“I’m Shocked”: Mamata Banerjee On Air India’s Leave Without Pay Move
“No matter fits them to handle dictatorship, they’re doing,” Mamata Banerjee stated.
Kolkata:
West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday condemned the verdict to ship some Air India employees on go away for 5 years with out pay. “I’m surprised,” the West Bengal leader minister stated and accused the Centre and the BJP of benefiting from the pandemic scenario to modify rules with out session. “No matter fits them to handle dictatorship, they’re doing,” she stated.
Reviving her protest towards 100 in step with cent FDI in Coal India – India’s coal PSU headquarters are in Kolkata – Ms Banerjee stated, “Are not there labour rules? Do you wish to have to bulldoze all staff? No pay for 5 years on this scenario? Farmers, migrants, executive staff all of them are inquiring for meals and cash. Money, as a result of they’ve none. Economists are pronouncing give money to other folks. However you might be snatching their carrier? You must be ashamed.”
Relating to the 5 yr time period of unpaid go away, Ms Banerjee voiced her suspicion that it had one thing to do with common elections 5 years from now. “5 years they are going to move on go away? What about elections in 5 years. I attraction to states…industry unions…even the BJP one….I attraction, keep in combination, battle in combination. Is that this the paintings of a democratic executive? The whole thing is misplaced.”
In a transfer intended to scale back its selection of staff, the board of Air India has allowed the airline’s Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) to suggest non-performing workforce member be compulsorily despatched on go away with out pay for a length of as much as 5 years. The transfer comes at a time when the federal government is making an attempt to dump the airline, a procedure which has been behind schedule on account of the outbreak of coronavirus.
The plight of state-run BSNL additionally got here up. Ms Banerjee stated the folk had been scared in Covid occasions, being concerned about the place to get examined and the place to get admitted for remedy and weren’t focussing at the executive’s “arbitrary movements”.
