India, Oct. 5 -- With the Indian IT major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) under fire for allegedly resorting to "coerced resignations" and "illegal termination" of thousands of employees across the country, a Lok Sabha MP, who is also a member of the Standing Committee on Labour, Textiles and Skill Development, has demanded urgent government intervention to halt "illegal lay-offs" by the company and the broader Indian IT/ITES sector.

Stating that the July announcement of TCS to terminate over 12,000 employees was not an "isolated case," MP from Bihar's Karakat, Raja Ram Singh has written to Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that the actual figure appears ...