New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Farmers’ body Samyukt Kisan Morcha on Thursday congratulated the Jharkhand assembly and the Hemant Soren government for adopting a resolution urging the Centre to continue with the repealed rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA.
Pointing out that the assemblies of Punjab, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana have already passed similar resolutions, it appealed to all other non-NDA state governments to adopt similar resolutions.
The SKM also called upon workers and farmers in poll-bound states and Union Territories to vote against the BJP.
In a statement, the SKM said the Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, or the VB-G RAM G Act, is an effort to push pro-corporate development in rural India in place of pro-poor development works.
“SKM congratulates the Jharkhand assembly and the Hemant Soren government for adopting a resolution on March 18, urging the Union government to continue with the framework of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) instead of the VB-G RAM G Act,” the statement said.
“The resolution demanded maintaining the demand-based, rights-based and fully centrally sponsored structure of the MGNREGA,” it said.
Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam and Puducherry, it appealed to all farmers and workers to “punish the anti-worker, anti-farmer BJP in the assembly elections to protect workers’ rights, fight increased financial burden on states and anti-federal policies.” It said an electoral setback to the BJP-NDA will strengthen worker-farmer unity and ensure unity of all anti-corporate forces, to fight the pro-corporate policies and legislations such as the VB-G RAM G Act.
“SKM appeals to build and intensify constant united pan-India struggles in coordination with Central Trade Unions and other unions of workers, platforms of agricultural workers and NREGA Sangharsh Morcha, until the Union government restores an enriched MGNREGA,” it added. PTI AO RUK RUK
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