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CPI-M begins preparation for successful 2-days-long strike in BJP-ruled Tripura on January 8, 9 : Anti-BJP sentiment spikes high, Biplab’s JUMLA angers masses
TIWN Jan 2, 2019
CPI-M begins preparation for successful 2-days-long strike in BJP-ruled Tripura on January 8, 9 : Anti-BJP sentiment spikes high, Biplab’s JUMLA angers masses
PHOTO : CPI-M gears up for 2 days long strike in January 8, January 9.

AGARTALA, Jan 2 (TIWN): JUMLA driven BJP Govt’s chaos expected on January 8 and 9 as the strongest opposition CPI-M has called for 2 days long strike. Already propagandas in forms of banners, painting has been started in full wave as CPI-M is moving back in its earlier strong base. But BJP will announce war against strikers as last time all the Govt employees left absent on Strike-day, their one day salary was cut and then they were marked. However, auto, vehicle service crisis would be created as the working class is heavily angry over the Govt both at Centre and State. Supporting Central trade union (CITUs) called two days nationwide general strike on January 8 and 9, 2019, Tripura CPI-M has started statewide propaganda, urging common men to join the strike and succeed the strike in protest of what they call the pro- corporate, anti-national and anti-people policies of the BJP-led NDA government. Tripura CPI-M fully supporting the strike has called for a peaceful observation of the strike, whereas the ruling BJP in Tripura has already opposed the strike and likely to force vehicle movement. The protest is scheduled to have against privatization, corporate centric governance of the BJP Govt at Centre and State.

“In order to serve the interests of the multinational companies with Indian corporate, the present government is pursuing blatantly anti-people, anti-workers and anti-national policies at the cost of severely damaging the national economy and destroying its indigenous productive and manufacturing capabilities. Such a regime must be defeated squarely to force the pro-people changes in policies on all fronts,” the CTUs said.

A decision to this effect was taken at the national convention of workers on Friday where 10 central trade unions, barring the RSS-affiliate Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, jointly adopted the resolution to hold joint conventions, rallies and protests across the country over the next three months which will be followed by a two-day general strike in January next year.

The 10 central trade unions included INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, LPF, UTUC, AIRF and NFIR. Representatives of all independent national federations of workers and employees, of industrial and service sectors, central and state government employees including railways, defence, health and education joined the convention. 

“Government has been continuing to arrogantly ignore the 12 point charter of demands on minimum wage, universal social security, workers’ status including pay and facilities for the scheme workers, besides going for privatization of public and government sector and mass scale hiring on contract,” the CTUs said in a joint statement issued after the convention. 

According to the statement, the CTUs are concerned over the scraping of 44 central labour laws and replacing them with what they call the “four employer-friendly labour codes” and introduction of fixed term employment through executive order. 

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