More than 150 workers of Nano car’s Sanand plant were detained by the police following their protest rally near the Nano manufacturing facility on Saturday. The workers had staged the protest rally without permission near the plant owned by Tata Motors.
Anticipating protest of the agitating workers adequate police force was deployed near the plant. The workers claimed that they had shouted for the permission to hold rally, but the State Government didn’t give them.
According to Ashok Punjabi, a labour right activist the agitating workers had asked for the permission to convene a protest rally at the GIDC area, which is their democratic right to conduct peaceful rally. Despite the fact, the Government did not permit them and eventually they decided to go-ahead with the protest rally, said Panjabi.
On Friday, a tripartite consultation meeting was convened by the labour Department officials with the striking workers and the management.