Defence Workers Federations will organise countrywide “Burning of Effigy” agitation on 19.06.2021, against privatisation of Defence Ordnance Factories”.

The Modi Government has completely failed in safeguarding the people from the second wave of COVID-19. Various High Courts, including the Supreme Court, have bitterly criticised the Central Government for it’s failure in this regard. However, the Modi government is working very efficiently in privatising the Government and Public Sector Undertakings. The latest is the privatisation of the Ordnance Factories. The 44 Ordnance Factories in the country are functioning  under the Ordnance Factories Board, under the control of the Ministry of Defence. 

Now, the Ordnance Factories Board will be eliminated. In it’s place, seven corporations will be formed under the Companies Act. The corporatisation of the Ordnance Factories is being done with the sole intention to hand them over to the big corporates. Since the multinational companies are having the state-of-the-art technologies with them, ultimately these Ordnance Factories will go into the control of the multinational corporations. The Defence Workers Federations are organising countrywide “Burning of Effigy” agitation on 19.06.2021. BSNLEU strongly supports the struggle of the Defence Workers Federations.