The VCK and the Left parties will hold protests on May 26 and 27 in Tamil Nadu against “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Central government over economic hardship and social disturbances created by right-wing groups in India”. Mr. Modi is scheduled to visit Chennai on May 26 on an official engagement.
At the end of the two-day agitation, a meeting will be organised in Chennai on May 27, in which VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan and the leaders of the Left parties will take part.
Addressing the media on Monday, Mr. Thirumavalavan said, “The Left parties have begun a nation-wide campaign and protest against Mr. Modi’s anti-people economic policies and the uncontrolled rise in the prices of essentials, such as petrol, diesel and cooking fuel. The VCK will join the all-India movement created by the Left. The [overall] campaign, which will take place at union, taluk and village levels, will last a week, from May 25 to 31.”
