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Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election, Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee connected Saturday (January 3, 2026) promised higher wages for beverage plot workers if they come backmost to power in the State.
The TMC person besides addressed issues of healthcare successful beverage gardens during an outreach program in northbound Bengal’s Alipurduar, with beverage plot workers.
“I hold that it is not imaginable to tally a household connected $250... erstwhile Didi forms the authorities for the 4th time, my first priority will be Alipurduar... I volition guarantee that your regular wage is accrued to ₹300 per day,” Mr. Banerjee said portion answering a question posed by a beverage plot worker. He further added that if they travel backmost to powerfulness successful the next term, they volition instrumentality this committedness of a higher wage wrong 7 days of forming the government.
When the TMC authorities came to powerfulness successful 2011, the beverage garden labourers had a regular wage of ₹67, which was accrued to ₹250 implicit the past 3 presumption of the TMC rule, Mr. Banerjee said. However, helium said that ₹250 is not capable to fulfil basal needs erstwhile ostentation is truthful high.
Workers besides raised pertinent questions astir creches and aesculapian facilities wrong the beverage gardens to assistance workers prolong their lives and entree basal enactment to proceed work. These issues person been at the forefront of galore beverage plot movements implicit the years and have dominated predetermination promises crossed enactment lines.
Talking astir the demands of creches for moving mothers to support their children for easiness of work, the TMC MP said that retired of the 90–95 crèches that were planned, 34 are operational and promised to get the others up and moving successful the adjacent 2 years.
“We had promised 54 Public Health Centres (PHC), retired of which 14 are operational. There is simply a shortage of doctors successful our state, but we are trying to code it,” Mr Banerjee said portion addressing the contented of healthcare successful the beverage gardens. He added that many others associated with their enactment person besides raised this contented with him a fewer months back.
Mr Banerjee said that helium volition rise the contented of creches and PHCs successful Kolkata successful beforehand of elder enactment leaders and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
“Employee Provident Fund (PF) contributions person been deducted from wages, but the leader has pocketed this money. Employers’ publication to PF has besides not been deposited since May 2023. Aged, sick workers are not being paid gratuity and are being forced to enactment connected vouchers... This is thing but dilatory murdering workers,” a beverage plot workers’ association said. They are protesting in Alipurduar against the harsh enactment conditions and irregularities successful PF transportation and wage payments.
“PF is your right; nary 1 is doing you a favour. It indispensable beryllium deposited... If needed, I volition put a gathering of a delegation of 20 radical with the Union Labour Minister. I volition adjacent spell to Delhi. Until you combat for your money, it volition not scope you...” Mr Banerjee said portion addressing the contented of PF delays and non-payments raised by workers during their enactment with the leader.
