YOUTH WINGS OF 7 OPPN PARTIES PLAN PROTEST AGAINST GOVT

NEWDELHI: In a rare show of unity, the youth wings of seven Opposition parties have come together to launch a nationwide agitation against the Narendra Modi government on unemployment, price rise and agrarian crisis.

A preliminary meeting of the new grouping was held on Friday and attended by representatives of the Youth Congress, Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and the All India Youth League (AIYL), apart from the youth wings of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Samajwadi Party and the Indian Union Muslim League. The DYFI, AIYF and AIYL are youth wings of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India and Forward Bloc respectively.

“Today, our nation stands on lies and religious insecurities presented by the ruling government, the consequence of which have led to an agitation among well qualified yet unemployed youth, farmers’ suicides, and an increase in caste and religious violence. It is the need of the hour that we unite and fight this antinational and anti-humane government,” Youth Congress president Keshav Chand Yadav said.

His colleague and Youth Congress spokesperson Amrish Ranjan Pandey echoed his views.

“This is precisely the reason for Youth Congress to unite with other secular political parties. Our aim and efforts are to stop communal violence and to bring peace and harmony to the society,” he said.