Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 30 (PTI) Kerala Minister for Labour and General Education Sivankutty on Thursday flayed the new draft central labour policy, terming it as “extremely anti-labour,” and one which takes away the rights of states.

In a statement here, he alleged that the new policy, “Shram Shakti Neeti 2025” released by the Union Labour Ministry completely negates constitutional labour rights and the concept of social justice.

The minister said the Kerala government will strongly oppose the policy, which cites ancient texts like ‘Manusmriti’ and concepts like ‘Rajdharma’ and ‘Shramadharma’ instead of the Indian Constitution as the basis for a policy document that talks about workers' rights.

“This is highly reprehensible and regressive. This is a covert attempt to reduce workers fro

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