Four left Parties, including CPI, CPI (M), CPM Punjab and CPI(Ml) liberation, on Thursday organised dharnas and protest march in Punjab against draconian ‘Punjab Protection of Government and Private Properties Damage Act–2014’.
The protests were held in four districts of Ferozepur, Barnala, Pathankot, and Mansa on the third consecutive day.
The parties, besides anti-protest law, was also staging protests to press for “burning demands” of the common people like unemployment allowance to unemployed youth, procurement prices of crops be fixed as per Swaminathan Committee recommendations, removal of toll plazas from all roads, `15,000 as minimum wages, protection of women against rising crimes and abolition of property tax, among others.
Punjab State Committee, CPI (M) secretary Comrade Charan Singh Virdi, CPI’s National Executive Member Dr Joginder Dyal and CPM Punjab’s state secretary Comarade Mangat Ram Pasla, while addressing a rally at Mansa, appealed to all democratic and secular organizations and individuals to come together to oppose draconian black law enacted by Akali-BJP government to suppress rising anger and discontent among the people against anti people policies and misdeeds of the Government.