THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The two-day nationwide strike led by trade unions is still going on. The strike is being carried out by 12 all-India trade unions and 32 state-level trade unions. Roadblocks and violence were reported in various parts of the state in connection with the strike. Now, Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor has come up clarifying his stance on the 48-hour strike.

'I have always opposed hartals & while people are suffering from government policies, they also suffer from shutdowns. You can protest but no one has the right to prevent other people doing what they need to do. Coercion is not a democratic way of protest,' Tharoor wrote on his social media page.