Sri Vijaya Puram, June 14: Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Andaman & Nicobar State Committee organized a Trade Union Convention on “Anti-Working Class Policies of the Modi Government” today (13.06.2026) afternoon at Andhra Association Hall, Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram). Inaugurating the Convention, Shri CH Narasinga Rao, CITU All India Secretary, said that the present government at the centre is pursuing various anti-labour policies ever since it came to power in 2014. He said that the NDA government is continuing its committed policy of privatization of public sector undertakings one by one. He said that all the sea ports and airports in the country are being handed over to Adani by the Modi government. Referring to the recent uprising of workers in the National Capital Region, he said that wages of the workers in many parts of north India has not been revised for the last 15 years and unable to bear the exploitation, the workers came in thousands to demand increase in the minimum wages and other facilities. Shri Narasinga Rao appreciated the CITU leadership and workers in Andaman & Nicobar Islands for achieving the 1/30th of pay plus DA benefit through relentless agitation.
Addressing the Trade Union Convention, Smt Deepa K. Rajen, CITU All India Secretary said that communal right wing forces are gaining strength in the country. She said that in many sectors and States, even minimum wages are not being paid to the workers, and it is the CITU which is the only organization fighting against the exploitation of workers. She said that while all other state governments in the country are keeping silent or supporting the exploitation of workers, the workers in all sectors are getting minimum wages and other facilities in Kerala as the former LDF government supported the workers’ rights. She said that electricity sector is being privatized in the country which will pave for the sharp increase in the electricity tariff, causing further burden on the people, especially the poor.
Addressing the Trade Union Convention, B. Chandrachoodan, General Secretary, CITU A & N State Committee briefly explained the struggles of workers in the islands under the banner of CITU. Addressing the Convention, D. Ayyappan, Vice President, CITU State Committee briefly explained the various anti-working-class actions of Modi government during the last 12 years. SP Kalairajan, Secretary, CITU State Committee also spoke. R. Surendran Pillai, President, CITU State Committee presided over the Convention.
A large number of workers of Municipal area and rural South Andaman attended the Convention.