The Left Parties, namely, CPI (M), CPI, RSP and Forward Block intensified the ongoing agitation on the issues of Food, Employment and Land through a nationwide Jail Bharo programme today, demanding immediate steps to curb price rise and for strengthening the public distribution system, implementation of land reforms and employment opportunities.
In Delhi, nearly 2000 people from the four Left Parties gathered at the Parliament Street demanding decisive and urgent steps against price rise from the UPA government.
The gathering was addressed by the national leaders of the four Left Parties – Prakash Karat, A B Bardhan, Debabrata Biswas, and Abani Roy.
Debabratta Biswas, Gen Secy, Forward Block emphasized the need for more militant struggles to build pressure on the UPA government to change its policies on price rise.
A B Bardhan, Gen Secy, CPI, condemned the government’s insensitivity on price rise and announced that over 25 lakh people will court arrest against price rise today. He also said that the Left parties will hold a meeting to co-ordinate with other secular national parties on 12th April in order to further intensify this movement.
Prakash Karat, Gen Secy, CPI(M), said that the Prime Minister is holding a meeting with Chief Ministers on the issue of price rise. However, the UPA has been refusing to take decisive steps on the suggestions given so far. He reiterated the demand of the Left parties – withdraw increase in diesel and petrol prices, stop futures trading in essential food items, strengthen and universalize PDS, and curb hoarding. He expressed the Left Parties’ resolve to focus on the Cut Motion on the Budget inside Parliament and intensify the struggle outside in co-ordination with other secular opposition parties in the coming days.
Abani Roy from the RSP said that unless the government accedes to these demands the agitation would be intensified further.
Nearly 2000 people, in the leadership of the national leaders of Left Parties, courted arrest at the Parliament Street. The people expressed their anger against the government by breaking barricades. The police used water canon at the agitators. One person was seriously injured and several others received minor injuries.
In Ghaziabad, over 600 CPI(M) and CPI activists courted arrest at the CGO complex at Hapur Road. In Noida, over 250 people courted arrest at DMs office at Surajpur, Greater Noida, after an effigy burning programme at Sector 8-9 Chowk.
P M S Grewal
Secretary, CPI(M), Delhi State Committee
No comments:
Post a Comment