Text of Open Letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
We the undersigned concerned citizens strongly urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, to immediately pay attention to the demands raised by workers of the country represented by 10 central trade unions and several all India federations of workers and employees. The workers have been agitating for several years for getting better wages and social security, for a universal PDS, for end to contract-work, for controlling price rise and for ending various policies hostile to people’s interests like privatization of public sector units, dilution of labour laws, etc. Living standards have fallen, joblessness and job insecurity has increased, and the country’s self-reliance is threatened by your government’s policies. Workers are the backbone of our economy and primary creators of wealth. Their continued neglect and marginalization, even as big industrialists and foreign capital receive largesse from your government is a betrayal of the public mandate given to you.
List of Signatories (in alphabetical order)
Abha Dev Habib, Professor, Delhi University
Achin Vanaik, Retd. Professor, Delhi University
Amit Sengupta, Peoples Health Movement
Anu Chenoy, Professor, JNU
Archana Prashad, Professor, JNU
Ayesha Kidwai, Professor, JNU
Benny Kuruvilla , Researcher
Bhupinder Chaudhury, Professor, Delhi University
Bezwada Wilson, National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan
Chanchal Chauhan, Writer & Retired Lecturer Delhi University
Chandra Dutt, Director, COSTFORD
Chandrakant Patil, Writer and Poet
CP Chandrasekhar, Professor, JNU
D. Raghunandan, All India Peoples Science Network
Dinesh Abrol, Professor, ISID
Doodhnath Singh, Poet and Writer
Gautam Navlakha, Journalist
Geetanjali Shree, Novelist and short story writer
Githa Hariharan, Writer and Editor
Indu Prakash Singh, Forum Against Corruption & Threats (FACT)
Jawrimall Parakh , Writer
Jayati Ghosh, Professor, JNU
K. Satchidanandan, Poet and Critic
Kalyani Menon Sen, Feminist Learning Partnerships
Kamal Chenoy, Professor, JNU
Kamala Menon , Secretary, Delhi Science Forum
Krishna Sobti, Writer
Mallika Sarabhai, Classical dancer
Murli Manohar Prasad Singh, Retd. Professor, DU, Editor Naya Path
M.K.Raina, Theatre Director
N.K.Sharma, Theatre Director
Prabir Purkayastha, Editor, Newsclick
Praveen Jha, Professor, JNU
Rahman Abbas, Writer
Rahul Roy, Professor, India Statistical Institute
Rahul Roy, Delhi Film Maker
Rajesh Joshi, Writer and poet
Ramdas Rao, PUCL
Rekha Awasthi , Writer & Retired Professor Delhi University
Satyajit Rath, Retd. Scientist, National Institute of Immunology
Saumyajit Bhattacharya, Professor, Delhi University
Shashwati Majumdar, Professor, Delhi University
Smita Gupta, Independent Researcher
Sohail Hashmi, Cultural Activist
SP Shukla, Former, Secretary, Finance, Govt. of India
Subodh Varma, Journalist
Sudhanwa Deshpande, Managing Editor, Leftword Books
Surajit Majumdar, Professor, JNU
T Jayaraman, Professor, TISS
Vidya Rao, Classical singer and writer
Vijay Prashad, Chief Editor, Leftword Books
Vikas Rawal , Professor, JNU
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