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ordered closure of the CS2 plant. On 26 January, the people embarked on a new phase of struggle by starting a relay hungerstrike in front of the factory under the leadership of K.A.Mohamed Salim, Rahman's son. Kerala's human rights groups have called for a boycott of Grasim products.
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