Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu: The New Democratic Labour Front (NDLF) has called on the Tamil Nadu government to take over the sugar mill at Thirumandankudi in Thanjavur district, which had been under private management.
To press their demand, the NDLF organised a demonstration in Thanjavur on Friday.
The protesters raised slogans condemning the erstwhile private management of the mill for availing bank loans in the name of cane cultivators in collusion with the bank officials and urged the State government to waive the “illegally” availed loans and the loans availed by the cultivators in cooperative banks, along with interest, in addition to the main demand of acquisition of the factory by the State government, reported The Hindu.
Several organisations, including CPML Peoples’ Liberation, Leftists Common Platform, Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association, Thamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam, Thamizh Desa Makkal Munnani, Makkal Kalai Iyakiya Kazhagam, Makkal Adhikaram, and Marxist Periyarist Ambedkar Federation, joined the protest and voiced support for the call to nationalise the mill.
