The relay hunger strike by airport employees, owing allegiance to Airport Authority Employees Union, to protest the privatisation of Delhi and Mumbai airports, entered the second day on Friday.
Employees in batches are holding the relay hunger strike at the domestic terminal as part of the countrywide agitation, according to AAEU general secretary Nitin Jadhav.
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Civil Aviation Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy had on Thursday, at Patna, sought to allay fears of retrenchment among the staff of Airports Authority of India.
The staff of the two airports would be sent on deputation to the proposed company to be set up as a joint venture with 26 per cent central government participation for three years, the minister had said.
Meanwhile, at Nagpur, on the second day of the relay protest, four employees sat on chain hunger strike at Sonegaon airport, according to local secretary of AAEU J J Goswami.
