Trade unions have upped the ante against the Centre’s decision to privatise the coal sector.
On Monday, members of Kujama colliery unit of Bihar Colliery Kamgar Union (BCKU), an affiliate of Central Industrial Trade Union (Citu), held a demonstration and burnt the effigy of Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the central government.
As many as 15 protesters assembled outside the colliery main gate and burnt the effigies, while following social-distancing protocols.
Members of Indian National Trade Union Congress (Intuc) and All India Trade Union Congress have also planned a national protest on May 22.
“The privatisation of the coal sector will snatch the employment and livelihood of lakhs of workers across the country,” said Rajendra Paswan, resident of Mohribandh locality of Dhanbad and the central secretary of Bihar Colliery Kamgar Union.
