Corporate-communal policies must be rolled back, says CITU leader
Centre of Indian Trade Unions State secretary K. Mahantesh has called for a reversal of the ācorporate-communal policiesā of the Union government, arguing that they
Centre of Indian Trade Unions State secretary K. Mahantesh has called for a reversal of the ācorporate-communal policiesā of the Union government, arguing that they were undermining employment and educational opportunities for the younger generation. Addressing protestors during ājail-bharoā agitation organised by the Joint Committee of Trade Unions in front of the Head Post Office at Ambedkar Circle in Hubballi on Monday, Mr. Mahantesh said defeating the political forces implementing such policies was an urgent task to be carried out.
Recalling the Quit India Movement launched 84 years ago against British rule and the East India Company, he said the country had once driven out foreign corporate interests through a mass struggle. āToday, however, the government is rolling out the red carpet for hundreds of multinational companies and opening up the agricultural and industrial sectors, resulting in widespread unemployment,ā he alleged. Such policies would have serious consequences for the future of the country, he said, adding that the joint trade union movement was aimed at opposing them.
After the protest, the participants submitted a memorandum through the tahsildar to the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister. The protest was led by Mahesh Pattar, Baseer Mudhol, B.I. Elegeer, Channamma Dollin, Sunanda Chigari, Basavaraj Devaramani, Yusuf Ballari, Chidanand Savadatti, Basavanneppa Neralagi, Ramesh Bhusle, Sameer Mulla, Gurusidappa Ambiger and Manjunath Hujurati, among others. In the memorandum, they have demanded an immediate halt to forcible and unjust land acquisition and corporate land grabbing, withdrawal of the four labour
codes enacted by the Union government, implementation of the revised minimum wages notified in Karnataka without yielding to pressure from employers, repeal of the VB-G RAM G Act and restoration of the employment guarantee scheme, withdrawal of the Electricity Amendment Act, 2025, the proposed Seeds Act and the Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing, payment of minimum wages to scheme workers and an increase in allocations for Integrated Child Development Services and related programmes along with other demands.
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