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On Monday, Indian CEO of an Italian firm was lynched to death by a mob of former workers who had been laid off by the firm two months ago. The incident has triggered many reactions.
L.K. Choudhary was the local CEO of Graziano Transmissioni India. and was merely carrying out company headquarter’s decision. He lost his life for carrying out unpleasant duty of speaking on behalf of management to pacify workers who had lost their jobs. There was some compromise formula which was unacceptable. Workers were angry and they vent their anger on CEO and attacked him with iron rods and hammers. They even destroyed the firm premises.
The above said firm is in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh is one of the lawless states of India. Noida is a haven for new industries and MNCs and has witnessed such conflicts before too. Yet, clearly industries haven’t been provided adequate securities. Question remains, why did cops arrive only in the end to arrest errant workers? It cannot be a surprise attack since a mob of more than 150 workers had gathered armed with iron rods!
Now comes the government act after the incident. Union Labour Minister, Oscar Fernandes, maybe forgot that he was not labour union leader or an activist, went ahead to slam the management of the Italian firm and other industries and their hire and fire policies. No doubt he was made to eat his words and apologise for such a slip. After all he belongs to the government who are inviting foreign investments and industries!
Minister for Commerce and Industry, Kamal Nath was quick to assure industry and make all possible statements to do the damage-control. He made statements calling this an aberration and harped about Indian culture and tradition of peace. But the reality is patience and tolerance limits are different now. Job insecurity and inflation is making life of a worker very difficult.
Nearly 70 workers have been charged with murder. Same workers were furious obviously because the job meant a lot to them and their families and also its not easy to get jobs easily...
Its an immense loss to the family of the CEO. There is no talk about financial security offered to the family by GoI or the Italian firm.
Too many question marks — about job/finance security of SEZ workers, hire and fire policies of MNCs, security of the industry itself, safety of local management,CEOs and employees, role of government in ensuring such incidents are not repeated. Lastly government should stop underestimating power of angry mobs.
RSS 
as it happened with singur , mumbai , gujjars
list is endless some protest in kashmir & land order was revoked why it was granted in the first place is also not clear may be the vote bank policy back fired
so public has become cynic lost faith is helpless & hope less
expect trouble serious one in the near future as it here is lack of political will to be firm
even god is helpless
First a CEO was lynched to death,so an enterprenure will think many times before starting an industry.Whose family will allow such a thing to happen.
Second,the business community and particularly higher authority,will never comeup for negotiation with worker face to face,due to threat of life and police negligency in maintaining law and order.
The more commnts, posts, and newslinks I read, I can’t help to see an incredibly sad series of similarities between India and Mexico..Everything I read, I almost have to do a double check to see who wrote it and exactly where it is coming from as it is if I have written it myself or am watching it on my LOCAL news..
People have lost respect to authority for some many years of corruption and inequality.. It is out of control... We all have to remember to create change in politics, police force, society, environment, and so forth, it all begins at home, and most importantly with ourselves, then us taking the responsibility of our own... If we could get to a point where common man would at least step up and take responsibility for Himself, little by little, the world would change.
That reminds me of an anecdote(maybe I have told this before): I fell off a speeding bike once and I was not wearing helmet. My doc was furious and I tried defending saying...’Govt has not made helmet compulsary’. I’ll never forget doctor’s witty reply, he smiled and simply said,’But Ma’m the head is your’s...’
I think the problems with ”developing” nations boil down to ”underdeveloped” nationals.”
Its either patience running thin or total cultural deterioration...very disturbing indeed...
There is a wrong lesson doing rounds...i.e muscle power and money power is all that matters. We are returning to uncivilised ways...
This is just what India doesn’t need. I am saddened to read this article, which is just a sign of the times, unfortunately. Times in which fear is rife and emotions are high and stomaches are empty. It’s going to be hard to find solutions on a global scale, but we’ll have to find them, or else.....
Michael-back-after-computer-problems
ps: Its ’Madhuri’ ending with an ’i’.
Maybe they buried it because it tarnishes the image of India which politicians are promoting to invite investments...
in the materialistic world people are in a terrible rat race & are unable to get off the gravy train
the debt culture has taken deep roots people want instant gratification instead of deserving their desires may be noida workers had too much at stake & were unable to afford job loss they did come prepared for the mischief
i feel police had orders not to intervene else such delay can not be explained
if raj thakery can prevent people from entering mumbai without his visa& is still at large nothing can be said so is bengal where didi has become a big dada
time is ripe to do to these people what a mother does to her kid throwing tantrums in mall slap hard or ignore
we can not ignore so the answer is obvious law must take its course swiftly & for all
nanda +uphaar cases are pointers
Indian police should act on this posthaste because if there is no clear statement sent off by law enforcement regarding such incidents, mob action shall take place again and again.
Lynching inside a foreign firm indicates serious lapse of law and order. Mob violence is not new here. In many cities for many reasons mobs do take to street. It would wrong to brush aside this incident as a not so common incident.
India fares poorly where law and order is concerned. Why else a group of youth with terror links could carry out systematic terror attacks?
Violence of all forms are on rise...patience, tolerance is running low...thats the main worry factor...
And thats what is missing in all government statements...
I also feel global industries who are stepping in should ensure that developing countries have good law enforcement agencies and proper infrastructure. Only they can put pressure on political set-ups to improve basic infrastructure.