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West Bengal Left Flays Bid to Remove Subsidies yo Transport Sector

  • Attacks on working classes will only increase in the times to come: Surya Kanta MishraCalling the Mamata Banerjee government a mere “government of announcements”, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Surya Kanta Mishra on Saturday said the attacks on various sections of the working classes would increase.He was addressing a rally of transport sector workers here.Referring to the infighting within the Trinamool Congress and attacks on Congress supporters, Dr. Mishra said the attacks had not been limited to Left supporters but were extended to people living in villages who had voted the government to power.Criticising the State's proposal for doing away with subsidies in the transport sector, Dr. Mishra said the government had not fulfilled the promises it made in its election manifesto.

POLICY CRITICISED

  • “What kind of a policy is this? We have also run the government. We cannot say that all the corporations were running well in our time. It is not necessary that all corporations must make a profit… but now the government is saying they will not give any subsidies to the corporation,” he said.Dr. Mishra said while on the one hand transport sector workers were being denied their salary, the government was paying crores of rupees to clubs and organising festivals in various parts of the State.Urging workers to participate in the February 28 country-wide general strike called by 11 major trade unions, Dr. Mishra condemned the State Labour Minister's proposal to not allow government employees to form trade unions and participate in strike.

LAMENT

  • Only now, after having come to power, those in the government had come to realise that there should not be strikes, Dr. Mishra lamented.“Why did you not remember [the inadvisability of strikes] when you forced the small car factory out of the State to Gujarat,” Dr Mishra said.

“CAN'T PREVENT STRIKES”

  • Dr. Mishra sought to point out that striking was the last resort of the working classes, and that if the government tried to prevent strikes, they would only increase.

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