Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s Tamil Nadu unit will gear up for elections once dates are announced, G. Ramakrishnan, state secretary, said here on Sunday. The party was, however, ready to face the polls, he said while flagging off the party's State-wide 'Meet the People' awareness campaign.
"At present CPI(M) is not in talks with any party on election, alliance or related issues. It is focusing on taking up people's issues - their suffering because of the anti-people policies of the Central and State governments," Mr. Ramakrishnan, who was reacting to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's comments on election, said.
The CPI(M) leader also said that the party had not suffered a set back because of the exit of Tirupur MLA C. Govindasamy or his supporters. "We are not worried. And, in this region [western part of Tamil Nadu] we are as strong as ever."
Mr. Ramakrishnan said the party, through a State-wide campaign from August 22 to 29, was highlighting the impact of price raise, failure to redress farmers' grievances, eradication of untouchability, grant of patta for 25 lakh applicants and removal of encroachment on Government lands.
It was also focusing on the "wrong economic policies" of the Central and State governments that were causing untold hardship to the people and projecting an alternative economic plan.
As a culmination of the State-wide struggle, the party would hold meetings in six places across the State and national leaders would participate in the same. Sitaram Yechury would address a rally in Salem on September 4. The next day the party would hold a meeting in Tiruchi.
Similar meetings would also be conducted in Chennai, Kovilpatti and Neyveli
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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