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Wednesday, Nov 03, 2004

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Left protest against privatisation

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI, NOV. 2. The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) organised a rally here today protesting against "mindless privatisation of basic amenities and anti-people moves being pursued by the Congress Government in Delhi". The party leaders also submitted a memorandum comprising 12 demands to the Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, and demanded better living conditions for the poor people.

Addressing the gathering, the party's Central Committee member, Swapan Mukherjee, said the Delhi Government's anti-poor policies had hit the common man hard. "The Congress perhaps has not learnt its lessons from the defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Government at the Centre as it is imposing its pro-rich policies at the cost of the poor people," he warned.

Stating that people voted the Congress to power hoping that it would act sensibly and sensitively to bring relief to them, Mr. Mukherjee alleged the Congress-run governments both at Delhi and the Centre had not only betrayed the people's mandate but added misery to their plight.

The Government had not only failed in introducing the social security system for the unorganised sector workers, but had even failed in ensuring that workers got at lease the fixed minimum wage. Similarly, issue like privatisation of power had hit people hard as they were now being fleeced by the private power distribution companies and harassed in the name of faulty electronic meters.

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