Farmers and opposition parties in the south eastern Indian Tamil Nadu state on Monday (Oct 17) staged an agitation stopping trains (rail roko) in their tracks at various places in the state demanding the Centre to constitute the Cauvery Management Board immediately.
The protests were held against the stance of BJP-led Union government in the Supreme Court which opposed immediate setting up of the Board. Thousands of protestors participated in the rail roko demonstrations, who courted arrest and were lodged in the community and marriage halls, police said, adding they were likely to be released later on Monday.
The agitations marked the beginning of a 48-hour rail blockade by farmers outfits which has the support of opposition parties including the DMK, Tamil Nadu Congress, IUML, CPI(M), CPI, MDMK and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi.
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