CPM, workers call Thiruma's comment misleading

CPM state secretary P Shanmugam and protesting sanitary workers, along with their union representatives, on Monday criticised VCK president Thol Thirumavalavan for opposing the regularisation of workers' jobs, calling his remarks "misleading and unacceptable."

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Chennai

Thirumavalavan had recently said that while VCK supported their demand, it risks bringing back caste-based occupations and regularisation is not the way forward. In response, Shanmugam said the demand was not about enforcing hereditary sanitation work but about ensuring legal rights.

"According to state government rules, contract workers who complete 240 days of service must be made permanent. This demand is not only for sanitary workers, but for bus conductors, drivers and other contract staff. For years, this rule has been ignored, and unions are only seeking its enforcement," he said.