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Bengaluru Civic Workers Detained During Protest Outside Vidhana Soudha
Several Bengaluru civic workers held a protest outside Vidhana Soudha.
Police detained some of the protesters on Thursday.
The workers are part of a union connected to the All India Central Council of Trade Unions.
They wanted Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda to apologize for recent remarks.
They also said their wages are often paid late.
The workers said they are denied ESI and PF benefits.
They accused contractors of exploiting them.
Their union president said the police action went against the right to peaceful protest.
Bengaluru police detained several civic workers protesting outside Vidhana Soudha on Thursday.
The protesters belonged to the AICCTU-affiliated BBMP Powrakarmikara Sangha.
The contractual workers sought an apology from Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda.
Workers also demanded timely wages, ESI and PF benefits, and action against contractors.
Union president Nirmala M condemned the detentions as a violation of peaceful protest rights.
- Who
- Members of the AICCTU-affiliated BBMP Powrakarmikara Sangha, who are contractual civic workers, were detained by Bengaluru police.
- What
- The workers protested and raised demands including an apology from Krishna Byre Gowda, timely wages, ESI and PF benefits, and action against contractors.
- Where
- Outside Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.
- When
- Thursday.
- Why
- They sought responses to their workplace grievances and an apology over the minister’s recent remarks.
Key facts
- Protesting group
- BBMP Powrakarmikara Sangha, affiliated with the All India Central Council of Trade Unions
- Employment status
- Contractual civic workers
- Police action
- Several protesters were detained
- Main political demand
- An apology from Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda
- Workplace complaints
- Delayed wages, denial of ESI and PF, and alleged contractor exploitation
- Union president
- Nirmala M
- Protest location
- Outside Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru
Quotes
Nirmala M
President of the BBMP Powrakarmikara Sangha
“As the minister-in-charge of Bengaluru, Krishna Byre Gowda has a responsibility towards every section of this city, not just the middle class.”
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“This action by the police in preventing citizens and workers from exercising their constitutional right to peaceful protest is condemnable.”
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