Tamil Nadu Assembly | Files on sanitation workers’ demands ready, says Minister
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Rajmohan stated that the government is reviewing files regarding the demands of protesting sanitation workers. The opposition leader, Udhayanidhi Stalin, criticized the Chief Minister for failing to visit the workers despite their long-standing protest.
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Highlights ongoing labor disputes and political accountability in Tamil Nadu state governance.
Tamil Nadu School Education Minister Rajmohan on Wednesday (September 2, 2026) said the files relating to the sanitation workers who had been protesting in support of their long-pending demands were ready and the government would deliberate on the issue.
The Minister, replying to Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin in the Assembly, said there were financial constraints.
Mr. Udhayanidhi also wanted to know why Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, who had invited the workers [when they protested during the DMK regime] to his office in Pannaiyur, had failed to visit them even though their ongoing protest had crossed 15 days.
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