On the thirty sixth day of their strike, ASHA workers surround the State Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, determined to make the government hear them. Thousands have gathered there. The NHM made a last minute announcement of a palliative care training for today to deter workers from participating, but it doesn’t seem to have worked well enough. Meanwhile, news reporters have been speaking with some ASHAs who are attending the training, and they openly declare that they are with the striking workers.

The striking workers are determined to lay siege the whole day, blocking the M G Road in front of the Secretariat.

Gomati, the leader of the Pomblai Otrumai, addresses the strike, below: