Mass organisations protest on rooftops

Tribune News Service

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Bathinda, April 5

Members of various organisations staged a protest by standing on top of their terraces. They raised slogans against the state and Centre governments for failing to ensure required measures amid curfew restrictions in the wake of Covid-19 spread. Protesters rued that workers and leaders resort to politics while providing services to people in villages.

Members of as many as 15 organisations, including Powercom Department workers, contractual employees of different departments, student organisations and farmer organisations among others, staged a joint protest against the government.

Members of BKU Ugrahan, Khet Mazdoor Union and other unions in villages such as Khemuana, Sivian, Kotha Guru, Balhar Mehma, Kothe Natha Singh wala among others stood atop the terraces of their homes and raised slogans.

Jora Singh, state president of Khet Mazdoor Union, said: “The state as well as Centre governments instead of ensuring concrete action at the ground level were taking measures which fail to translate to the bottom-rung of society. The police were also using force against people who are fighting for their daily struggle (of food, medicines and livelihood) to stay alive.”

“If the government has imposed curfew, then it must ensure that essentials including ration and medicines reach people of all sections of society without any politicisation,” Singh said.

The protesters said if the government had imposed curfew, then it must ensure that every household receives essential items and also demanded ration and other essential items for urban as well as rural mazdoors.

CAPTION: Members of various mass organisations protest by standing on top of their terraces on Sunday. A Tribune photo