🔥 Rise Against Chains 🔥

 

🔥 Rise Against Chains 🔥

Bruhaspati Samal

General Secretary

Confederation of Central Govt Employees and Workers

Odisha State CoC

We fought the British, stood so tall,

For justice, rights, and freedom for all.

In sweat and blood, the path we paved,

With every struggle, a right we saved.

Once we stood with calloused hands,
Built this nation from its sands,
With sweat and toil we earned each right,
Eight-hour days born out of fight.

But now, in Independent India’s name,
Democracy wears a corporate chain.
The rulers changed, the greed remained—
Our rights betrayed, our hopes disdained.

Out of forty-four hard-won laws,
Fifteen were axed without a cause.
The rest turned into four cruel codes,
To serve the rich on workers' roads.

They say it's reform, but we can see—
It’s theft wrapped up in policy.
No voice, no vote, no union shield,
Just longer hours in the open field.

Definitions twisted, redefined,
To suit the rich, the corporate mind.
Who is a worker? Who’s employed?
With pens they wipe our rights destroyed.

Wages stalled, rights erased,
With iron boots the laws replaced.
No place to bargain, no room to speak,
They silence strong, exploit the weak.

Trade unions throttled at their root,
Bargaining power turned to mute.
The rules now mock what once was just,
And bury decades of earned trust.

No safety net, no social shield,
No justice in the factory field.
The codes forget the unorganised,
Where millions toil, unrecognised.

With no gear to wear and no doctor near,
They stretch our hours year after year.
No pay that's fair, no rest, no aid—
In every court, our rights betrayed.

This is not freedom, this is fraud—
Where sweat is taxed but gold is God.
The rulers chant of growth and light,
While workers vanish out of sight.

But O my Comrades, shall we bend?
Shall silence mark our bitter end?
No! We are storm, we are the flame—
Without our work, there's none to name.

Let factories halt, let offices cease,
Till justice dawns and rights increase!
One nation, one voice, one fighting soul,
To make the broken system whole.

Let banners rise like morning sun,
Until this battle’s truly won!
From mines and mills to city street,
Let marching hearts in thunder beat!

Let strikes ignite from mine to port,
Let unity be our last resort!
No one gives what we don’t demand,
Let’s rise and march across the land.

Stand up today—unite, defy!
For rights don’t fall from sky to sky.
They bloom in struggle, grow in fight—
So rise, O workers! Claim your right!

A chain in gold is still a chain—
Break it, brothers! End this pain.
For in this land we built and serve,
We deserve the dignity we deserve.

So rise, O workers, don’t delay—
History calls, come join the fray!
March for justice, fight for right—
Only struggle can end this night.

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