The Communist Party of India has accused the Narendra Modi-led Central government of widening the divide between different sections of people for political gains.
The BJP-led government had intensified efforts to fuel communal differences for gaining mileage in the next elections and there was need to check the designs of the saffron party.
CPI general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy has underscored the need for united struggle by the Left, democratic and secular forces as this was the only way to check the BJP.
Mr. Sudhakar Reddy, who inaugurated the party’s two-day State council meeting here on Tuesday, said the CPI, along with other like-minded parties, had resolved to conduct a country-wide campaign between September 15 and October 15 against the government’s policies. The campaign was aimed at educating the people about the retrograde policies of the NDA government, spate of irregularities reported in the government deals and attacks on secular forces by the Sangh Parivar elements.
Panama Papers
He demanded that the government release the list of 500 names of rich and influential Indians mentioned in the Panama Papers if it was committed to fighting corruption at high places. The government was bent on serving the interests of the rich at the expense of the poor as was evident from waiver of ₹ 2.6 lakh crore dues of corporates that were categorised as non-performing assets by the banks.
The three-year BJP rule had plunged the country’s economic and financial situation into crisis, as a result of which unemployment had become rampant. He expressed concern that multinational companies were hoarding essential commodities, resulting in artificial scarcity and harming the interests of the people as well as farmers.
The government should constitute ₹ 1 lakh crore corpus as market intervention fund to ensure that people were not put to difficulties due to frequent fluctuation of prices of the essentials.
On the political front, he said the CPI would continue its efforts to forge unity among the Left and like-minded parties to continue the struggle against the “anti-people” policies of the government.
