Opposition turns heat on govt. ahead of strike against power privatisation
The Hindu
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Ahead of the proposed indefinite strike by electricity workers from February 1, opposing the privatisation of the public utility, Opposition parties have ratcheted up pressure on the NDA government at the Centre and the Union Territory to withdraw the proposal.
On Saturday, trade unions of the Congress, DMK, VCK and the Left, staged a demonstration on Anna Salai, in solidarity with the strike call by the electricity engineers and Employees Privatisation Protest Committeee to thwart privatisation of the distribution functions of the Puducherry Electricity Department (PED).
Even as the Labour Department has initiated attempts for a conciliation with workers to call off the strike, a delegation of workers called on Power Minister A. Namassivayam, urging him to intervene to get the Centre to withdraw the privatisation proposal.
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