Industry workers, farmers take out huge protest rally
Despite restrictions imposed by the UT administration, hundreds of workers and farmers gathered at Maharaja Hari Singh Park here today to protest against the anti-worker, anti-farmer and anti-people policies of both the Central and Union Territory Jammu governments. & Kashmir.
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Addressing the demonstration, CITU President Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami expressed serious concern over the endless problems faced by farmers, workers and common people due to job loss, unemployment, rising prices of all essential commodities, which he said was due to government policies. The debt burden on people is increasing. Despite the increase in the number of farmers, their contribution to production, the agricultural economy continues to face crisis.
Tarigami further said that all the hard rights of workers have been removed through the pro-employer labor code for ease of doing business. He said that the Government of India has been one of the founding members of the International Labor Organization but the government is not even following the approved conventions, in the first convention the government was ordered to limit the working hours of workers to 8 but the governments are not following it. Increasing it to 12. hours.
CITU leader said that due to strong opposition of trade unions against privatization the government has now come up with the National Monetization Pipeline Project and is handing over all the public sector assets made of people’s money to big corporates to make money without any investment .
He said that in the last 10 years, PSU banks have waived off Rs 25.75 lakh crore, but this government is not ready to waive off the loans of farmers. He supported the ongoing struggle of the farmers and also urged the government to immediately accept all the demands of the farmers.
Jammu and Kashmir Kisan Tehreek President Kishore Kumar said that there is no precedent in the world for the struggle of the United Kisan Morcha, due to which the government had to withdraw all three agricultural laws, but the government has also given written assurance on the MSP and Electricity (Amendment) Bill. Have given. Respect was not given and all the promises made to farmers to double their income remained in vain. He urged the government to give MSP on Jammu and Kashmir Basmati and other crops.
Others who spoke on the occasion included CPI(M) regional secretary Hari Singh, state CITU working president Om Prakash, J&K Kisan Tehreek’s Sohan Lal and Sewa Ram, general secretary Jagdish Sharma, vice president Muzaffar Wani, secretary Zia Lal Parihar. Were included. Ramesh Chand and others.
