NEW DELHI: The joint opposition Wednesday protested on the Parliament entrance in opposition to new labour codes and demanded their scrapping, with Congress president and chief of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge concentrating on the Modi govt as “anti-labour, anti-worker, pro-cronies”.Kharge stated the codes pose a “risk to job safety” because the layoff threshold with out govt approval has been raised from 100 to 300 staff. He stated the brand new provisions will finish everlasting jobs as firms will rent staff on short-term contracts to keep away from long-term advantages for staff. He stated states can permit 12-hour shifts via versatile scheduling, regardless that eight-hour shifts are retained on paper.“Staff should wait 60 days earlier than hanging, plus a 14-day cooling-off interval. This prevents fast motion in opposition to unsafe or unfair circumstances. Requiring one union with 51% membership to be the only negotiator sidelines smaller unions and reduces illustration for numerous employee teams,” he stated.Carrying posters and placards in opposition to the brand new labour codes, the opposition MPs raised slogans demanding their rollback.Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi; TMC’s Dola Sen; DMK’s Kanhimozhi and A Raja; CPM’s John Brittas and Amra Ram; CPI(ML)’s Rajaram Singh and Sudama Prasad; MPs NK Premachandran, Amar Singh, Gaurav Gogoi, amongst others, have been a part of the protest. They held a big banner — ‘No to Company Jungle Raj, Sure to Labour Justice’.Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra stated govt had snatched all of the rights of staff within the identify of simplifying legal guidelines and bringing labour codes. “By way of these legal guidelines, Modi’s pro-capitalist and anti-worker mindset has once more come to the fore. The nation doesn’t settle for these legal guidelines,” she stated.