People's Democracy

 

HARYANA

 

CPI(M) Workers Gherao Hansi SDM Office

 

ON May 23, hundreds of CPI(M) followers gheraoed the SDM office at Hansi to express their anguish at the indifferent and callous attitude of Haryana government towards the basic livelihood and social security issues. Before moving towards the mini secretariat building of the state government, CPI(M) state secretary Inderjit Singh lashed out at both the state and central governments for shamelessly serving the interests of the corporate sector, which was being described as Bharat Nirman, at the cost of the toiling masses of the country.

 

Singh said the CPI(M) has been stressing upon the government since long to reorient its policies for providing food security, education and health, land to the landless, remunerative prices for the crops of the farmers, and to end corruption. The party has also been demanding social justice for dalits, curb on sexual assaults against women, curb on the irregularities in MGNREGA, strict implementation of labour laws etc. But no heed was being paid to these genuine demands and hence the party had to call for a civil disobedience movement to defy the law.

 

The speakers also condemned police repression on the dismissed Maruti workers at Kaithal and demanded the immediate release of all arrested persons. Others who addressed the gathering included CPI(M) district secretary Pradeep Singh and area committee secretary Ram Avtar.

 

Later the protestors moved to the SDM office and laid a seize of both the entrance gates of his office. The SDM came out and assured the protestors that he was ready to sit with the leaders and sort out the problems. This led to the lifting of the gherao.