CPI (M) Bijni committee & Bongaigaon district committee stages protest

BONGAIGAON: CPI (M) Bijni committee and Bongaigaon district committee staged protest in several places of Bijni and Bongaigaon on Monday. The activists staged protest in places like Bongaigaon, Khamarpara, Goraimari, Fagunagaon and Ballamguri in support of four demands. The demands included compensation of Rs 7,500 to all families who do not come under income tax slab, strengthening public distribution system and distributing ration to all families under income tax slab. They also opposed change in the labour act which has increased the working hours from 8 hours to 12 hours and demanded probe into alleged anomalies in the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN). The Bongaigaon district committee also submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the Bongaigaon Deputy Commissioner.

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