Madhusudan Khandait, secretary of the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangh or Tea Workers Association, which has one million members, said the state government must take the blame for the deadlock.
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The downturn is something people here read about in the newspapers, according to Dhanna Singh, a member of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), a union of activists and farmers.