An agitation being staged by the employees of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML) against the Central government decision to privatise the public sector company completed 601 days on Tuesday. Marking the 600 th day of the agitation, the employees took a pledge to protect the public sector land from falling into private hands at Kanjikode on Monday.
CITU State secretary K.N. Gopinath inaugurated the 600 th day agitation. CITU district president P.K. Sasi presided over the function. They demanded that the Central government withdraw from its move to privatise BEML considering the country’s security and the ongoing protest by the employees.
It was on January 6, 2021, that employees under the banner of the BEML Employees Association began an indefinite agitation in front of BEML at Kambanippadi, Kanjikode, two days after the Central government invited expression of interest to disinvest 26% shares of the BEML.
