# Police detain 32 CITU leaders after tense Tirupati protest 2026-08-09T21:57:01+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet On Thursday, police in Tirupati arrested 32 leaders of CITU after a scuffle near the district Collectorate, where a rally of contract and outsourcing workers was stopped. The detained include state vice-president Kandarapu Murali and district-level leaders, the Hans India reports. The workers had concluded a 40-day minimum wage campaign and were demanding a monthly minimum wage of Rs 26,000, regularisation of services, and salaries on the first of every month. They also sought a raise in retirement age to 62 for contract workers. CITU leaders alleged that the coalition government had betrayed workers by implementing four labour codes and failing to regularise three lakh contract workers and increase wages for 50 lakh workers in scheduled industries. ## Coverage - thehansindia.com Tags: Andhra Pradesh, CITU, contract workers, labour protests, minimum wage, Tirupati Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/police-detain-32-citu-leaders-after-tense-tirupati-protest/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/police-detain-32-citu-leaders-after-tense-tirupati-protest/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.