: APPEAL ISSUED BY BIGUL MAZDOOR DASTA : A few minutes ago, Haryana Police brutally lathi charged thousands of Maruti Suzuki workers and their families in Kaithal. Tear gas and water canons also were used against the protesters; there was a considerable number of women among them and reportedly a number of women have been seriously injured in this shameful act of oppression by the Haryana government.
These workers and their families had been protesting peacefully against the unlawful arrest of 96 workers from the dharna site in Kaithal last night. This dharna of workers had been going on in Kaithal for last 57 days. Today Haryana government came out in open support of the Maruti Suzuki Management and the forces of capital.
WE CALL UPON ALL WORKERS', STUDENTS' AND DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN IN LARGE NUMBERS IN A PROTEST DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THIS COLD-BLOODED ACT OF OPPRESSION AGAINST THE STRUGGLING MARUTI SUZUKI WORKERS. A MEMORANDUM AND A CHARTER OF DEMANDS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE PRIME MINISTER AFTER THE DEMONSTRATION.
PROTEST AGAINST THE BRUTAL LATHI-CHARGE ON MARUTI SUZUKI WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
11 AM, MAY 20, 2013.
JANTAR-MANTAR, NEW DELHI.
PR
