Cadre of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday staged a sit-in protest near the head post office here demanding waiver of the legacy loans of the Union Territory and adequate funds and powers to the Puducherry Government. Earlier, the cadre led by Puducherry unit secretary R. Rajangam and Tamil Nadu State council members P. Perumal and T. Murugan took out a rally from the old bus stand.
The protesters were, however, blocked en route by the police following which they staged a sit-in protest near the head post office.
Among other demands, they wanted the Puducherry Government to take steps to ensure uninterrupted supply of rice under the Public Distribution System (PDS), waiver of crop loans of small and marginal farmers, creation of employment opportunities for the local youth.
Exemption from NEET
They also wanted the revival of three textile mills in Puducherry and the exemption of the Union Territory from the National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET).
The administration should take steps to ensure that the private colleges allocated 50% of seats for the government quota besides streamlining the fee structure, they added.
