New Delhi: Farmers and labourers from various states across the country converged at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on April 5 for the Mazdoor-Kisan Sangharsh rally in protest against the Union government’s alleged apathy towards them.
The rally was held under the aegis of leftwing trade bodies, the Centre of Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), and All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU), reported PTI.
In the days leading up to this rally, smaller rallies had drummed up massive support for the Ramlila venture in their respective states.
Labourers and farmers are protesting against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government’s alleged disregard for basic needs and the lack of solutions for deep livelihood issues.
In focus is also how the lives of farmers and agricultural workers have been affected by what the CPI(M) has called “the corporate communal nexus.”
CITU, AIKS, AIAWU representing workers, farmers and agricultural labourers have jointly called for a massive rally today in Delhi.
Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally will speak up against the Corporate-Communal Nexus and in defense of Pro-People Policies.#WorkerFarmerRally pic.twitter.com/LWQxL1i0fr
— CPI(M) Kerala (@CPIMKerala) April 5, 2023
Workers have demanded better healthcare, access to education, a right to dignity and government policies which allow for all of these.
The organisers have said that workers and farmers from Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Gujarat, have participated in the rally.
Photos shared on social media show a full ground. Some of them are below.
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Mazdoor Kisan Sangharsh Rally – 5 April 2023, New Delhi #WorkerFarmerRally pic.twitter.com/QXUJil9aSV
— ANGANWADI AIFAWH (CITU) (@aifawh) April 5, 2023