CHENNAI: CPM state secretary P Shanmugam has challenged BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan for a public debate on the Union government’s labour codes, in the presence of workers, after she claimed they were enacted for labour welfare.

In a post on X, Shanmugam said he welcomed Tamilisai Soundararajan’s statement acknowledging that Communists have consistently fought for the rights of sanitation workers and transport workers. He added that her recent remarks had at least “accepted the truth” about who stood by the labouring classes.

Referring to her defence of the labour codes, he said the BJP maintained that the laws were meant to protect workers. “If that is true, does the BJP have the courage to debate these labour codes with us on the same stage, in front of workers?” he asked.

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