Harthals in 2008
 
 No.
 Date
 District
 Political Party /Organisations
 Cause
 
 1
 January 16, 2008
 Kozhikode
 Town Bus Stand Janakeeya Samiti
 Protest against the traffic reforms in the town.
 
 2
 January 27, 2008
 Thalassery,KANNUR
 CPI(M)
 Protest against the killing of a CPI(M) activist
 .
 
 3
 January 28, 2008
 Vavakkad
 BJP
 Protest against the attack on three BJP
 activists at Vavakkad,Vadakkekka ra panchayat in the
 midnight.
 
 4
 January 30, 2008
 Kollam
 UDF & LDF
 A mark of respect to RSP leader Baby John who
 passed away .
 
 5
 February 4, 2008
 Chittur
 Janata Dal(S)
 
 
 6
 February 6, 2008
 Aluva
 
 To condemn the attack on the MLA and others .
 
 7
 February 6, 2008
 Palakkad
 BJP
 To Protest the arrest of some party workers
 under the 'Goodas Act'.
 
 8
 February 13, 2008
 Kodakara
 BJP
 To Protest against the clash on Feb 12 between
 BJP and CPM in the area..
 
 9
 February 14, 2008
 Venmony,Chengannur
 BJP
 To Protest the setting ablaze of a local BJP
 leader's house by CPI(M) activists early morning.
 
 10
 February 15, 2008
 Chengannur
 BJP
 To Protest against the attack on the residence
 of BJP leader Shivan Pillai at Venmony .
 
 11
 February 19, 2008
 Thiruvananthapuram
 UDF
 To Protest against what it termed the failure of
 the LDF government to address five major issues that
 directly affected the common man beyond the realm of
 politics.
 
 12
 February 20, 2008
 Bharanikavu, Alappuzha
 Traders Union
 To Protest against attack on shops during the
 UDF harthal on Feb.19.
 
 13
 February 21, 2008
 Choondal,Thrissur
 Congress
 To Protest against the violence following the by
 election in the area.
 
 14
 February 21, 2008
 Chalakudy, Thrissur
 BJP
 To Protest against the attack on a BJP activist
 in the Chalakudy constituency.
 
 15
 February 22, 2008
 Kottayi, PALAKKAD
 Kottayi mandalam Congress committee
 To Protest against the attack on two Congress
 activists by alleged BJP activists.
 
 16
 February 23, 2008
 Kozhikode & Thrissur
 
 
 Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi
 For demanding that local bodies should not issue
 licences to retail giants who operate as monopolist traders.
 
 17
 February 25, 2008
 Kumarapuram
 Local traders and residents
 To protest against the gangland violence.
 
 18
 February 28, 2008
 Cherpu, Thrissur
 BJP
 To protest against the attack on a local BJP
 activist and leader.
 
 19
 March 6, 2008
 Kannur & Mahe
 BJP and RSS
 To protest against the violence which resulted
 in the death of two RSS activists and one CPM worker in the
 Thalassery,Koothupa ramba areas of Kannur dist.
 
 20
 March 10, 2008
 Punnapra
 BJP
 To protest against the attack on the BJP
 committee office in Paravur.
 
 21
 March 11, 2008
 Vadavathur
 Residents of Vadavathur
 Protesting against the negligence shown in
 removing garbage piled up in the area.
 
 22
 March 19, 2008
 Engandiyur and Vadanappilly, Thrissur
 CPI(M)
 To protest against the death of a DYFI activist
 who was assaulted by suspected RSS workers.
 
 23
 March 23, 2008
 Enadimangalam , Pathanamthita
 
 
 The temple advisory committee
 Adoor Assistant Superintendent of Police
 assaulted Poothamkara Dharma Sastha Temple committee members
 who approached him to enquire about the manhandling of
 traders on the temple premises .
 
 24
 March 28, 2008
 Kothamangalam
 Congress
 The incident of a lorry ramming into the
 Congress rally.
 
 25
 March 28, 2008
 Mannar
 CPI(M)
 A mark of respect to the two schoolchildren who
 died after the compound wall collapsed on them at
 Kuttamperoor Vidyapradayini UP School at Mannar..
 
 26
 March 28, 2008
 Kasaragod
 UDF
 To protest against the killing of Congress
 leader T. Balakrishnan at Kundar, Karadukka.
 
 27
 March 29, 2008
 Kuttanad , Alappuzha
 BJP
 To protesting against alleged govt failure in
 preventing the suicide death of a grief stricken farmer,in
 the wake of the recent paddy crisis.
 
 28
 April 1, 2008
 Kozhikode
 Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithy .
 To protest against the value-added tax (VAT),
 besides the proposed Kerala Buildings Lease Bill 2002, the
 hike in power tariffs and PFA licence fee.
 
 29
 April 2, 2008
 Vallikodu,Aranmula
 CPM local committees of Vallikodu
 gramapanchayath and Aranmula
 To the demise of poet Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan.
 
 30
 April 7, 2008
 Thiruvananthapuram
 Kerala Ration Dealers Association
 To protest against the Centre's decision to
 slash 4000 tonnes from the rice quota to the state.
 
 31
 April 15, 2008
 Kasargod
 BJP and Sangh Parivar associations
 To protest against the killing of BJP activist
 Sandeep at Kasargod.
 
