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Udhayanidhi condemns house arrest of health workers ahead of Chennai protest
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News18•12-10-2026, 12:30
Udhayanidhi condemns house arrest of health workers ahead of Chennai protest
- •Udhayanidhi Stalin strongly condemned the Tamil Nadu government for allegedly placing multi-purpose health workers under house arrest.
- •The workers planned a protest in Chennai to demand job regularisation and fulfillment of pre-election promises made to medical staff.
- •He accused the government of unleashing oppression and preemptively detaining workers instead of inviting them for negotiations.
- •Describing the health workers as the backbone of medical services, he demanded their immediate release and initiation of dialogue.
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Udhayanidhi Stalin strongly condemned the state government for placing multi-purpose health workers under house arrest to prevent their planned protest in Chennai demanding job regularisation.
The protesting multi-purpose health workers and nurses are demanding job regularisation, permanent employment, better pay, and job security.
He described the multi-purpose health workers as the backbone of medical services and urged the administration to immediately release them and initiate dialogue to fulfill their justifiable demands.
