-Newsclick.in The suspension of labour laws by BJP governments promotes corporate interests at the expense, not just of workers, but the rest of society, including small businesses and petty producers. Even as millions of migrant workers are wearily trudging back to their villages with no money, no food and no shelter, or are locked up en route in shoddy quarantine camps, a war has been unleashed on the rights of workers under...
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Central Government’s Push Behind Suspension of Labour Rights in States? -Ayaskant Das
-Newsclick.in It is noteworthy that rights of workers have been suspended despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorting employers during the initial phase of the lockdown period not to cut down jobs. New Delhi: Over the past week, various states, including those ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as well as those ruled by non-BJP political parties, are being held squarely responsible for drastic suspension of labour laws in the midst of...
More »Modi government is misusing the ‘fake news’ tag to try to evade media scrutiny -Shoaib Daniyal
-Scroll.in During the coronavirus pandemic, India needs a free press more than ever. These intimidation tactics do not help. Publishing news based on information from credible, unidentified sources is a global journalistic practice. This allows critical facts to surface even if sourcexsce afraid of repercussions. In India, though, the government is creating an atmosphere in which journalists will be afraid of publishing such material. On Sunday, the Delhi Police summoned an Indian Express...
More »Behind move to resolve migrant crisis, a warning to BJP Chief: Sources -Sanket Upadhyay
-NDTV The government had issued a set of guidelines on Wednesday for the movement of all stranded people, migrant labourers, students and tourists, and asked states to follow up with the formation of nodal authorities. New Delhi: The government's move to allow stranded migrant labourers to go home has been spurred by concerns about a political fallout, sources have told NDTV. The issue was flagged at a recent meeting between BJP chief...
More »Cop out in Delhi: Police response invariably reflects the bias of the ruling party -Prakash Singh
-The Indian Express The police are, no doubt, to blame for not being able to function in an objective and impartial manner. There is definitely a failure of leadership also. But can political parties across the spectrum escape the blame for continuing to use the police as an instrument to further their political agenda? The ongoing violence in northeast Delhi, where at least 10 persons, including a head constable, were killed in...
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