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| GLIMPSE OF PARLIAMENT STREET NEWDELHI WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK |
Attending
the called rally by thousands of labourers and farmers even government
employees unions at New Delhi (Jantar Mantar), I began to hit the key board of
my laptop to compile the report what I had seen among the crowd people with the
red -flags, red-caps and the men and the women in white-caps with the captiion
of old pension restoration a day after my return on Wednesday this week.
They
all were shouting slogans in different local languages, but were being seen
their devotion of their arrival at the national capital of the country. The street was filled with the crowd, but
after walking a short distance the crowd was sat on road and was hearing the
speech of their leaders.
The
scene is from the road exactly beside Jantar-Mantar.This can be easly guessed
how these people would have started their journey while they were already aware
of difficulties which they had to face in National Capital. Really they could
not use the public toilet without paying except Gurudwara Bangala Shahib where
Langar, drinking water, Bathrooms services are free. If you are interested, you
may donate, or it is your will.
One
of the leaders on stage was addressing this crowd: “Is Ram Mandir the real
problem? Is Gau Raksha the main issue? Is becoming a Hindu Rashtra our main
concern? No... .Our main concern is minimum wages and minimum support price
which our workers and farmers respectively earn anyhow for their livelihood in
the hardship of soaring price."
Why
they were gathered in this rally was reason of non-implementation of
Swaminathan report for MSP. Sukhvinder, a farmer from Punjab, said, “The union
government in its manifesto in 2014 had said that Swaminathan report submitted
in 2006 shall be implented, but there is no sign of it. Achhe Din in speech was
a Jumla mere.
Surjan
Ram, farmer from Haryana Sonipat sugarcane, millet, maize grower, said, "i
sell my produce in Mandi, but have n ever got MSP. The smaller farmers
condition is worsen when they take loans and stock their produce in search of MSP;
they have to sell their produce in cheaper rate to middlemen eventually.
Women
crowd of Aganwadi employees, Asha workers and midday meal cooks were demanding
the hike in wages. One of these Anganwadi workers from Assam said, “ We get
paid just Rs 1000 in a month – which is far less than the colleagues earn in
other state while we work for 6 hours daily in a month. The wages of two months
when the schools are closed for summer and winter vacations are not paid.”
Suman
Lata Kamble, from Nagpur, said, “Our working condition are worse than that of
Anganwadi workers. “We are on duty 24/7 as a child delivery can happen any
time. We also care the ill people suffering from tuberculosis, but our wages
are paid Rs 500-1000 in a month.”
Mr
SP Singh, leader of UPFMSA, said, “We work for 30 to 40 years of government
services and help to implement the policies of government, but after the
superannuation we get the retirement from services. While during our old age we
get infirmity, how will we be able to make our life secure in meager pension
under NPS.”
Mr
Kamlesh Misra, president of Ministerial Federation of Service Associations UP,
said, "The amount which was recovered from the salary of every government
employees every month under NPS exactly after implementing this scheme has no
detail of account; while the next kin of employees who died in service under
this scheme are wandering to get the payment. The MLAs or the MPs whether they
worked for a day merely, they are paid the pension during the whole life. While
the life of employees who devote themselves serving the nation shall be paid
pension under NPS that is sure shall not help enough the employees or their
kins after their retirement or death. Our demand is to restore the old pension
system."
