New Delhi: On the occasion of May Day, leaders across the spectrum took to Twitter demanding worker rights.
Since 1 May is International Labour Day, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is concerned by the additional suffering of the working class brought upon by the pandemic.
1.अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय श्रमिक दिवस जिसे मई दिवस के रूप में मजदूर व मेहनतकश वर्ग हर वर्ष धूम से मनाते हैं परन्तु वर्तमान कोरोना महामारी व लाॅकडाउन के कारण उनकी रोजी-रोटी पर अभूतपूर्व गहरा संकट छाया हुआ है। ऐसे में केन्द्र व राज्यों की कल्याणकारी सरकार के रूप में भूमिका बहुत ही जरूरी है
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) May 1, 2020
CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury gives a true red comrade’s clarion call to protect worker’s rights.
Its May Day! Greetings to the Working classes everywhere. Rights and dignity have come through hard and bitter struggles, not via charity. They shall not be given up. We must resolve to take working peoples' dignity to greater heights. #MayDay ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/1pqfJqPQwa
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) May 1, 2020
Spiritual guru Jaggi Vasudev a.k.a Sadhguru urges people to extend a helping hand.
The working class, backbone of the socio-economic mechanism of the planet, is the worst-hit in this pandemic, struggling just to find a meal. Let us see how to extend help wherever we encounter them. -Sg #LabourDay #MayDay
— Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) May 1, 2020
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh is aghast at BJP pursuing plans to reshape Delhi’s Central Vista into ‘Modi Mahal’, while the country struggles through the current crisis.
Why can't the Prime Minister shelve the Central Vista project for a few years?
How can India afford this extravaganza in this time of crisis?
We have repeatedly asked the govt to put it on hold.
The many 'Modi Mahals' can and must wait!
India and Indians first. https://t.co/ykTATBbnxg
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) May 1, 2020
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut is grateful to the central government on Maharashtra Day.
देशाच्या निवडणूक आयोगाने
महाराष्ट्रातील रखडलेल्या विधान परिषद निवडणूका घेण्यास परवानगी दिली आहे.
या मुळे राज्यात निर्माण झालेले राजकीय अनिश्चिततेचया वातावरणाचा धुरळा खाली बसेल.
महाराष्ट्राची पुण्याई मोठी. महणून महाराष्ट्र दिन हा निर्णय आला.केन्द्र सरकारचे आभार.
सत्य मेव जयते!— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) May 1, 2020
Is Congress leader P Chidambaram taking credit here?
Congress is happy that the central government has accepted its suggestions made over the last 4 weeks.
— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) May 1, 2020
Rajya Sabha MP Dinesh Trivedi says `I-told-you-so’.
You know I have been suggesting this right from the 1st day of lock dn. Precious time lost at the cost of sufferings of the poor. Never mind, better late…than never https://t.co/ZMaLm6ILO1
— Dinesh Trivedi (@DinTri) May 1, 2020
Congress media panelist Shama Mohamed has BJP and terrorists on her mind.
BJP’s favoured cop Davinder Singh transported terrorists
BJP aligned Sarpanch gave weapons to terrorists
BJP IT cell man Dhruv Saxena spied for ISI
BJP MP @SadhviPragya_MP is accused of carrying out terror attacks
BJP’s connection to terrorism runs deep!#BJPwithTerrorists
— Shama Mohamed (@drshamamohd) May 1, 2020
Comedian and actor Vir Das takes Infosys founder Narayan Murthy at his word for suggesting everyone work 60 hours a week.
Maybe rich CEOs and Chairmans should work 75 hours a week. So that they can pay their employees for 60.
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) April 30, 2020
Film critic Anupama Chopra is sentimental after reading Irrfan Khan’s family statement..
I cried again reading this. Such grace and strength. https://t.co/2l8jG7BBZL
— Anupama Chopra (@anupamachopra) May 1, 2020
Actor Dilip Kumar remembers Rishi Kapoor
“Met loving #RishiKapoor hale and hearty recently.He always made it a point to affectionately come personally in our old traditional ways to give any invitation to family functions. Rishi always kept in touch n kept alive the bond of Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor. RIP” SairaBanuKhan
— Dilip Kumar (@TheDilipKumar) May 1, 2020
April 2020 will go down as the cruelest month – and here’s another shocker brought to you by journalist Pritish Nandy.
For the first time ever, Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest car manufacturer by far, recorded zero sales in the month of April. (Sigh!)
— Pritish Nandy (@PritishNandy) May 1, 2020
Learn why cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle won’t miss this April at all…
Goodbye April. I won’t miss you this time. Normally, April is a month of joy. School holidays when we were young, lots of mangoes, later the IPL, a World Cup win…… But not this time. See you in happier times in 2021.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) April 30, 2020
And SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is at it again. Here, he accuses the US government of lying about the number of Covid-19 deaths in the country.
Classifying all deaths as corona even if corona didn’t cause the death is simply a lie https://t.co/R1sgzcFS46
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 30, 2020
With inputs from Yimkumla Longkumer
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