Urgent: Please act now!
District administration today attacked the peaceful demonstration of workers in Gorakhpur, leaders arrested
The district administration today attacked the peaceful demonstration of workers in Gorakhpur who were proceeding to the Divisional Commissioner’s office to start a Mazdoor Satyagrah to demand justice in the case of firing on workers injuring 19 workers and a girl student.
Around 800 workers, including a number of women workers, had assembled in the FCI ground near the Bargadwa industrial area in Gorakhpur for the program announced and intimated to the officials 4 days before. As soon as they tried to proceed they were stopped by lathi (cane) wielding policemen and two of their leaders Prashant and Shweta were arrested. When the procession went ahead the police charged them with lathis and water cannons.
The workers are trying to regroup after every attack and are slowly but resolutely proceeding towards the commissioner’s office. The workers have decided to stage a sit-in at the commissioner’s office till their demands are met. The situation is tense and the adamant attitude of the officials may may lead to further violence from the administration.
We will try to keep you updated of any new developments. Please call on these numbers and ask the Gorakhpur officials to stop the repression immediately and listen to workers’ demands:
09454400207
Fax: 0522-2223892
Km. Mayawati,
Deepak Kumar Singh
Home Secretary
09454405003
Principal Secretary, Labour
joint secretary
9415159087
09454417500
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