Port Blair, May 1: May Day was celebrated all over the Andaman & Nicobar Islands jointly by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association today (1.5.2023) by organizing various programmes.
The main programme was held at Port Blair. The May Day Rally was taken out from the Crusade House premises at Phoenix Bay, Port Blair which after making a round of the important points of Port Blair town culminated in a public meeting. A large number of workers from the Port Blair town participated in the May Day Rally. May Day Rally was led by B. Chandrachoodan, BC Bhattacharjee, M. Boominathan, Anand Rajan, M. Yugandar among others.
Addressing the workers at Tiranga Park public meeting, B. Chandrachoodan, General Secretary, CITU State Committee said that BJP government at the centre has legalized the unbridled lengthening of working hour. All the trade union rights which the workers enjoyed all these years have been taken away through the newly enacted 4 Labour Codes. The BJP government and its Administration in the islands do not even honour the court orders which are beneficial to the workers. He said that the judgement of the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on 1/30th of pay plus DA has not been implemented by the BJP government and the A & N Administration while the Sangh Parivar organization BMS which has stopped conducting any agitation since 2014 in the cocuntry, is misguiding the workers in the islands continuously with the help of a section of BJP leaders. Senior leader D. Laxman Rao and P. Sathyapal, Secretary, CITU also addressed the meeting while R. Surendran Pillai, President, CITU State Committee presided.
At Campbell Bay, the May Day Rally was taken out by CITU at Campbell Bay bazaar which was led by R. Dhandapani, CITU State Committee Member and Nithin, Secretary, ASNVMS, Campbell Bay and Sudarshan. At Katchal, the May Day Rally was taken out which was led by P. Thyagarajan, Secretary, ASNVMS, Katchal Branch and Devendran. At Hut Bay, a massive May Day Rally was taken out by the CITU at Hut Bay bazaar which was led by C. Rajesh, CITU State Committee Member, Sathyanarayana (ASNVMS) and Karim (STS Union). At Baratang, the May Day Rally was taken out at Nilambur Bazar which was led by Daniel Aint, Vice President, CITU State Committee, Haribabu, R. Jayakumar and M. Balraj CITU State Committee Members. At Kadamtala, the May Day Rally was taken out by workers at Kadamtala bazaar which was led by Manoj Mondal, ASNVMS. At Rangat, the May Day Rally was taken out at Rangat Bazar which was led by PK Khalid, Secretary, CITU State Committee, PK Sarkar, Vice President, CITU Rangat Zonal Committee and C. Karuppaiah, CITU State Committee Member. At Mayabunder, the May Day Rally was taken out at Mayabunder bazaar which was led by M. Murugan, Secretary, CITU Mayabunder Zonal Committee. At Diglipur, the May Day Rally was taken out at Diglipur Bazar in which a large number of workers participated. The Rally was led by Sunil Bepari, Vice President and Barun Biswas, Secretary, CITU Diglipur Zonal Committee and N. Moorthy, CITU State Committee Member and Probin Sarkar of BKU.