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Vijay Govt Faces Backlash After Police Detain Protesting Nurses in Chennai
- •Hundreds of nurses and mid-level healthcare workers gathered near Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore for a hunger strike organised by the Tamil Nadu Intermediate Health Workers Association.
- •Protesters demanded higher pay of Rs 45,000, equal pay for equal work, permanent employment, job security, and payment of pending incentives.
- •Police detained demonstrators after the protest escalated and refused to disperse following the allotted time.
- •Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi criticized the Vijay government, alleging police excesses, power cuts, threats, and attacks on protesters.
- •Udhayanidhi accused the administration of hypocrisy over unfulfilled campaign promises to regularize health workers and demanded an immediate halt to the crackdown.
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Protesting nurses and mid-level healthcare workers demanded a monthly salary increase to Rs 45,000, equal pay for equal work, permanent employment, job security, payment of pending 2023 and 2024 incentives, paid maternity leave, higher wellness centre incentives, and redesignation as Community Health Officers (CHOs).
Leader of Opposition Udhayanidhi criticized the Tamil Nadu government and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay for alleged police excesses, claiming the administration used police to suppress the nurses, cut power supply, threatened protesters, and attacked a protester's child.
Hundreds of nurses and mid-level healthcare workers gathered near Rajarathinam Stadium in Egmore on October 5 for a hunger strike organised by the Tamil Nadu Intermediate Health Workers’ Association, which escalated late Monday when police detained demonstrators.
