CPI-MSC appeals public participation in protest today
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 17 2020:
Stating that the Left Parties of the Nation have been organising a week long protest condemning the anti-people policies in the budget, CPI Manipur State Council (MSC) has appealed to one an all to participate in the closing day of the protest tomorrow.
A statement issued by the State secretary of CPI MSC conveyed that the protest has been organised by the Left parties highlighting various following issues and demands which include roll back of the large-scale privatization of national assets including the disinvestment of LIC, which is a repository of people's lifelong savings and security.
The left parties are opposing the unprecedented levels of unemployment and retrenchment due to closure/downsizing of factories; provide for a minimum wage of Rs.21,000 and adequate unemployment allowance and the deepening agrarian distress demanding one-time loan waiver for the farmers.
The left parties are also protesting against the large-scale cuts in government spending in crucial areas like food subsidy (Rs.75,532 crore); agriculture and allied activities including fisheries (Rs.30,683 crore); MNREGA (9,500 crore); social welfare (Rs.2,640 crore); urban development (Rs.5,765 crore); health (1,169 crores) etc, that will push crores of Indians into poverty, demanding at least the restoration of earlier levels of spending if not an increase, it added.