CPIM Tamil Nadu State Committee to Conduct campaign against corruption

CPIM Tamil Nadu State Committee has decided to conduct  campaign against corruption and anti-people polices of the UPA government and DMK Government in the State. Party will organise 5000 street-corner meetings in the State, besides protests in 200 places and public meetings in 50 centres between December 5 and 11. CPIM Tamil Nadu State Committee secretary Com. G Ramakrishnan said about the course of struggle at a press conference organized in Chennai. 

Even assuming that AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa's offer of support to the Congress was a “tactic” to ensure the exit of A. Raja from the Union Ministry, the CPI (M) does not approve of such a stand, said G. Ramakrishnan. “Our line on the Congress is clear and we will not make any compromise,” he told reporters while explaining decisions taken at the three-day State committee meeting of the party.

Reiterating that the CPI (M) had not discussed anything on the Assembly elections with the AIADMK, Com. Ramakrishnan said as part of the efforts to create an alternative to both the Congress and BJP fronts, the party would continue to launch joint movements with the AIADMK. Asked whether the AIADMK was reciprocating the CPI (M)'s invitations for joint movements, he recalled the participation of former minister D. Jayakumar in the protest in support of Foxconn workers.

“We have been organising protests against the anti-people policies of the DMK government. The DMK is with the Congress and supporting all its policies. Whether it is TASMAC or Foxconn unit, the DMK government has not bothered to stand by the workers.”

He took exception to Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi's argument that Mr. Raja was targeted because he was a Dalit and his exit was the outcome of a war between “Aryan and Dravidian.” He said: “The Chief Minister is trying to suppress the scam by giving a caste-twist. People will not accept his argument.”

Com. Ramakrishnan said the recordings of conversations between lobbyist Niira Radia and politicians and industrialists had proved the CPI (M) allegation of a nexus among politicians, higher officials and industrialists.