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LBB led the rst batch of complaints about this allegation in September and the second in October. Copies of the
complaints were also sent to Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) leader
and Rajyasabha MP Elamaram Kareem and to Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh leaders. Based on this, Elamaram Kareem wrote to
the Ministry of External Affairs. In response to his letter, the LBB was asked to send the workers' contact numbers and
labour id numbers which were then forwarded to the Indian Embassy.
"This we did in October. But so far, there has been no response from the MEA or the Embassy. In a query to the MEA led
through the Right to Information Act and a question asked during an MEA brie ng about this issue, the response was that
they had forwarded the details to the company and that discussions were happening," Subhash says.
In September 2020, after news reports about the issue surfaced, NSH asked LBB for the details of the workers who had
complained. The LBB then sent the details of 22 such workers. However, the company claimed that the workers had
received the bene ts and showed vouchers as proof. But, Subhash alleges that these vouchers will be contested.
"They presented vouchers for it, but we demanded bank statements of the transfer, which they couldn’t submit. The
vouchers were fabricated by forcing employees to sign on blank papers. The workers on our direction led complaints at
various police stations and the NRI Cell in Thiruvananthapuram for threatening and creating fake documents. On this too,
no action has been taken," he says.
The fear of the workers is that they will lose the compensation if it's further delayed because as per Saudi Labour Laws,
the labour claims should be led within a year. "Some of the workers lost jobs in March last year and what the company is
doing is buying time so that they can object to the claims in a court, stating that they were not led on time," he alleges.
"They can’t cite the pandemic as an excuse as those who were sacked from the company in 2005 and 2010 have also
approached us with similar complaints. The company's approach to workers had been the same; they would inform workers
one ne morning that they had been sacked," Subhash alleges.
The company however has called all these allegations baseless and has threatened legal action. “We, at NSH, are shocked
by the allegations and attempts to defame our company and are pursuing this matter legally. We have come to know about
some people who are trying to mislead journalists and even some lawyers and based on that get some bene t. Some of
them left the organization almost a decade back and some are still on the roles of the company and yet on vacation. We
will investigate and take appropriate action,” the statement said.
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