Workers' issues in view of Labor Day and Lok Sabha Elections-2024 - Baldev Bharti

Nawanshahr - 138th International Labor Day is being celebrated across the world today. But a large part of the working class has not been able to get their due rights even today. On the other hand, the Maha Kumbh of the Lok Sabha elections is also going on across the country today. But it is sad that political parties are not ready to raise labor issues during elections.

Nawanshahr - 138th International Labor Day is being celebrated across the world today. But a large part of the working class has not been able to get their due rights even today. On the other hand, the Maha Kumbh of the Lok Sabha elections is also going on across the country today. But it is sad that political parties are not ready to raise labor issues during elections.
  Convenor of National Labor Organization (NLO) Baldev Bharti while discussing this said that apart from MNREGA, construction, agriculture, kiln industry and industrial workers, the dignity, welfare, social security and bright future of the workers in all sectors. It is not the agenda of any political party to make suitable plans for the future and implement them at the ground level and to implement the laws in the interests of workers. Smooth implementation of MGNREGA, increasing the daily wages of laborers as per "Minimum Wages Act - 1948" and increasing the number of working days are not part of the election manifesto of any political party.
He said that the political leaders should implement the "Punjab Land Reformers Act-1972" with full willpower and sincerity and distribute the additional 17 and a half acres of illegal land under this Act among the farmers and laborers, Punjab. To repeal the anti-poor amendment in the Village Common Land Act-1961 and to ensure that one-third of the panchayat lands are given to the landless Scheduled Castes/Tribes and Backward Classes, to take strict action against the people and officials who bid for dummy bids for this land. do not talk He said that ownership rights should be given to the poor who are building houses within the red line and in Waqf Board lands, 5-5 marla plots should be conducted for the homeless families after a fresh survey and the necessary grants should be arranged for construction of suitable houses. The main political parties are also neglecting the issue. Apart from this, no political party is talking about getting illegal benefits by usurping the rights of eligible needy people in government jobs and other fields by creating fake certificates on a large scale and making strict against the culprits involved in it.