Tamil Nadu factories become new naxalbari

Industry in Tamil Nadu is trying to come to grips with a startling internal discovery that 'fringe militant trade unions' - code phrase for Naxalites - have incognito established a foothold in key industrial belts in a state far removed from the heartland of Maoist extremism. In recent weeks, the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Employers' Federation of Southern India have, in closed-door meetings, discussed how to deal with this problem, two senior members of the associations told ET on condition of anonymity.

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