Leader of Sri Lanka's Democratic People's Front (DPF) and former parliamentarian Mano Ganesan said he was attacked today when he was participating in a demonstration in Kotagala.
Sri Lanka's Up Country Trade Union Alliance (UTUA) held a protest in Kotagala Town in Nuwara Eliya district amidst police objections demanding a wage increase for the plantation workers.
The trade union coalition demands an increase of daily wage upto Rs. 520 for plantation workers.
Ganeshan told local media that some individuals threw stones at him and hi supporters this morning when they were taking part in the protest staged.
The former MP said he received minor injuries to the hand and sought treatment at the Kotagala Hospital.
Ganeshan blamed the government ally Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) for initiating the attack and called upon the police for an immediate investigation.
He said the CWC supporters prevented the large number of estate workers who came from Hatton, Talawakelle and other plantation areas to participate in the protest.
Leader of Nawa Sama Samaja Party Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, leader of United Socialist Party and trade unionist Siritunga Jayasuriya, MPs V. Radhakrishnan and Palani Digambaram of the Upcountry People's Front also participated in the protest.
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