K Balakrishnan respectively, along with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi chief Thol Thirumavalavan and functionaries of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)-affiliated Labour Progressive Federation participated.
They raised slogans demanding the central government repeal the three contentious farm laws and not privatise public sector enterprises.
Similar protests were held in other parts of the state, including Kanyakumari, in which office-bearers of ruling DMK and Congress party participated. The Marxist party backed Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) was among the trade unions that actively took part in the protests.