 32
 April 18, 2008
 Kasargod
 Sangh Parivar
 To protest against the killing of BMS district
 vice president P.Suhas at Kasargod.
 
 33
 May 2, 2008
 All Kerala
 BJP
 To protest against the spiralling hike in prices
 of essential commodities.
 
 34
 May 5, 2008
 Thalassery,Kannur
 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
 To protest against the arrest of the three BJP
 and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists on Saturday
 in connection with the murder of Communist Party of India
 (Marxist) activist K.P. Jijesh.
 
 35
 May 9, 2008
 Chittur
 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
 To protest against the murder of their activist
 Suresh.
 
 36
 May 25, 2008
 Kozhikode
 CongressParty (BJP)
 To protest against the torching of a Congress
 office here on Saturday night.
 
 37
 May 26, 2008
 Kozhikode
 
 To protest against the attempts by a group of
 people to set on fire the local IUML office, Bafaky Bhavan,
 on Sunday night.
 
 38
 May 29, 2008
 Meyppayur,Nadapuram
 UDF
 To protest against the attack on Youth Congress
 activists by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI)
 at Kakkattil on Wednesday.
 
 39
 May 31, 2008
 Thriprayar,Thrissur
 BJP,RSS, VHP and the Kshetra Samrakshana Samithy
 Following a burglary incident at Thriprayar
 temple the previous night.
 
 40
 June 2, 2008
 Kottayam
 Kerala Vyapari Vayvasayi Ekopana Samithy
 To protest against what they termed the
 unilateral action of the municipal authorities in
 demolishing shops along General Post Office Road in
 connection with the road widening project in the area.
 
 41
 June 4, 2008
 Udumbanchola
 BJP
 To protest against the attack on Udumbanchola
 constituent assembly president C.Radhakrishnan at Third
 Camp.
 
 42
 June 4, 2008
 Kattappana
 UDF
 To protest against the violent incidents which
 happened in Kattappana ..
 
 43
 June 5, 2008
 All kerala
 LDF & BJP
 To protest against the central price hike in oil
 and diesel.
 
 44
 June 12, 2008
 Kalamassery ,Kochi
 Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithi
 Following an incident wherein the police
 attacked the public including the Corporation Councillor for
 having allegedly blocked the dumping of waste from Cochin
 Corporation in the dumping yards of Kalamassery Corporation.
 
 45
 June 13, 2008
 Idakkochi
 Scheduled Castes/Tribes Joint Association
 To protest against the attack on a harijan Youth
 and his family.
 
 46
 June 18, 2008
 Mavelikara
 UDF
 To protest against the police lathicharge on KSU
 activists in Thiruvananthapuram.
 
 47
 June 20, 2008
 Thrissur
 Congress
 Following an incident wherein the KSU
 activists,on a Collectorate march were lathicharged by the
 Police in Thrissur district
 
 48
 June 20, 2008
 Neyyattinkara, Trivandrum
 KSU
 Protesting against the police lathi charge on
 KSU workers who reached Neyyattinkara to stage a
 demonstration.
 
 49
 June 21, 2008
 Aluva
 Congress
 Following the violent incidents that took place
 during the education band.
 
 50
 June 21, 2008
 Kottarakkara
 Union
 Protesting against the attacks made by the
 Police on KSU activists.
 
 51
 June 23, 2008
 Peermedu,Idukki
 CPI
 The alleged attack on CPI leaders by the CPIM at
 Vandiperiyar .
 
 52
 June 27, 2008
 Thiruvananthapuram
 BJP
 To protest against the alleged attack on party
 activists by the police and the CPI(M).
 
 53
 June 30, 2008
 Idukki
 UDF
 Following widespread violence between CPI(M) and
 UDF activists in connection with the election to the
 director board of Kattappana Service Cooperative Bank
 
 54
 July 2, 2008
 Pathanapuram&Punaloor
 CPI,Congress
 To protest against the arrest of the AIYF State
 Secretory P S Supal .
 
 55
 July 3, 2008
 All Kerala
 VHP
 To protest against the decision to withdraw the
 land allocation for Amarnath temple.
 
 56
 July 3, 2008
 Kodungallur
 DYFI
 To protest against the murder of block committee
 vice president K U Biju.
 
 57
 July 3, 2008
 Kodungallur
 LDF
 To protest against thedeath of DYFI block
 committee vice-president Biju .
 
 58
 July 4, 2008
 Kodungallur
 The SNDP in Kodungallur constituency and the
 Merchants Association of Kodungallur town
 To protest against the stoning of the statue of
 Sree Narayana Guru in front of the Sreekumara Samajam office
 at the west Nada and the attack against the SNDP Union
 office.
 
 59
 July 5, 2008
 Kodungallur
 SNDP
 To protest against the stoning of the statue of
 Sree Narayana Guru and the attack against the SNDP Union
 office
 
 60
 July 8, 2008
 Ernakulam
 The localites of Mulavukadu grama panchayat
 To protest against the bad condition of the
 roads in the area.
 
 61
 July 10, 2008
 Kollam
 Kerala Vyapari Vyavasayi Ekopana Samithy
 To ensure the success of the trade hartal and
 Assembly march of the traders against retail majors .