Meghen greets working class
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 29 2024:
Daily wage earners and labourers belonging to the working class are suffering the most amid the ongoing "Kuki aggression", said former rebel leader RK Meghen today.
Extending May Day greetings to the workers and labourers, RK Meghen said class difference still exists today, and closing this gap requires changes in the faulty system and a socio-political change.
India is a capitalist economy, and Manipur under it is seeing oppression of the weak and working class by the rich, he said.
In India, big companies are prospering and workers are being exploited, he said.
Meghen said the significance of observing May Day has increased.
The day is observed to commemorate the labour movement.
The labourers and workers must be given their rights and not exploited, he added.
Talking about May Day and the ongoing conflict in Manipur, Meghen said the poor, who are daily wage earners and labourers are suffering the most at present.
About 70 percent of the volunteers who have come out to protect the motherland in the frontline belong to the poor and working class.
"They deserve our deepest respect and appreciation.
They must be given their rights," Meghen said.
Labour Day is observed on May 1 .