3-day long protest organized by CITU and Himachal Kisan Sabha against anti-people policies of the Modi govt
The three-day-long protest organized under the banner of CITU and Himachal Kisan Sabha against the anti-labor, farmer, employee, and anti-people policies of the Modi government at the Center ended at Chaura Maidan in Shimla. Thousands of laborers and farmers of Himachal Pradesh participated in the three-day Mahapadav. In the Mahapadav of the third day, hundreds of workers from across the state came from NHPC, SJVN, hospitals, municipal bodies, STP, outsourced and contract workers of hydroelectric projects, hotels, tourist guides, street vendors, Vishal Megamart, Kalibari, Saheb Society workers, industrial and BBN workers. Covid workers participated.
In the grand march of the third day, CITU National Secretary Dr. Kashmir Thakur, State President Vijendra Mehra, General Secretary Prem Gautam, Kisan Sabha State President Kuldeep Singh Tanwar, Dr. Omkar Shad, Jagat Ram, Kuldeep Dogra, Ajay Dulta, Balak Ram, Mohit Verma, Omdutt Sharma, Daljeet. Singh, Rakesh Thakur, Sudesh, Narendra, Amit, Ranjeet, Jagmohan Thakur, Dr. Rajendra Chauhan, Dr. Vijay Kaushal, Ranjeev Kuthiala, Vivek Kashyap, Ram Prakash, Ram Singh, Mahesh Verma, Mehar Singh Pal, Anil Kaushal, Surendra Kumar, Omprakash, Pala Ram, Naresh, Balbir, Gurdev, Rajendra, Sunil, Ajay, Krishna Pal etc. were present.
CITU State President Vijendra Mehra and General Secretary Prem Gautam said that this three-day Mahapadav will focus on declaring the minimum wage of workers at Rs 26 thousand, canceling four anti-labor labor codes, giving minimum support price to farmers, implementing Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations tomorrow, urban Along with the expansion in areas, there are also efforts to provide 200 working days in MNREGA at a wage of Rs 375 per day, registration of MNREGA, construction and BRO laborers in the Labor Welfare Board and restoration of economic benefits, making a policy for outsourced workers, giving honor to the workers. It was held on the demands of regularization, reinstatement of laid-off Covid workers, curbing huge inflation, regularization of scheme workers, stopping privatization of public sector undertakings, debt relief of farmers, unemployment, inflation, withdrawal of smart meter scheme etc..
He has said that due to the neo-liberal and pro-capitalist policies of the Modi government at the Centre, the crisis of unemployment, poverty, inequality, and livelihood is increasing. Poverty and hunger are increasing due to unemployment and inflation. Rising inflation due to the weakening of the public distribution system has broken the back of the people. There is a huge increase in the prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas and food items. He *ensured a minimum wage of Rs 26,000 per month and pension to all workers; By repealing the four anti-labor labor codes and the Electricity Amendment Bill, banning contract, part-time, multi-purpose, multi-task, temporary, casual, fixed term, contractual system, and outsourced system, all these workers should be regularized and thrown out of the job. Demanded reinstatement of hundreds of Covid workers, expansion in urban areas, providing 200 working days at a wage of Rs 375 per day in MNREGA, registration of MNREGA, construction and BRO workers in the Labor Welfare Board and restoration of economic benefits. . He called for stopping privatization and disinvestment of public sector undertakings, ending the National Monetization Pipeline and Agneepath scheme, stopping inflation, strengthening the ration system in the depots and making it universal, regularizing all the scheme workers including Anganwadi, Mid Day Meal, Asha workers. , implementing OPS for the employees of the Electricity Board, Municipal Corporations, and other boards and corporations, stopping the privatization of BRO and regularizing BRO workers, implementing the Street Vendors Act for street vendors, withdrawing anti-worker and owner changes in the Motor Vehicle Act. demanded.*
