Anti-strike law stirs protest
NZPA-Reuter New Delhi More than 10,060 demonstrators marched through Delhi towards the Parliament building yesterday to protest against the Indian Government’s tough new anti-strike powers. The marchers, including members of big trade unions and employees’ organisations, were answering a call by trade unions to mark the opening of the new parliamentary session as a black day. The Prime Minister (Mrs Indira Gandhi) warned parliamentary members of her ruling Congress (I.) Party al the week-end to expect a stormy session in Parliament, including strong combined Opposition attacks on the anti-strike ordinance. The new measures empower her Government to prohibit strikes in essential
services and hold summary trials of strikers and their leaders.
The marchers yesterday included members of student's unions, . teachers’ organisations, doctors, railway workers, and employees from banks, and insurance corporations. The number of demonstrators was expected to grow by the time they attended a rally at the Boat Club — a famous place for protests — near Parliament later in the day.
A memorandum was to be submitted to the Speaker of the Lower House (Lok Sabha), Balram Jakhar, protesting against the ordinance.
Inside the circular Parliament building, Mrs Gandhi turned up early to watch her son, Rajiv, take the oath as a new member of Parliament.
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