Friday, July 29 2005 17:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Workers of Honda Motorcycles and Scooter India Ltd, injured in police lathicharge in Gurgaon on Monday, today (July 29, 2005) met UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and sought her intervention to bring the guilty to book and get the retrenched workers reinstated.

"Sonia Gandhi assured us that she will intervene and try to get the workers justice," injured Suresh Gaur, President of Honda Motorcycles and Scooter India Workers Union told mediapersons after meeting the UPA chairperson.

Around 3,000 workers are out of job, he said adding the MNC plant is "totally shut" now.

When asked whether AITUC-affiliated union has lost hope in the Left parties, Gaur, who led a 20-member delegation to the UPA Chairperson's residence, said "workers have total trust in comrades but have come to show their injuries to Gandhi and tell her about high handedness of the administration".

He refuted the police claim that workers turned violent first, which led to lathicharge by police.

Instead it was the police, which used baton on workers, he said adding this led to some workers turning violent, causing injuries to the DCP.