January 8 Strike: Protest Against Record Sale of National Assets by Modi Govt

'One of the key demands being raised by workers going on a historic general strike on January 8, 2020, is the end to reckless sale of public sector assets by the Modi government. According to data put out by the finance ministry’s department of investment and asset management (DIPAM), the BJP government has sold off Rs 2.97 lakh crore worth of public sector assets in its rule since 2014. If you add the proposed sale of BPCL, CONCOR and SCI, the combined net worth of which is estimated at about Rs 76,000 crore, the total disinvestment done by Modi government reaches Rs 3.73 lakh crore...'