The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Saturday issued a blistering statement demanding the immediate withdrawal of the four new Labour Codes implemented by the Government.

The party’s Polit Bureau condemned the codes as a move designed to establish a “jungle raj” that unilaterally favours the corporate class over the rights of workers.

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The four codes—The Code on Wages (2019), Industrial Relations Code (2020), Code on Social Security (2020), and Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code (2020)—which consolidate 29 existing labour laws, came into effect on Friday, November 21, 2025.

While the government maintains the reforms simplify laws and expand social security, including for gig workers, critics argue they fundamentally dismantle workers’ protections.

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