Diglipur, Feb 12: During his two-day visit to Diglipur, D. Ayyappan, Vice President, CITU A&N State Committee addressed a number of meetings of workers and employees.

He addressed the meetings of RD Engineering Wing Employees, Community Resource Persons, joint meeting of trade unions of Diglipur area on different dates. Addressing these meetings, Ayyappan blamed the central government for pursuing anti-working class and anti-farmer policies in the country. He said that the Modi government has been trying to take away the rights and benefits which the workers were enjoying and referred to the repealing of a number of legislations existed in the country and bringing four Labour Codes in its place which are anti-labour and to help the corporate. 

He criticized the BJP government at the centre for out rightly rejecting the proposal of the A & N Administration to regularize the services of daily rated mazdoors working in various departments under the Administration, without even examining the same by the Finance Ministry. The Administration in the case of Admiral DK Joshi –vs- ASNVMS had assured the Supreme Court that the services of 7524 DRMs will be regularized with the approval of the Govt. of India. 

Sunil Bepari, President and Barun Biswas, Secretary of CITU Diglipur Area Committee also addressed the meetings.