Minister for Social Welfare and district in-charge H. Anjaneya has said that the Congress has been striving to ensure the welfare of the poor and the working class for the last several decades.
Speaking after inaugurating a May Day programme organised by different organisations, including the Communist Party of India and AITUC, here on Monday, he said that the concept of anganwadi was introduced by the former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi. It has provided employment to lakhs of people and recently, the state government has increased their salaries by ₹ 4,500. “Instead of acknowledging the achievements of the Congress government, the BJP and the other Opposition parties are trying to tarnish the image of the party by misguiding the people. But the people in the country are aware of facts and they would teach a befitting lesson in the coming elections to such parties,” he added.
The phenomenon of migration of farm labour and others from rural areas had been stopped owing to the introduction of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme under which ₹ 234 a day is being given to every eligible worker. Owing to the sustained efforts of the Congress, exploitation of labour has ended.
CPI State Working Committee member Shivanna said that more than one crore unorganised labour in the country were working in very insecure conditions without any job guarantee and other service benefits. So the government should strive to ensure them job security and other facilities under different government schemes.
He also lamented that the Union government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is framing policies that are favourable to capitalists and has completely neglected the working class.
