In a disturbing development, the Karnataka police have arrested a local president of Students’ Federation of India (SFI), student body of Communist Party of India, in connection with the violence that took place at the Wistron’s iPhone manufacturing plant in Kolar on Saturday (December 12) morning.
According to the reports, ‘Comrade Srikanth’, who is a taluk president of SFI in Kolar in connection with vandalism, was detained by the Kolar police for the wanton destruction of a mobile manufacturing plant in Narasapura, Kolar.
It has been alledged that employees of Wistron and SFI had planned to hold a protest outside Kolar Collector Sathyabhama’s office at 11 am on December 12.
Using social media, Srikanth sent out the WhatsApp message, calling for the protest and this message was widely circulated among employees that instigated several SFI activists, who allegedly entered Wistron’s premises on the morning of December 12, and carried out acts of vandalism in the plant.
“Srikanth was arrested for instigating the violence and also bringing in non-employees into the plant which was vandalised,” the police said.
What is even more shocking is that the Communist party-affiliated trade unions defended the attacks and claimed that they were protesting against the non-payment of salaries and extended overtime.
However, the Labour department of Karnataka has refuted such claims and have said that the employees received a regular salary and there was only a 4-day delay this month due to a software bug.
On December 12, hundreds of workers employed at the manufacturing plant went on a rampage that led to the destruction of property, vehicles and equipment in a flash strike. This has resulted in damages in several crores.
It must be noted that the communists in India are closely affiliated with China, and it has been alleged that this attack was carried out at their behest.
After the spread of the Wuhan virus, many companies decided to leave China and the Communist Party of China and its propagandists has been very busy issuing threats to companies for moving their manufacturing units from China to India.
The powerful communist nation has subtly threatened the other partners of Apple Inc such as Foxconn and asked whether these companies now regret about moving their production facilities to India
The news of this attack on this cell phone manufacturing plant was reported by the Communist Party of China’s mouthpiece The Global Times. Qingqing Chen – a chief reporter of the Global Times, had said that the destruction of Wistron’s plant in India was a potential risk for manufacturers who are moving their production lines out of China.
This is a potential risk when manufacturers consider moving their production lines out of #China where they have most stable labor market supporting the nation to become the largest manufacturing hub. Does Terry Gou from #Foxconn, regret about moving those #iPhone lines to #India https://t.co/I4xOCmXh32
— Qingqing_Chen (@qingqingparis) December 13, 2020