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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 16: Accusing the central government of having grossly 'failed' in regulating coronavirus outbreak, and in support of various demands put forth by it, the local unit of CPI(M) staged a protest on Tuesday June 16 in front of the office of Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner here.
The slogan-shouting and placard-wielding CPI activists held protest in favour of their demands like free distribution of food grains, direct transfer of funds, payment of wages to workers, during lockdown period, job security, expansion of employment guarantee scheme, protection of public entities etc.
After the protest, the activists submitted a memorandum containing their demands to the central government through the deputy commissioner.
CPI)(M) district committee members, Sunil Kumar Bajal and J Balakrishna Shetty, leaders, Dayanand Shetty, Santosh Bajal, Jayanthi B Shetty, Bharathi Bolar, Sursh Bajal, Babu Devadiga, Naveen Konchady and some others were present.