Online protest in Kalaburagi

Putting forward a list of demands that included universal vaccination against COVID-19, repeal of anti-farmer and anti-labour laws, guaranteed job for 200 days a year under Mahatma Gandhi National Rur

Putting forward a list of demands that included universal vaccination against COVID-19, repeal of anti-farmer and anti-labour laws, guaranteed job for 200 days a year under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and expansion of the job scheme to urban areas, seven Left and secular parties held an online protest in Kalaburagi district on Tuesday. Hundreds of leaders and cadres were found holding placards that displayed the demands in their respective places and the live protest was shared on social media platforms. “Instead of making preparations for containing COVID-19, the Union and State governments were busy fighting elections and holding Kumbh Mela that attracted a large number of people. These mass gatherings and rallies paved the way for the second wave of COVID-19. It is because of negligence that millions of people had to suffer and thousands of people died of the pandemic. The governments should, at least now, take up universal vaccination on a war footing to protect people from the pandemic,” district secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) H.V. Divakar said, after the protest.