INTUC criticises Cong for backing protest

AT a time when the entire Congress leadership has declared its solidarity with the ASHA workers who are protesting in front of the state secretariat, Congress trade union INTUC has come out against the leadership for supporting the stir.

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INTUC state president and president of All Kerala Pradesh ASHA Workers Congress, R Chandrasekharan, has said that the top Congress leaders should have contacted the INTUC before declaring solidarity with the agitators. "ASHA workers have the right to organise protests. However, this protest is against the interest of ASHA workers," Chandrasekharan told TNIE.