Resolutions of Gujarat Jan Abhiyan Meeting

RESOLUTIONS PASSED IN THE GUJARAT JAN ABHIYAN MEETING HELD AT SARDAR BAUG ON 17TH MARCH, 2009

1. House appealed to all the left and Democratic forces to unite and establish an alternative political force in the State of Gujarat.
2. House urged the people of Gujarat to reject the communal politics of the ruling party and oppose the communal-fascist tendencies.
3. House demanded that the Government should forthwith terminate its strategic alliance with the American-Israel axis and return to its non-alliance position.
4. House urged the people of the country to oppose the autocratisation of the Indian State in the name of supporting the "War against Terrorism".
5. The House dismissed the developmental model of the Government of Gujarat under the banner of "Vibrant Gujarat" which has benefited only a handful of richest Industrial house whereas destroyed the lively-hood of millions of workers including lacs of Diamond workers.
6. The House expressed its deep anxiety of the severe crisis faced by the farmers resulting in several cases of farmers committing suicide.
7. The House also demanded the scrapping of the  SEZ Act and disbanding of the existing SEZs.
8. The House demanded the immediate implementation of the Forest law enacted in 2006 and furnishing of the 7/12 rights to the adivasis cultivators.
9. The House demanded the immediate amendment of the relevant laws to prohibit the employment of contract labour system or casual workers in work or service which are permanent in nature.

10. House demanded the strict implementation of the Minimum wages Act and making the non-payment a cognizable offence at the behest of the workers.

11. The House demanded that the Government of Gujarat promulgate an ordinance for the payment of unemployment allowance to all the Diamond workers and similar workers who have been rendered jobless due to the present recession.