Farmers, trade union activists court arrest as part of ‘Corporates, Quit India’ agitation in Mysuru

Activists protesting as part of the ‘Corporates, Quit India’ agitation in Mysuru on Monday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Several activists belonging to farmers’ outfits and trade unions courted arrest by marching towards the city railway station in Mysuru on Monday as part of their ‘Corporates, Quit India’ agitation.The agitation organised jointly by the Samyukta Horata Karnataka and the Joint Committee of Trade Unions to mark the historic ‘Quit India’ movement’s anniversary was aimed at opposing “forcible and unjust land acquisition and corporate land grabbing, and the anti-worker revision of minimum wages.”The representatives of farmers’ outfits and trade unions gathered at the Nanjaraj Bahadur Choultry in the city before marching towards the city railway station. However, the police prev