Activists, artists question police action on Noida workers
Over 500 cultural figures, including Naseeruddin Shah and T.M. Krishna, have urged the government to address worker protests in Delhi-NCR with empathy rather than as a law and order issue, calling for the release of arrested individuals. They emphasize dialogue over repression in handling the unrest. Separately, farmer and trade union groups have dismissed claims of foreign involvement in the protests, blaming government neglect for the workers' grievances. They demand immediate action to meet the workers' legitimate demands.
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In a statement, about 500 cultural activists, academics and artists, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, musician T.M. Krishna and poet K. Satchidanandan have demanded that the government engage with protesting workers in the Delhi-NCR region sympathetically and not treat the protests as a ‘law and order’ issue. “Immediately release all workers, their leaders, artists and intellectuals who have been arrested in connection with these protests,” a release issued by them stated.Separately, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and a platform of 10 central trade unions rejected the narrative about the involvement of “anti-national forces and Pakistan” in the workers’ uprising and demanded that the Union and the Uttar Pradesh governments own up to their “criminal neglect” of the workers’ genuine demands and…
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