The Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) leadership and Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan have reportedly agreed to a truce at the behest of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K. Sudhakaran after days of hostility that spilled onto the street twice last week.
INTUC workers had demonstrated against Mr. Satheesan at Changanassery and Kazhakuttam, accusing him of disowning the trade union and denying its ‘umbilical link’ with the Congress. Mr. Satheesan’s contentious remark had come in the wake of the national-level workers’ strike that sparked street violence and provoked public outrage in Kerala.
Mr. Sudhakaran conferred with Mr. Satheesan and INTUC president R. Chandrasekharan and declared the dispute settled. He said the party would take the anti-Satheesan demonstrators to task. The INTUC was melded with Congress, and both entities were inseparable.
