Rahul backs mill workers’ bandh in Assam

Congress president Rahul Gandhi has recently written to the chief convener of the HPC Paper Mills Revival Action Committee, Manobendra Chakraborty, extending support to the bandh called by the committee in Barak Valley on November 22.
The bandh was called to mount pressure on the government to revive the two defunct paper mills in Assam and pay the pending salaries.
Workers of Cachar Paper Mill and Nagaon Paper Mill have not received salaries for the past 23 months.
In the letter, Rahul said the negligent attitude of the government had destroyed the livelihood of thousands of workers of the two mills and blamed lack of political will to revive the mills.
Rahul told Chakraborty to get in touch with Assam PCC president Ripun Bora and Intuc president Sanjeeva Reddy to raise the issue at the national level. The committee is planning to launch a series of protests soon.

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