AITUC observes May 26 as ‘Black Day’

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the CTUs, independent sectoral federations/associations had given a call to observe May 26 as Black Day for Indian Democracy.

At Nagpur AITUC workers staged demonstrations at Samvidhan square to observe Black Day. The activists gathered with black flags and banner to protest against Central government under the leadership of Com. Shyam Kale, General Secretary, AITUC, Maharashtra State Arun Vankar and Yugal Rayalu.

AITUC affiliated unions and independent organizations including All India Bank Employees Association, AIBEA from Banking Sector, General Insurance Employees' All India Association, GIEAIA from Insurance Sector, Maharashtra State Electricity workers of Power sector and Anganwadi Workers. shown soliderity to the Agitations,

This day Narendra Modi Government took oath of office in 2014 and second time on May 30, 2019. 26th May is the day when the Chalo Dilli Kisan Andolan completes 6 months. It is also the day when the All India Strike called by the Central Trade Unions on their continued demands for cash transfer to poor families, universally free rations to all needy, expansion of MGNREGA and new employment scheme for urban areas, against privatisation of PSUs and government departments, for scraping NPS and restoration of earlier pension scheme etc., becomes 6 month old.

AITUC general secretary Amarjeet Kaur informed that, the reports reaching the AITUC headquarters show that there was a spontaneous outpouring of resentment against the track record of the Modi government. This anguish is multiplied with the cruel facts that Modi government has played with the lives of people, first by ignoring warning of WHO for Health emergency and then the way lockdown was declared on March 24, 2020 at a notice of 4 hours imposing immense suffering to the working people specially the workers, who work away from their homes. That followed with criminal negligence by not preparing public health system to face further eventualities and ignored the warming of scientists and remained busy in flouting norms only with the greed of winning state elections. His government cared only for Corporates all these years and in the severe crises of Covid-19 his government not only allowed them to mint huge profits but also facilitated them through packages ignoring common man’s needs and even of the middle classes, small, micro and medium enterprises and businesses.