The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
Congratulations to Working Class on Successful General Strike
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) congratulates the working class of our country on the successful general strike today. Peasants and agricultural workers joined the working class in protesting against the notification of the four labour codes, the virtual repeal of the rights based Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, along with other anti-worker, anti-farmer, and anti-people policies of the BJP-led Union government.
The working class made its voice heard loud and clear. The CPI(M) reiterates its solidarity with the workers, farmers, and agricultural workers who are protesting the various anti-people policies of the BJP government.
The government should immediately rescind the notification of the four labour codes and ensure that the hard-won rights of workers are protected. It should rescind the VB-GRAMG legislation, call back the proposal for privatisation of electricity distribution and withdraw the seed bill as well. It should also withdraw from the various Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and trade deals it has signed, particularly with the US and Europe, as they are detrimental to the interests of Indian workers, farmers and people in general.