‘Anti-worker’ policies of Centre should go: CITU
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A gathering was held by the CITU on the HPCL gate right here on Friday to oppose the transfer of the Centre to privatise public sector oil corporations, as a run-up to the proposed All India strike on November 26 in opposition to the anti-worker, anti-people policies of the NDA authorities.
Addressing the employees, CITU metropolis common secretary M. Jaggu Naidu alleged that the Centre was planning to privatise BPCL and to promote its stake within the IOC. He stated that HPCL was already merged with ONGC and the latter was made to boost funds on this regard. He alleged that the Centre was now planning to privatise ONGC on the plea that it has run into money owed.
The CITU chief stated that the general public sector oil corporations have been contributing hundreds of crores of rupees to the federal government within the kind of taxes moreover offering employment to youth. They have stood because the spine of the financial system of the nation. They have been offering their CSR funds to the tune of a number of crores for the event of numerous initiatives in Visakhapatnam metropolis.
The privatisation of oil corporations would end in a steep hike in petrol/diesel costs and it will have a cascading impact on the costs of all important commodities.
He alleged that the Modi authorities was planning to handover the general public sector oil corporations to company teams like Ambanis. He referred to as upon all sections of the individuals to boost their voice in opposition to the ‘anti-worker’ and ‘anti-people’ policies of the federal government. The Centre had transformed 44 labour legal guidelines into 4 labour codes in a bid to deprive staff of their rights, he alleged.
CITU Malkapuram Zone leaders P. Pydiraju, R. Lakshmana Murthy and K. Penta Rao have been amongst those that participated.
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