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Wisdom of the unschooled
Friday 2 April 2021
THE EDITOR: In this time of covid19 the issue of right choices can mean the difference between life and death and it is amazing how the inspiration for same can come from sources we are likely to ignore.
Recently I observed a clip on YouTube of how the 99-year-old mother of Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, may have impacted his political life with the exhortation, first and foremost, that he should “never take bribes” during his tenure.
To date, according to the clip, he has not been officially accused of any corruption, and it is likely that her motherly influence may have also been the inspiration for his “maitri” programme in its humanitarian effort to assist countries with the vaccine in this time of covid19.
Opposition MP Rudranath Indarsingh. Photo by Sureash Cholai
Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh has accused the government of failinOpposition MP Rudranath Indarsinghg the labour movement, citing recent protests by workers of the National Insurance Board (NIB) over wages.
Speaking at the UNC’s virtual forum on Monday night, Indarsingh said the workers should be prepared to engage in an industrial-relations war with Minister of Finance Colm Imbert if they are to be heard.
Indarsingh also accused Imbert of attempting to subvert the collective bargaining process and called on workers and labour leaders to take action. I want to warn the labour leaders if we have to stop this rogue, out-of-control Minister of Finance, the labour movement and workers of NIB must be prepared to engage in a war of industrial relations and disobedience to stop Colm Imbert once and for all.