Members of the Tamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently-Abled Persons and Caregivers stage a protest by laying siege to the Commissionerate for the Welfare of Differently-Abled Persons. (DC)

Pudukkottai: Police detained over 200 differently-abled members of the Pudukkottai district unit of the "Tamil Nadu Anaithuvagai Matruthiranaaligal' and 'Matrum Padhukappor Urimaikalukkaana Sangam" for attempting to besiege the Collectorate on Monday.

Sangam's district president M. Thangavel, who led the agitation, told media persons that their monthly assistance should be hiked to Rs 6,000 and wanted Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay to make an announcement in this regard in the ongoing assembly session.

He said similar agitations are held across the state.

District CPI(M) executive committee member K. Shanmugam, sangam's district secretary M. Ganesan, and treasurer A. Malthi spoke.

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