Massive protest meeting in Bangalore
Massive protest meeting in Bangalore A state-level 'Janahoraata' (People's Struggle) meeting was organized in Bangalore on 14 May last by the Karnataka State Committee, SUCI(C), demanding the control of price rise, for basic facilities in government hospitals, increase in the guaranteed employment wage days to 200 days, provision of a minimum support price for farmers' crops, prevention of the closure of 6000 government schools, increase in employment opportunities, and abolition of the contract system and provision of worker status to ASHA, Anganwadi, and midday meal workers, urging the central and state governments to solve the burning problems of the people. Addressing the meeting, Comrade K Radhakrishna, Polit Bureau member said: "The lives of the people of the country are in distress, and the reason for this is the governments' pro-Adani, Ambani corporate policies. A few super rich people own 60 percent of the country's wealth, while the vast majority, 55 percent of the people own only 3 percent of the wealth. The right to life of farmers and laborers are being ruthlessly snatched away. A strong struggle must be built against this exploitative system, and ultimately, struggles must be developed towards a socialist system free from exploitation and oppression." Presiding over the protest meeting, Comrade K Uma, Central Committee member and State Secretary said that when 20 crore people in the country are suffering from malnutrition, 7000 people are dying of hunger every day, 10,000 farmers die in a year, students are committing suicide in large number, 11 women are raped every minute, sons are killing father or mother for property, prices are skyrocketing, unity among toiling people is disrupted by precipitating divide along casteist-communal lines, the government, instead of addressing the burning issues, is trying to divert attention by raising war hysteria and fanning communal-casteist divides.