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Harthals in 2009

No.	Date	District	Political Party /Organisations	Cause
1	January 1, 2009	Thalassery	CPM	Protesting against the murder of party activist.
2	January 12, 2009	Kannur	BMS jilla committee	Following the violent incident wherein the Secretary of BMS jilla committee was injured and trade union activists were attacked.
3	January 18, 2009	Thalassery	CPM	Following the death of an activist who was hacked to death.
4	January 19, 2009	Payyoli	UDF	Protest against the attack on its workers in connection with the Payyoli Urban Bank elections.
5	February 13, 2009	Thiruvananthapuram	CPM & Samara Samithy	In continuation of the year-long demand for setting up a High Court Bench division in the capital city.
6	February 26, 2009	Kalamassery	UDF	Following the alleged attack on the municipality office by DYFI workers.
7	March 12, 2009	Kannur	CPI(M)	Protest against the killing of a BJP worker.
8	March 16, 2009	Kannur	Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithy)	Protest against the widespread attack on shops causing heavy damage.
9	March 28, 2009	Kannur	CPIM	Protest against the murder of a popular CPM leader allegedly by BJP-RSS activists.
10	March 31, 2009	Chalakudy	Congress	Protest against the murder of Youth Congress activist Unnikrishnan.
11	April 2, 2009	Balaramapuram, Thiruvananthapuram	Merchants and political parties	Protest against the attack causing serious injuries on some traders.
12	April 18, 2009	Malayinkeezh, Thiruvananthapuram	JD(S)	Protesting against the attack on the Janatha Dal(S) office.
13	April 23, 2009	Kayamkulam, Alappuzha	Merchant associations	A group of masked goons on four two-wheelers hurled country bombs at a fast food centre and attacked everyone who came in their way.
14	April 27, 2009	Thalassery	BJP	Following an incident wherein a BJP activist was hacked to death and another seriously injured.
15	May 7, 2009	Kerala	UDF	Protest against the government’s decision not to permit prosecution of CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the SNC Lavalin case.
16	May 12, 2009	Willington Island, Kochi	Trade Union	Against the implementation of the Central Industrial Tribunal award on new manning scales.
17	May 12, 2009	Vaniyamkulam, Palakkad	EES	Protest against the attack on rebel CPI(M) leader and secretary of the samithy M.R. Murali and four others.
18	May 15, 2009	Kannur	CPI(M)	Protesting against the attack on a local D.Y.F.I activist leading to his death.
19	May 19, 2009	Cheriyathura, Thiruvananthapuram	Muslim Union Association	Protesting against the vilolent incidents that occurred between rival groups and the police,leading to four deaths and several injuries.
20	May 19, 2009	Edakkazhiyur, Thrissur		A half-day hartal to condole the death of two youths, who were killed in an accident.
21	May 20, 2009	Kakoor, Kozhikode	CPI(M)	Protesting against the post-poll violence in the rural areas of the district involving clashes between rival political parties resulting in attack on party offices and damage to property and vehicles.
22	May 26, 2009	Pandalam	Hindu Organisations	Protest against the demolition of the Akhila Bharatha Ayyappa Seva Sanghom office building at Manikantanalthar.
23	June 8, 2009	Kerala	CPI(M)	Black day in some parts of Kerala in protest against the Governor’s decision to give permission to prosecute Pinarayi in the SNC-Lavalin case.
24	June 15, 2009	Kollam	Bus operators and traders	Demanding the reopening of the Chinnakada private bus stand which was closed a couple of months ago as part of road-extension work.
25	June 15, 2009	Tripunithura	Poothotta action council	Protest against the police arrest of people who made demonstrations against fertile land reclamation.
26	June 26, 2009	Ambalapuzha	BJP	Protesting against the attack on BJP workers.
27	July 15, 2009	Kerala	ABVP	Raising their voice against the police attack on student activists who took out marches to M.G., Calicut and Kannur universities.
28	July 16, 2009	Kerala	Homeopathy Doctors	Protesting against the government order sanctioning the practice of unqualified homeopathy medicine.
29	July 27, 2009	Poochakkal, Alappuzha	Traders
30	July 30, 2009	Cherthala, Karukutty	Traders	As a token of mourning upon the death of Malayalam cine actor Rajan P.Dev
31	August 12, 2009	Thiruvananthapuram	Residents and Traders	Shortage of drinking water.
32	September 10, 2009	Mavelikara	BJP	A local harthal was declared from 6 am to 6 pm.
33	September 15, 2009	Udayamperoor,Kochi	Congress(I)	Following the CITU-CPI activists’ alleged attack on the labourers during a labour meeting held at Udayamperoor by Congress workers.
34	September 16, 2009	Maradu,Kochi	Samarasamithy of Maradu grama panchayat	Protesting against the state move to incorporate the panchayat into Kochi constituency.