Summary:
Talking to reporters at the end of the Executive Committee meeting of the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC), Mr.
Narayanasamy said that there had been a demand from different quarters to release the convicts. All-India Congress Committee general secretary and in-charge of party affairs in the Union Territory Mukul Wasnik would lead the protest. Earlier, a resolution was adopted at the PCC meeting appealing to traders and all sections of people to make the Congress-called Bharat Bandh on Monday a success. Sivakolunthu and MLAs attended the PCC meeting. The Congress party is also organising a protest against the sky-rocketing fuel prices and the alleged corruption in the Rafale fighter jet deal in Puducherry and Karaikal on September 15..