TIWN July 3, 2020
AGARTALA, July 3 (TIWN): Protests hit Agartala toady in reaction against Modi Govt’s decision of auction process for 41 coal blocks for commercial mining. Slamming the Modi Govt, Tripura Ganamukti Parishad (GMP) President Jitendra Choudhury has called the decisions are Anti-Nation, Anti-People and Anti-Tribal, designed to evict the tribals across India from their homes. “If the Government can not be stopped at this point, India will soon become colonized againâ€, Jitendra Choudhury told media expressing concerns. Opposing the Centre's move to open the the sector to private players, unions on Thursday began their three-day strike, impacting both production and supplies, even as the government urged the employees to resume work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loPIC3jUv0U&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3cCyC7xaaYd3pEU040BLPEl-6-fAf4N30Uf9t9RZ3Qu2E5N3hPIXR0S50 Along with Trade Unions, GMP's protest in Agartala against Modi Govt's Anti-Workers, Anti-Indigenous Policies. GMP President Jitendra Choudhury addressed before media. TIWN YouTube Video July 3, 2020
Five trade unions, including RSS-affiliated BMS, working in Coal India Ltd (CIL) are protesting against a range of issues, including proposed hiving off of CIL arm CMPDIL and the decision to start commercial coal mining.
started by the workers on the first shift, which begins at 6 am.
mining. Therefore, the unions have no other remedy but to go for a three-day strike, he had said.
On Tuesday, Joshi made an appeal to trade unions not to go on strike, saying that there were no plans to either divest the PSU or hive off Coal India arm CMPDIL.
Trade unions have given a call for nationwide strike against the government's move to open the coal sector to private players and separate the state-run firm's exploration, planning and design arm CMPDIL from the company, among other issues.
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