Sri Vijaya Puram, 20 Jan 2025:
At the call jointly given by CITU, AIKS, etc. at Delhi to observe 19 th January, 2025
as Mazdoor-Kisan Unity Day throughout India, to mark the 42 nd year of the first All India
Strike of workers and farmers on 19 th January, 1982 in which ten workers and farmers
were killed throughout the country in the firing by police, the CITU organised a Mass
Demonstration at 10 a.m. today (19 th January, 2025) in front of Municipal Council office,
Aberdeen Bazar. R. Surendran Pillai, President, CITU Andaman & Nicobar State
Committee inaugurated the programme. Addressing the gathering he briefly explained
the first nation-wide joint strike by farmers and workers of 1982 and said that the farmers
are currently on agitation for the last one year in Delhi and surrounding States with their
genuine demands.
Addressing the gathering D. Ayyappan, Vice President, CITU State Committee
said that the strike on 19 th January, 1982 was an important step in the journey of change
in India. The day witnessed 10 workers, peasants and agricultural labourers making
supreme sacrifice in different parts of India in brutal repression unleashed by the
governments. He said that even after 42 years of the first joint strike of workers and
farmers, their condition remain pathetic.
Addressing the gathering Dr Gouranga Majhi, President, A & N State Committee
of All India Kisan Sabha, said that the the urban and rural wrkers and farmers joined
together in 1982 all over the country which was one of the most glorious episode in the
history of militant struggles after independence.
CITU State Secretaries P. Sathyapal, SP Kalairajan, Anand Rajan and M.
Yugander and S. Chidambaram, Vice President, AIKS State Committee led the mass
demonstration. Despite being a Sunday, a large number of workers representing various
trade unions at Port Blair urban area participated in the programme.
