Oust BJP regimes, say Left parties at Haryana rally
The CPI(M) and the CPI on Saturday accused the BJPled governments at the Centre and Haryana of ruining the economy, undermining democracy and threatening the ageold sociocultural fabric of the country.
Addressing a gathering at the ‘Badlav Sandesh Rally’ in Jind, which was jointly organised by the Left parties and attended by a large number of people, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI leader Amarjeet Kaur urged people to vote out the BJP in the Lok Sabha and Haryana elections.
Mr. Yechury cited the enactment of electoral bonds – which he had challenged on behalf of his party in the Supreme Court among others – as a “shameless” example of legalising corruption through corporate funding quid pro quo, said a joint press statement issued by the CPI(M) and the CPI. He wondered how the SBI was made to withhold the details of donor companies defying the Supreme Court order. Mr. Yechury said the electoral bond “misdemeanour” was only one in a series of several scandals, including demonetisation and Rafale deal.
Ms. Kaur, the CPI national secretary and AITUC leader, made a scathing attack on the Modi government for “making the farmers and workers suffer with unprecedented unemployment, poverty and mounting miseries”. The two leaders urged the people of Haryana to give a crushing defeat to the ruling BJPJJP in the State.
The secretaries of the CPI(M) and CPI State units, Surender Singh and Daryao Singh Kashyap respectively, accused the Khattar government of mindless privatisation of education, health, electricity and other public sectors leading to the highestever unemployment.
‘Electoral bond case is only one in a series of scandals, including note ban and Rafale deal’
Support for farmers
The rally passed a resolution fully supporting the March 14 ‘Kisan Mazdoor Mahapanchayat’ at the Ram Lila Ground in Delhi at the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and central trade unions for a legal guarantee for minimum support price, loan waiver for farmers, withdrawal of four regressive labour codes and other issues.