The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] appears to condemn militant trade unionism which it feels runs against the grain of the party’s policy to woo private investment.
Holding forth on the party’s State conference-approved programme for the development of the State, CPI(M) State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said here on Saturday that trade union leaders should arrive at a consensus to correct the wrongs in the labour sector. Land was at a premium in Kerala. It often impeded development. Hence, the government should ensure the availability of land for investment.
It was immediately unclear whether Mr. Balakrishnan’s statement was a precursor to possible amendments to the haloed Land Reforms Act legislated by the E.M.S. Namboodiripad government in 1957.
