KMSC to hold protest against Centre today in Punjab
Protest will be held outside deputy commissioner offices
The Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee (KMSC) has announced that it will burn effigies of the Central government on Monday to protest against the scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
Addressing mediapersons on Sunday, Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee general secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said the scheme, which was meant to guarantee employment and livelihood security to rural workers, was being systematically diluted.
“MGNREGA is the lifeline of landless labourers and small farmers. Instead of strengthening it, the Central government is reducing work days, delaying payments and cutting funds,” he alleged.
Pandher said the protest would be held outside deputy commissioner offices across Punjab. “Burning effigies is a symbolic protest to draw attention to the injustice being done to crores of rural families who depend on MGNREGA for survival,” he said.
The Kisan Mazdoor Sangarsh Committee leader warned that if the government failed to address their demands, then the agitation would be intensified in the coming days. “Our struggle will continue until government promises to stop the new law and strengthens the MGNREGA,” said Pandher. The committee appealed to farmers and rural workers to participate in large numbers to make the protest a success.
