Shri K.K. Ragesh, CPIM, MP, raises the issue of non-payment of wages to contract workers.

Shri K.K. Ragesh, the CPI(M)  MP from Kerala, raised the issue of the contract workers in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, during the zero hour. He pointed out that the contract workers were not paid wages for the past many months, as a result of which many contract workers had already committed suicide. He also pointed out that the contract workers who had worked in BSNL for the past many years are being retrenched. He demanded that the contract workers should be paid wages immediately. It is notable to mention that Com.K.K. Raghesh is the President of the BSNL CCWF, Kerala circle.