The movement has intensified from Ranchi to Delhi demanding saving of Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) Limited and payment of outstanding salaries of employees. A protest was held at Jantar Mantar in Delhi under the banner of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDI Alliance) and HEC Bachao Mazdoor Jan Sangharsh Samiti. On the other hand, hundreds of HEC employees demonstrated outside the HEC headquarters in Ranchi.

The protesters demanded HEC should function and early payment of outstanding salaries of employees. They urged the Central Government to provide financial assistance to HEC soon.  National leaders of INDI Alliance also participated on the occasion. The leaders said that after appealing everywhere, today they have come directly to the Central Government and if the Government does not consider their demands immediately, they will be forced to take strict action.

Speaking at Jantar Mantar former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay said that ever since Narendra Modi's Government was formed, it has been selling all the Government undertakings. “It has sold many Central Government undertakings like Indian Railways, Indian Airlines, airports, ports to its friends Ambani and Adani. As soon as the Government was formed, they had planned to sell Asia's largest HEC Limited. From the Bajpayee Government to the Modi Government, everyone has worked to use Jharkhand as pastureland,” he added.

“Once again a conspiracy is being hatched. HEC workers who built Chandrayaan's launching pad are not being paid salaries for the last two years. Due to the anti-National, anti-State and anti-people attitude of the Central Government, all the work orders of the company are being cancelled. All this is being done deliberately, so that the company incurs losses and can sell it to its friends like Adani and Ambani. But these plans of the Central Government will not be allowed to be fulfilled,” said Sahay.

JMM's Rajya Sabha MP, Dr Mahua Maji, AAP's Delhi MP Sanjay Singh, JDU's Rajya Sabha MP, Khiru Mahato, CPI's National General Secretary, Atul Anjan, former Rajya Sabha MP, P Santosh, Khijri MLA, Rajesh Kachhap, JMM Ranchi District Chief, Mustak Alam, and Ranchi RJD District President, Dharmendra Mahato were also participated.


Protesting to save HEC in Ranchi, Labour Leader, Laldev Singh said that the situation of starvation has started in front of the employees. Despite such a serious economic crisis, the Director here is not worried about the employees, he added. Opposing the introduction of punching machines for taking attendance from next month, he said that if you want to make the factory a jail and imprison the employees here for eight hours, then first make arrangements for working capital, start the canteen and basic facilities and pay the salaries of the employees.

Hundreds of employees along with P Sahu, YP Tripathi, SK Ravani, GC Sudhanshu were present in the demonstration.