History Recreated on 9th August, Quit India Day as Millions Observe ‘Save India Day’
The call to observe 9th August as Save India Day received overwhelming response from the peasantry as well as the workers across the country. The reports received so far at the AIKS centre show that there was massive participation in which the entire family members of the peasants and workers participated in the strike action including Satyagraha/Jail Bharo /Demonstrations. Thousands of the people are still under detention in many parts of the country for participating in the struggle.
As per the reports the protest action was observed in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Jharkhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar. West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Karnataka and a few other States will hold protests tomorrow. In Jammu & Kashmir the leaders were kept confined to their houses by the repressive administration and not allowed to protest.
The CITU, AIAWU and AIKS had decided jointly for united protest on 9th August and carried out widespread campaign across the country. The Central Trade Unions, All India Kisan Coordination Committee, Bhumi Adhikar Andolan as well as different mass organisations also decided to have coordinated action on the same day. An unprecedented solidarity and unity was witnessed in the actions across different organisations. The protest gained wide appreciation in the background of the neoliberal offensive on agriculture and labour by the BJP Government led by Narendra Modi and also the failure to ensure relief to the toiling masses including the migrant workers and poor peasants who are facing the brunt of Covid -19 pandemic and lockdown.
The central leadership of the AIKS including General Secretary Hannan Mollah, Joint Secretary Vijoo Krishnan and P Krishnaparasad Finance Secretary attended the massive protest held at Jantar Mantar under the banner of AIKSCC and CTU. This was the first ever mass protest on Parliament Street after the Lockdown came into force.
The massive response where workers, peasants, agricultural workers and all oppressed united point to possibility of rallying the masses around a strong worker-peasant alliance and for building rock-solid resistance against neoliberal policies and authoritarian attacks. AIKS congratulates all sections of people who have made the protest action a huge success.
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Ashok Dhawale, President
Hannan Mollah, General Secretary
