Dera Bassi : A protest March by the Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) reached Dera Bassi this weekend. The protest started from Hussainiwala on December 14 and aims to highlight anti-labour laws passed by the Punjab Government during the last Assembly session. The CITU workers held a rally and marched in the town in favour of their demands. Addressing the rally, the state general secretary of CITU Raghunath singh said the new laws passed by the Assembly during the monsoon session made it compulsory for any party and organisation to get the permission of Deputy Commissioner or Police Commissioner for holding rally and demonstration. In the absence of this permission there is a provision of punishment and fine. He alleged that these laws would be used to crush the peaceful agitations of labourers and farmers. The rally was also addressed by Dev Raj Verma, Rattan Singh, Shyam Lal and Baijnath. Other demands of labourers were also raised during this campaign. One of these is that Anganwari workers and Asha workers should be promoted as government employees.
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