Call for nationwide strike against ‘anti-labour’ policies on Nov 26th

Central government has been toeing the line of corporate giants and undermining the rights of working classes across the country which indirectly harmed the interests of common people

Hyderabad: Protesting against the Central government’s policies and voicing its concern over the attack on the Constitution, Working class of India has given a call for a nationwide general strike on November 26.

Speaking to media here on Monday, V Raghunathan, General Secretary, South Central Zonal Council under All Indian LIC Employees Federation said the Central government has been toeing the line of corporate giants and undermining the rights of working classes across the country which indirectly harmed the interests of common people.

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He said the Narendra Modi-led BJP government was wreaking havoc on the inalienable rights that the Constitution has guaranteed to some sections.

“In the garb of Ease of Doing Business, the government is aggressively pursuing pro-corporate policies. Apart from reducing corporate taxes, government got three anti-labour codes passed in the parliament undemocratically, when the opposition was absent,” Raghunathan said.

‘IPO will lead to privatisation’

According to the council, after the merger of public sector banks, without recovering huge NPAs, faulty formulation of GST, privatisation of railway routes, railway stations, production units, airports, sea ports, docks, coal mines, cash-rich PSEs like BPCL, 41 ordnance factories, BSNL, Air India, the government is now bent on getting the LIC of India listed in the stock market.

This Initial Public Offer is meant to sell the government’s stake in the corporation, but it will certainly lead to its privatisation, Raghunathan said adding that listing of LIC is bound to harm the interests of its 40 crore policy holders, apart from the citizens.

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