Tea labourers hold rally

About two thousand tea garden labourers held a procession followed by a grand rally in court point area of the city on Sunday last protesting alleged grabbing of the office of central tea labourers union. The agitating labourers also burnt the effigies of two of their leaders -- Rajendra Prasad Banerjee and his son-in-law Bijoy Banerjee on charge of their involvement in grabbing union office. The speakers at the rally alleged that a committee, elected during the caretaker rule, were holding office at Srimongal. But a group of musclemen with the blessings of the ruling party people captured the office illegally on November 25. Despite repeated attempts it could not be retaken while agitation continued at the different tea gardens. The speakers vowed to go for tougher agitation soon to get back the office. The tea workers later took out a procession in the city and handed over a memo to the divisional commissioner of Sylhet.