Brainwashed into staging protest against Sterlite plant, say fishermen

Fishermen have claimed they have been “brainwashed” into picketing the district collector’s office in a demonstration against the copper smelter that led to police firing on the crowd, resulting in the death of 13 people. The Left-leaning Makkal Adhikaram (People Power), which had stood against other big-ticket projects such as the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, has denied the charge of having influenced the fishermen into taking up aggressive methods of demonstrations.

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