Mysuru: The activists of Samyukta Horata Karnataka and Joint Committee of Trade Unions (JCTU), Mysuru unit, staged a ‘Jail Bharo’ protest, by making a bid to lay siege to the City Railway Station yesterday.
The rally, organised as part of ‘Jail Bharo’ protest organised in commemoration of Quit India Movement, with a slogan ‘Corporates Leave India,’ was taken out from Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry to the Railway Station. The protesters demanded that the farmers land shouldn’t be acquired by force, VB-G RAM G Act should be abolished till revised wages are implemented, cancellation of labour regulations and checking of inflation rate.
As the protesters made a bid to barge inside the Railway Station, Police restrained them and detained them, before letting them off, after sometime.
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha President Badagalapura Nagendra, Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha District Secretary Jagadish Surya, Chikkannegowda, Raitha Sangha District President Hosur Kumar, Secretary P. Marankaiah, Hoskote Basavaraj, CITU District President Annappa, Secretary Balajirao and others were present.
