AGARTALA, July 17 (TIWN): CITU staged protest on Friday infront of City Centre over privatisation of Indian Railways and excessive price hike of essential commodities.

On this protest, Senior leader Manik Dey said, "Not only here, but we are also organising such protest activity in different places across the state, including the rail stations. This decision of Central Government is a threat to the future of this nation. If all the important properties of the country are being sold then what will be the meaning of being Independent. This seems like we are going back to British ruled India again. Thousands of youth will lose their jobs. The rate of unemployment will increase in an unstoppable manner."

"When we raised a demand for giving 7500 to the daily workers who are affected badly in this pandemic, they did not bother to think about it. They can't provide a minimum of 10 kg of rice to the poor people but can sell the nation in this crucial period of Covid-19."

The country's national assets are being sold by Modi Government one by one. The latest 'masterstroke' of the central government is the privatisation of the Indian Railways. On July 1, 2020, the Railway Minister announced that 151 trains in 109 pairs of routes will be operated by private sectors. The private sector will invest Rs 30,000 crore. Only the driver and guard will be railway employees, which means all the other employees will be of the private company, who is operating the train. The private train operations will begin by April 2023, informed the Government.