Kathmandu, May 1 : Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has commemorated contributions and sacrifices of workers for progress and social justice. In a message delivered on the occasion of May 1 or 131st International Workers' Day, he suggested that the state should bring immediate and long-term programmes and provide reliefs to workers and daily wagers, who have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. The state should also be serious about Nepali migrant workers in foreign countries facing hardships due to the infection, he suggested in the message. "Industries and development projects have been closed due to lockdown. The state's responsibility is to create environment conducive for workers to go to work in a safe way against the virus."    
Stating that the constitution was made through contributions of workers, Speaker Sapkota expressed his confidence that an environment conducive would be created soon for working class people to exercise their rights ensured by the constitution. "I want to ensure that the Federal Parliament is always ready to take initiatives to ensure social security, salaries based on nature of work and job opportunities to people within the country itself."