Balachaur, November 12 (Jatinder Pal Singh Kaler):- Political parties that have previously ruled Punjab have launched their election campaigns with great enthusiasm, but people’s demands and issues are missing from these campaigns. These views were expressed by Comrade Karan Singh Rana, Vice-President of Bhai Lalo Lok Manch Punjab, while addressing a meeting of the local unit in village Taunsa today. He said that farmers, labourers, employees and other working-class sections of Punjab were continuously engaged in struggles over public demands and issues. To strengthen these struggles further, all organisations engaged in people’s movements should unite fully and participate in the forthcoming Assembly elections. Organisations in Punjab are making efforts in this direction, and these initiatives deserve to be welcomed. Such unity would make it easier to address inflation, unemployment and corruption, while giving greater strength to ongoing struggles against drugs, illegal mining, police rule and air and water pollution.
Comrade Rana appealed to pro-people struggling organisations in Punjab to build strong unity and take the lead in these movements. He also urged all Punjabis to become part of these struggles. He said that political parties that had ruled Punjab had lost their credibility. The meeting decided to participate in large numbers in the workers’ mega rally scheduled to be held in Sangrur on December 6. It also resolved to extend full support to the employment campaign being launched by young people. Through a unanimous resolution, the meeting demanded that the government make concrete arrangements to prevent air and water pollution in the industrial area of Taunsa so that public health and the environment could be protected. Comrades Manohar Lal, Shashi Rana, Dev Raj, Mohan Singh and Pawan Kumar also shared their views on the occasion.
