Statement from National Unions and a Peasants platform / Joint Representation from CTUs and SKM to President of India (Nov 26, 2024)

Press Release

The Following Statement released to the press by CTUs and SKM today- 26th November about Nationwide protest.

Nationwide Massive protest by Workers and Farmers on 26th Nov.

Determined to intensify the agitations in the coming days

More than a million join nationwide mass mobilisation today called upon by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations. The programmes were held in more than 500 districts. The mass protests were held in urban and rural India and in the industrial areas. While filling the report, the informations were received about the lathi charge, and arrest of the protesters in Bhagalpur.

Many a place the participation by the mass organisations of students, youth, teachers, other professionals and those from the field of art, culture and literature also joined with their respective demands and in solidarity with demands of trade unions and farmer organizations.

The leaders who led the demonstrations submitted to the officials a representation addressed to the President of India to seek her intervention in the interest of workers, farmers, the people at large and in the national interest.

(The representation to the President of India [can be read] below).

The CTUs and SKM will meet soon to take the review of the campaign and further intensification of struggles for achieving their demands with the shift in the pro-corporate policy paradime of the incumbent Government.

Issued by

Central Trade Unions (CTUs), independent sectoral federations/ associations

And

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM)

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Joint Representation from CTUs and SKM to President of India

26th November 2024

Smt. Droupadi Murmu
President of India
Rashtrapati Bhawan,
New Delhi.

Respected Madam,

We the workers and farmers are jointly in protest today all over India to highlight our issues and to demand redressal. We are sending this representation to you with hope that you would kindly intervene in favour of these two major productive forces of the country. We have chosen 26th November as the protest day through mobilisation as because this is the day when trade unions had observed Nationwide strike to protest against the anti-worker four labour codes and the farmers had begun their historic March towards Parliament against three farm laws in 2020.

We would like to place some facts before you about the pathetic situation as mentioned below and seek your intervention.

The working people of India are facing a deep crisis with the NDA3 Govt.