Monday, August 10, 2009
Vivek Pandit on hunger strike
Since Sunday, six activists of Shramgiri Sanghatana, including its founder Vivek Pandit, have launched an indefinite hunger strike to protest the merger of the four municipal councils and 53 surrounding villages into a monolithic Virar-Vasai municipal corporation.
MPs were trying to intimidate the villagers into accepting the upgradation proposal and threatening them against joining a shutdown in Vasai-Nalla Sopara. Hitendra Thakur 'slapped one of the women', claimed Thane Zilla Parishad Member Dominica Dabre, of the Shramgiri Sanghatana. Then Thane MP Baliram Jadhav suffered serious injuries and has been admitted to a hospital while Thakur sustained minor injuries. They were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment even as the villagers went on a rampage and destroyed over a dozen vehicles and some shops nearby.
IMO: As I mentioned on August 7th, Shiv Sena, BJP, Congress and other major groups oppose the merger. So, it would seem, do the locals. We do not think it is a good idea either.
MPs were trying to intimidate the villagers into accepting the upgradation proposal and threatening them against joining a shutdown in Vasai-Nalla Sopara. Hitendra Thakur 'slapped one of the women', claimed Thane Zilla Parishad Member Dominica Dabre, of the Shramgiri Sanghatana. Then Thane MP Baliram Jadhav suffered serious injuries and has been admitted to a hospital while Thakur sustained minor injuries. They were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment even as the villagers went on a rampage and destroyed over a dozen vehicles and some shops nearby.
IMO: As I mentioned on August 7th, Shiv Sena, BJP, Congress and other major groups oppose the merger. So, it would seem, do the locals. We do not think it is a good idea either.
# posted by uv : 5:12 AM
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