India’s rising population has become a fiery matter for every political party in recent years but even after numbers of fatal accidents where people died, no safety measures are carried out by such industries. 500 million citizens who subsist on life by working in unorganised sectors like agriculture, industries, and service sectors, who are called labour in general terms. Fortunately, today these voiceless got their voice in the face of Baban Ghosh, leader of Bhartiya Janata Majdoor Trade Union. He has pledged to drag guilty people behind bars with his unique initiative, Being Labour. But this is not the first time he is standing for labourers.
Surrounded by underprivileged people, Ghosh realised that the biggest problem these workers face is the unorganised work culture where they work for excessively long hours and get paid an insignificant amount. Moreover, due to lack of awareness, they become victims of work exploitation, to unravel this problem to some extent he fixed working hours for labourers in industries of West Bengal, along with this to lighten up the future of their kids, he runs campaigns in various areas of WB where he with his supporters provide educational items such as books, bags, clothes, etc, and also help them to get admission in schools nearby.
To encourage women of this class to work, he works with local NGOs and arranges small training camps where they obtain certain skills which can be used to earn money. With his active efforts, he ensured 1,00,000 jobs for drudge women in various industries.
Undoubtedly COVID brought a very crucial time for India as a country, jeopardised lives and jobs of millions, but even in this situation the most affected class was labourers, specifically, those who migrated to other states in search of livelihood. During this tough time, Ghosh arranged 20-30 buses to consign helpless migrant labourers to their homes. Not only this but he also looked after nearly one lakh fifty thousand underprivileged families during the lockdown, fed them twice a day without fail and distributed essential items like milk, diapers, medicines, etc, as if they were his own family. His generous gesture not only helped the people of Bengal but also benefited disadvantaged people of Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Bihar throughout the pandemic.
After joining BJP in 2017, he conventionally drew the attention of towering leaders on issues of unorganised sectors and the pitiful situation of people who are associated with it.
As a result, after the 2014 BJP Government introduced several schemes to enrich their quality of life, these schemes focus on the province of life and disability cover, health and maternity benefits, old age protection etc. But the toughest part of this has been the execution process. Uneducated and placed in rural regions, they rarely learn about the Government’s proposals and end up surviving a miserable life. Here also, Ghosh plays a crucial role by educating the poor about the welfare schemes by arranging public campaigns at regular intervals.
As an outcome of his praiseworthy work as a Trade Union leader, BJP awarded him leadership of Bharatiya Janata Kisan Morcha, a national wing accountable for reformation of farmers.