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May Day not ours, says BMS leader

Jaipur, Apr 30 (UNI) The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) on Wednesday claimed that May Day, celebrated as International Labour Day in many countries, including India, is not relevant to the Indian labor movement.

CV Rajesh, Area Organizing Secretary (West and Northwest Region) of BMS, said the day has its roots in a global organisation of socialists and communists, but Indian laboir leaders, including Mahatma Ayyankali, Narayan Gurudev, and Babasaheb Ambedkar, never accepted May Day as Labour Day.

Rajesh said trade unions were an essential part of the industrial revolution, and while the modern trade union movement began in England, India's labour movement was driven by social activists, reformers, and nationalists fighting for workers' rights and social justice.
He claimed that the contributions of nationalist leaders to the labour movement have been erased from history by communist historians and regimes.

The BMS leader highlighted the history of labor organisations in India, including the formation of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) in 1920, which was later hijacked by the Communist Party of India. He also mentioned the formation of other labour organisations, such as the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) and the Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS).

Rajesh emphasised that the BMS, which was founded on the principle of "Shram Hi Aaradhna" (work is worship), is now the largest organised labor union in the world, with over 7,000 unions and 50 federations across India.
He claimed that the BMS had successfully led the Labour-20 (L20) summit last year.

The BMS leader also highlighted the significance of Vishwakarma Day, celebrated on September 17, which is more relevant to Indian workers. He said the day is celebrated by millions of workers in rural India, who create world-class products without modern machinery and pass on their skills to future generations.

Rajesh said the BMS celebrates Vishwakarma Day as National Labour Day, honoring the contributions of rural workers and their faith in their craft. He criticised communism and the May Day celebrations, saying that they represent a destructive era and that the BMS has transformed the Indian labour movement with its nationalist ideology. UNI XC AKT SSP
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