HYDERABAD: A new national political party with the primary objective being the welfare of migrant workers, both in the country and those who go to the Gulf and other countries, will be launched soon.
Two activists in the forefront of taking up migrant workers’ issues have quit the political parties they were associated with and have started a platform that will soon take the shape of a political party.
Bheem Reddy Mandha, president of Emigrants Welfare Forum who was with Congress, and Nangi Devender Reddy, president of Telangana Gulf Workers’ Association who was associated with BJP, quit their respective parties and said a national political party for ‘Pravasis’ (both internal and international migrants) would be formed to fight for the rights and welfare of migrants.
They announced on Monday that they had held consultations with representatives from several states in Delhi recently and discussed about the neglect of migrant workers both by state governments and also the central government. A ‘national network for migrant workers’ and ‘national federation for migrant workers’ would be formed in association with various social organisations and trade unions. Swadesh Parikipandla, president of Pravasi Mithra Labour Union, and Dr Asma Khan, a medical professional who returned from Oman, said they would actively pursue establishing the proposed political party.
