Meghalaya workers oppose LPG policy

Shillong, May 1 (UNI) Along with the rest of the world, workers in Meghalaya today observed 118th May Day and renewed their opposition to the Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation (LPG) policy.

''The condition of general masses in India, at the behest of the LPG policy, did not show any sign of improvement, rather it was drifting from bad to worse,'' the general secretary of Meghalaya Joint Council of Trade Unions and Associations (MJCTUAs) J L Das said.

The MJCTUAs also lambasted the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government for following the economic policy of the erstwhile BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government.

They also criticised the Congress-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government for ''turning a blind eye'' to the interest of the people. ''The living conditions of people in Meghalaya are not better with the people at the helm of state government are busy in power sharing,'' Mr Das said.

The MJCTUAs also took out a procession to fight against the price rise as well as the ''anti-people'' economic policy of the Union and state government, communalism, fundamentalism, fascism, racism and ''imperialist Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation.'' UNI