Oppn says new labour codes seek to dilute and abolish existing rights

A day after the Centre notified the four new Labour Codes, opposition parties tore into the government saying that the codes seek to dilute and abolish long-established existing rights and entitlements and shift the balance sharply in favour of employers.

- PREETHA NAIR @ New Delhi

Targeting the government, Congress general secretary, communications, Jairam Ramesh, said the 29 existing labour-related laws have been repackaged into the four Codes and are being marketed as some revolutionary reform when even the Rules are yet to be notified.