Onam Sadhyam Dropped in Garbage in Waste Bin Issue Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Revoked Suspension and Dismissal Action on Employees | The CITU intervened; The sanitation workers who protested by littering the Onasadya were taken back

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Thiruvananthapuram : Ona Sadya threw garbage in the dustbin and protested, the action against the cleaning workers was withdrawn. Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran earlier stated that the action against the workers will be withdrawn. The corporation suspended seven permanent employees and fired four temporary employees who protested by throwing the Onasadya in the garbage. The corporation said that the action was withdrawn after the workers wrote an apology.

Mayor Arya Rajendran clarified that the suspension was not a punitive measure but part of the investigation. In a discussion with the Mayor and the CPM district leadership, it was agreed to withdraw the action against the workers. The CPM leadership had taken action against Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Mayor Arya Rajendran in action against the cleaning workers who protested by littering the Onam festival, pointing out that they did not agree to the Onam celebrations. In the background of this, the action was withdrawn.

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The Mayor took action against the cleaning workers of Chala Circle of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Permanent employees were suspended and temporary employees were dismissed. CPM state secretary MV Govindan had come to the scene rejecting the mayor’s action. MV Govindan stated that it is not the policy of the party to dismiss the protestors.

There was a strong protest within the CPM against the mayor’s action of dismissing the temporary employees. Alleging that the workers were made to work longer hours without being allowed to eat the Onasadya they had bought with their own money, they protested by dumping the food in the garbage dump. CPM has instructed Mayor Arya Rajendran to withdraw the action against the workers. Meanwhile, CPM Thiruvananthapuram district secretary Anavoor Nagappan came forward in support of the mayor’s action. The protest method of throwing food in the garbage is not acceptable. Anavoor Nagappan said that the workers could have adopted other methods of protest.

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After the shift, the employees who had gone to eat Onam Sadya were asked to return to work. In protest of this, they did not eat Onam Sadya and threw it in the garbage heap. With this, the mayor intervened and suspended seven permanent workers and dismissed four temporary workers. Most of the workers were from CIT. The dismissal of the sanitation workers without even a show-cause notice drew widespread criticism. It is estimated that the CPM leadership was not ready to support the mayor and stood by the workers including the left-wing activists which led to the withdrawal of the action.

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