June 24, 2019
KOLLAM: CPM leader and state president of Cashew Centre (CITU) K Rajagopal has said that “unnecessary” controversies are being triggered
in the cashew sector only to wreck the industry.
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In a statement issued here, he said the controversies would further worsen the situation and would only help private cashew
company owners to continue “exploiting workers”.
He claimed that when the LDF government came to power, the cashew sector was facing an unprecedented crisis. PSUs like
KSCDC and CAPEX were remaining locked and workers of the 600 private cashew factories were also jobless.
He pointed out that the LDF government could provide job to the cashew workers besides resuming the payment of gratuity to
retired workers. During the entire five-year tenure of the UDF, it did not pay any gratuity at all.
He said the LDF government could settle the gratuity arrears of two years.
He claimed that procuring cashew through Cashew Board, KSCDC and CAPEX would enable the factories to run continuously.
He said five thousand new employees were given jobs under KSCDC and Capex.
He termed the Youth Congress workers’ demand for the resignation of minister for cashew J Mercykuttyamma as an irony as
the previous UDF government’s minister in charge of the cashew portfolio didn’t resigned even after arriving at a situation
which warranted a CBI probe and consequent expulsion of the KSCDC chairman.
He alleged that the UDF was raising fake charges of corruption against cashew Board and CAPEX.
He claimed that since the LDF came to power, the government could reopen 300 cashew factories. In case of more private
companies deciding to reopen the factories, they would be granted interest free loans.
He also warned that if the UDF
continued to launch “unnecessary” strikes, the CITU would deal with it politically.
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