‘some Political Parties Hijacked The Strike’: Trade Union On Bihar Bandh Over Sir

Some governmental parties hijacked nan onslaught called by waste and acquisition unions by announcing a ‘bandh’ complete nan Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls successful Bihar, said a waste and acquisition national functionary. The functionary said nan parties did not speak a connection astir them.

Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) president Harbhajan Singh Sidhu said, "Some governmental parties hijacked our programme. They announced a bandh successful Bihar, but did not opportunity a connection astir us. If they had to do a 'Bihar bandh', they could person done it a fewer days later. The INDIA bloc has not spoken a connection astir us. Political parties should not person hijacked our strike, and if they were doing it, it should person been done for our demands.”

He said nan INDIA bloc did not opportunity a azygous connection astir nan Labour Codes and different issues affecting nan workers moreover arsenic they fought against nan BJP-led ruling party’s policies.

While nan wide onslaught was called by nan waste and acquisition unions complete nan caller Labour Codes and different issues, nan Bihar bandh was called by guidance parties against nan ongoing SIR, which intends to see eligible voters successful nan elector lists and region nan ineligible ones. The process would entail door-to-door surveys to verify elector specifications by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and nan submission of 1 of 11 documents for verification, for illustration commencement certificates and personality cards. Aadhaar paper is not among nan list.

All India Trade Union Congress wide caput Amarjeet Kaur said 25 crore group participated successful nan ‘rasta roko’ and ‘rail roko’ programmes crossed nan country. There were bandh-like situations successful Puducherry, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka.

Kaur said location was a very ample mobilisation successful agrarian India by informal-sector workers. "The waste and acquisition unions are very clear. Whether it is simply a authorities government aliases nan Union government, our labour laws -- that we won aft a 150-year struggle from nan British play to independent India -- we will not tolerate immoderate effort astatine taking distant those rights," Kaur said.

Trade unions crossed various sectors observed a wide onslaught connected Wednesday to protestation against nan caller Labour Codes and privatisation. The onslaught aimed to property for demands including a minimum costs of Rs 26,000 and nan restoration of nan aged pension scheme. The unions progressive included those successful coal, NMDC Ltd, non-coal minerals specified arsenic copper, bauxite, aluminium, and golden mines, arsenic good arsenic steel, banks, LIC, GIC, petroleum, electricity, postal services, grameen dak sevaks, telecom, beverage plantations, jute mills, nationalist transport, and various backstage assemblage carrier services. State authorities labor from different sectors besides participated.

Defence assemblage labor held protestation gross meetings for an hr successful support of nan onslaught earlier resuming work. Railway unions mobilised and took portion successful solidarity actions. Unions representing building workers, beedi workers, anganwadi and ASHA workers, mid-day repast staff, home workers, hawkers, vendors, home-based piece-rate workers, and rickshaw, autorickshaw, and taxi drivers participated successful "rasta roko" and "rail roko" protests astatine respective locations.