Agricultural workers from various parts of the country held Protest March to the Parliament under the banner of All India Agricultural workers union against the anti-people attitude of the UPA government and the policies of the government that is ruining the agricultural sector of the country. AIAWU president Com. P Ramayya inaugurated the rally. CPIM Polit Buerue member Com. Brinda Karat, CITU secretary Tapan Sen, Com A Vijayaraghavan spoke on the occasion. The leaders came down heavely on the policies of the central government curtailing the investment in agricultural sector, and warned of countrywide agitation against these policies. After that a memorandum which urges the governement to take immediate steps to improve the conditions of the agricultural workers was submitted to union minister for rural development Sri. C P Joshi.
Various demands put forward in the memorandum includes :
- Ensure 150 workdays with minimum wages of Rs. 200/-
- Increase the Budget allocation for NREGS to 1.60 crores
- Implement new central law to protect agricutural workers
- Take steps to prevent attacks on dalit
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