NEW DELHI: Congress Monday asked the government to ensure there were no retrenchments in the private sector in the next six months as it made light of the PM’s apology for the lockdown and urged him to focus on getting the response right to the crisis. It has called a meeting of its apex body CWC on April 2.

AICC spokesman Gourav Vallabh told a video press conference that the Centre should bring a law if required to bar any sacking of labour in the private sector, promising Congress support to any such measure.

The party said the government should pay 70% of three months wages to workers in the MSMEs, stressing the said amount for around 4.25 crore MSMEs would come to Rs 1 lakh crore. It added that truck drivers who are the backbone of the economy should be paid three months wages. “The question of wages and retrenchment gains importance because tomorrow is the last day of the month and of the financial year,” he said.

