<p>BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday asked the Centre and state government to take meaningful steps to help labourers hit by the coronavirus lockdown.</p>.<p>In a message on the occasion of Labour Day, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said labourers are facing a threat to their livelihood due to the lockdown and the government should help them come out of the crisis. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-india-records-highest-deaths-in-a-single-day-toll-stands-at-886-tally-crosses-28000-827545.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus pandemic here</strong></a></p>.<p>"International Labour Day is celebrated by labourers and labour class every year but this time due to corona pandemic and lockdown there is a threat to their livelihood. At this time Centre and state government's role has become important as a welfare government," she said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>.<p>The BSP chief appealed to both the Centre and state government to take meaningful steps in the interest of crores of labourers.</p>.<p>"They (government) should also take cognisance of private firms, which are deducting salaries of employees," she said in another tweet.</p>
<p>BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday asked the Centre and state government to take meaningful steps to help labourers hit by the coronavirus lockdown.</p>.<p>In a message on the occasion of Labour Day, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said labourers are facing a threat to their livelihood due to the lockdown and the government should help them come out of the crisis. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-india-records-highest-deaths-in-a-single-day-toll-stands-at-886-tally-crosses-28000-827545.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on the coronavirus pandemic here</strong></a></p>.<p>"International Labour Day is celebrated by labourers and labour class every year but this time due to corona pandemic and lockdown there is a threat to their livelihood. At this time Centre and state government's role has become important as a welfare government," she said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>.<p>The BSP chief appealed to both the Centre and state government to take meaningful steps in the interest of crores of labourers.</p>.<p>"They (government) should also take cognisance of private firms, which are deducting salaries of employees," she said in another tweet.</p>