| CITU, AITUC protest against Centre Govt for its polices | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 26: CITU in colaboration with AITUC Jammu and others protest against centre government for its policies including deregulation, disinvestment, privatization and denationalization, raising FDI cap in strategic sectors of industries and services.
According to press release, Tarigami said that true face of the Modi Government is being exposed by its anti-working class, pro-corporate policies, to divert the attention of the people the RSS is playing its communal cards and tries to polarise people on the lines of religion, adding that the big corporate had invested heavily to ensure victory of the BJP in the last parliamentary elections and now it is time for the Modi government to pay them rich dividends on their investments.
"The government has also repromulgated the ordinance increasing the FDI limit to 49% in insurance sector, land acquisition law has also beeh-changed through an ordinance to acquire the land for corporate without the consent of the concerned farmers,the government has made its intentions clear to bring FDI to Railways, Defence and other strategic sectors/the disinvestment of public sector is continuing with full speed and vigourm " he added. He said that by way of midterm review, budget allocation to health and other social sectors has been curtailed, MNREGA is also under attack. Unfortunately the govt has not taken any action on our ten point charter of demands.
While, Om Parkash, General Secretary, Jammu and Kashmir state CITU while addressing the rally demanded that government should curb the price rise and universalization of public distribution system and complete ban on speculation and future trading in commodity market which alone can contain the rising prices; there cannot be a third way for the same.
NK Dogra, President,of AITUC while addressing the gathering demanded for strict enforcement of labour laws and punitive measures for violation of labour laws. He said that in majority of workplaces, minimum wages are not paid; basic social security benefits are denied. In fact, 90% of the disputes and conflicts going on in different workplace in the country relate just r.on-implementation of the existing labour laws. |
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