A march by the joint council of trade unions to the offices of a news channel in protest against "incitement of physical violence" against CITU leader Elamaram Kareem, MP, by a prominent member of the television commentariat has emerged as the latest battlefront between the Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)].
Mr. Kareem had accused the media of ignoring the real issues that impelled the national strike, including the Centre's anti-worker labour policy, spiralling fuel prices and the rising cost of living, and, instead, focussing on incidents of scant importance.
Mr. Kareem said the media had highlighted isolated incidents of minor violence and minimal inconvenience faced by commuters and blindsided the public to livelihood issues that forced the 48-hour strike on workers.
