Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 19: At the call jointly given by CITU, AIKS, etc. at Delhi to observe 19th January, 2025 as Mazdoor-Kisan Unity Day throughout India, to mark the 42nd year of the first All India Strike of workers and farmers on 19th January, 1982 in which ten workers and farmers were killed throughout the country in the firing by police, the CITU organised a Mass Demonstration at 10 a.m. today (19th January, 2025) in front of Municipal Council office, Aberdeen Bazar. R. Surendran Pillai, President, CITU Andaman & Nicobar State Committee inaugurated the programme. Addressing the gathering he briefly explained the first nation-wide joint strike by farmers and workers of 1982 and said that the farmers are currently on agitation for the last one year in Delhi and surrounding States with their genuine demands.
Addressing the gathering D. Ayyappan, Vice President, CITU State Committee said that the strike on 19th January, 1982 was an important step in the journey of change in India. The day witnessed 10 workers, peasants and agricultural labourers making supreme sacrifice in different parts of India in brutal repression unleashed by the governments. He said that even after 42 years of the first joint strike of workers and farmers, their condition remain pathetic.
Addressing the gathering Dr Gouranga Majhi, President, A & N State Committee of All India Kisan Sabha, said that the the urban and rural wrkers and farmers joined together in 1982 all over the country which was one of the most glorious episode in the history of militant struggles after independence.
CITU State Secretaries P. Sathyapal, SP Kalairajan, Anand Rajan and M. Yugander and S. Chidambaram, Vice President, AIKS State Committee led the mass demonstration. Despite being a Sunday, a large number of workers representing various trade unions at Port Blair urban area participated in the programme.
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