Today to help Bangladesh
From Our Special Correspondent, New Delhi, May 24. A 14-member Committee with re-presentatives of all important all-India trade union bodies has been set up with Dr. Maitryee Bosre as President to mobiles public opinion in favour of the liberation movement in Bangladesh.
This is probably one of the rare issues on which all the major trade union bodies have agreed to work closer. The Committee, to be known as National Trade union Committee of India for solidarity with Bangladesh, will contact International trade union bodies and trade union organisations in other countries to acquaint them with the struggle in Bangladesh.
The Committee includes Mr. S. S. Mirajkar and Mr. S. A. Danze of AITCC, Mr. P. Ramamurthy and Mr. Monoranjan Roy of CITU, Mr Santi Patel and Mr. Mahesh Desai of HMS, Mr. Jatin Chakravarty and Mr. Sreekant Nair of UTUC. Dr. Boss has been elected the Presaident of the Committee.
Mr. Maitrayee Bose told newsmen here today that the Committee had decided to hold an All India Bangladesh Day on June 19 when peaceful demonstrations would be organised demanding recognition of the “democratic republic of Bangladesh.” Demand would also be made for the release of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman now in custody of the West Pakistani military rullers.
The Committee would also oppeal to the workers in India to donate one-day’s wage to help the workers of Bangladesh. The workers would be asked to send their donations to the Bangaldesh mission in Calcutta.
Dr. Bose said that there was tremendous response to the “solidarity with Bangladesh call” from all major trade Union organisations in the country. She hoped to raise the Bangladesh issue at the international works’ meet in Geneva in June.
The Jana Sangh Parliamentary Party decided this morning that each member of the party would contribute one day’s allowance of Rs. 51 for schemes for the rehabilitantion of refugees from Bangladesh.
Reference: Hindustan Standard 25.5.1971