NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday accused the BJP-led central government of acting against the interests of workers and claimed that it was making changes in law so that employees can be removed from service any time. He said that those who are against the interests of workers should not be in power. Pawar also alleged that the Centre was trying to pose financial hurdles before Maharashtra by not releasing the GST dues. Addressing the workers of his party in Pimpri Chinchwad, an industrial township near Pune city, he also told them how Hindustan Antibiotics (HA) as well as several automobile companies were set up there.

"The present Union government is against the interests of workers. Now anyone can be thrown out of job at any time. The BJP government at the Centre is bringing changes in law so that workers can be removed from service any time. This move is 100 per cent not in the interests of workers," he said. "Those who are against the interest of workers should not be in power¿we all have to tell this to them, and for that Pimpri Chinchwad can be one of the cities which will give this strong message," he added. But the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state is going to work for industries and employment generation, he asserted.