Govt favouring corporates, alleges CITU
Tribune News Service
Shimla, February 3
The CITU today staged state-wide demonstrations against Labour Codes, Electricity Amendment Bill and the Union Budget. Declaring the Budget against employees, farmers and labourers, CITU warned the government that if Labour Codes, Electricity Amendment Bill and farm laws were not rolled back, the agitation would be intensified.
CITU state president Vijender Mehra alleged that the government was working for corporates and was bent upon handing over all financial resources to them. Alleging that the Modi government was hurting the poor the most, CITU said the government had cut down the budget for schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) by 41 per cent and for Anganwari workers by 30 per cent. “Even the budget for the mid-day meal scheme has been reduced by Rs 1,400 crore,” said Mehra.
