The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Congratulations to Workers & Peasants
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) congratulates the lakhs of workers and peasants who courted arrest today as a part of nationwide joint call given by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions & independent federations.
The call coinciding with Quit India Day was to press for the repeal of four draconian labour codes, restoration of a strengthened MNREGS, scrapping of Free Trade Agreements, MSP based on the Swaminatham Commission recommendations and a universal minimum wage of Rs.42, 000 etc.
The success of the jail bharo is proof that these demads resonate with the mass of the people and is warning to the Modi government to put a stop to its anti worker-peasant policies.
The Polit Bureau urges upon the Modi government to heed to the warnings from the ground and immediately address the issues raised by the workers and peasants of India.