The Hindu Business Line : Shiv Sena opposed to reservations in pvt sector

On the privatisation of public sector units, Mr Raj Thackeray said the Government had no competence in doing business and should restrict itself to administration and maintaining law and order.

Pune , July 30

THE Shiv Sena leader and probable Chief Ministerial candidate, Mr Raj Thackeray, has officially declared that his party is against reservations in the private sector and also against union activities that are designed to derail companies that are doing business the legal way.

"The current Government's move to forcibly introduce reservation in the private sector is an election-oriented campaign designed to rake in the votes. There is no need for reservation and jobs should be available strictly on merit," Mr Thackeray said.

Speaking to newspersons at an informal meeting with the city's young industrialists, Mr Thackeray also opined that the days of confrontationist trade unionism are over with the advent of new-economy jobs that have thrown up an entire spectrum of opportunities for people.

He said industry and unions should be able to carve out a mutually acceptable "relationship." Mr Thackeray also tackled queries on his party's controversial stand that it would waive off loans to farmers totalling Rs 6,000 crore by saying that it was the only humane thing to do. "When farmers are committing suicide out of desperation, there is the urgent need for at least some temporary relief measures. The Congress-NCP Government is only questioning the wisdom of our announcement because elections are around the corner and they would have liked to make the announcement themselves," he said.

Commenting on the State Government's crackdown on corporates employing contract labour, he said that companies resorted to such measures due to unions that resorted to strikes and agitations at the drop of a hat. "Don't be unfair to managements that are doing justice to their workers," he said.

On the privatisation of public sector units, he said the Government had no competence in doing business and should restrict itself to administration and maintaining law and order. "Even the PSUs that are making profits are doing so in a monopolistic situation," he pointed out.

With the Assembly elections around the corner, Mr Thackeray also charted out his party's priorities in the event of a return to power. "We will concentrate on maximising road transportation, power, law and order, irrigation and water management and tourism." he said, pointing out that the projects that his party had launched during their regime were languishing due to lack of funds from the current regime.

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