RSS-affiliate Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) today flayed the labour reforms in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and also targeted the Centre over tax waivers to business groups.
BMS national general secretary K C Mishra also took a dig at Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the recent hike in minimum wages of non-agricultural, unskilled workers to Rs 350 per day, saying "what was the big deal about that".
Addressing a gathering here, Mishra also took a trip down mythological lane claiming 'Shukracharya' spoke of concepts like surplus value long before Karl Marx did and labour movements date back thousands of years in India.
"Inequality is rising in India. Corporate tax, the tax of Amabni-Adani is waived off and the burden is put on common men. They are doing away with hard-earned legislations to attract foreign investment.
"Rajasthan has emerged as the model in this regard. Even Madhya Pradesh did the same. The BMS will oppose these moves tooth and nail. People say your own government is doing it but we do not care who is in the government. We will continue fighting for need-based minimum wages," Mishra said.
Mishra was addressing the BMS-organised 'National Labour Day' gathering on the occasion of Biswakarma Jayanti here which was also attended by RSS Sah-Prant Sanghachalak Alok Kumar.
He said countries across the world observe their own labour days but communist parties were fixated with "May 1" when "an incident had happened in the United States which even the Americans do not remember".
All major unions, except BMS, had joined the September 2 nationwide strike, protesting against "anti-worker" changes in labour laws and the Centre's "indifference" to their demands for better wages.
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