Left wing extremism is not a law and order problem but a reaction to the oppressive socio-economic and political scenarios, CPI national executive member K. Narayana has said.
Here to participate in the two-day party State executive meeting which began on Thursday, he addressed the media on Friday. Calling for an end to ban on Maoist organisations, he urged the government to create an atmosphere conducive to bring the Maoists to the table for talks.
The government should look at solving the issues that were at the root of public discontent giving rise to Left Wing extremism, he said. “The Left wing extremism is based on ideology and aims at achieving people’s rights,” he said while making it clear that he was not supporting their approach of achieving ‘power through the barrel of the gun’. He urged the government to focus on terrorism sponsored by religious fundamentalists and perpetrators of economic offences which were more dangerous.
Dig at NaiduParty State secretary K. Ramakrishna demanded that the State government take steps to disburse crop loans for kharif at least by July 1. He hit out at Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for not taking a decision on loan waiver and instead indulging in dilatory tactics by forming a committee. “Mr. Naidu is in the know of the total details and has been announcing the waiver for over a year, what has stopped him from conducting a detailed study since then,” he asked. Further, the government should take steps to disburse loans to leaseholders, he demanded.
The party State headquarters which was being set up at Vijayawada would be inaugurated by CPI general secretary D. Raja on June 29, he said. Party State assistant secretaries J.V.S.N. Murthy and Muppala Nageswara Rao were present.
