The ongoing strike by left employee unions against the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) management appears to have the trappings of a ‘blue-on-blue’ incident, a military scenario in which ‘friendly’ forces savage each other by accident, erroneous signalling, misunderstanding or the fog of war.
The CITU and AITUC unions are striking against KSEB chairman B. Ashok's decision to deploy the State Industrial Security Force (SISF) at Vydyuthi Bhavan and other installations. They have, furthermore, accused Mr. Ashok of authoritarianism and disdain for unions.
