DMK president MK Stalin wants rollback of anti-labour orders

Condemning the Union Labour Ministry for being a mute spectator to the orders issued by the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat which increased the working hours from eight to 12 hours per day, Stalin said the BJP has the intention to tilt in favour of the employers who exploit the hard labour of the workers and the lack of empathy on the part of the rulers was evident from it collecting train fare from impoverished migrant workers returning to their natives.

He also urged the BJP-led Centre to give up its “corporate” and “anti-labour mindset” and pay attention to workers welfare in the troubled and testing times.

Later, in another statement opposing the decision of the State School Education Department to hold board exams for Class 10, Stalin said the hasty announcement of School Education Minister KA Sengottaiyan would only create panic in the minds of students and their parents.

Stalin asked the State government to not conduct the exams till normalcy was restored.