CPI (M) Politburo member Brinda Karat said that the
elevation of Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate of Bharatiya
Janata Party had only energised the communal agenda of the BJP and also
brought the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh agenda into the forefront. “It
is the RSS which decided on the Modi’s candidature. Both the BJP and RSS
are assiduously working on communal agenda subsequent to the
Muzaffarnagar violence in Uttar Pradesh,” she added.
Ms.
Karat was talking to reporters ahead of the public function the CPI (M)
organised here on Thursday to commemorate the centenary year
celebrations of Jyoti Basu.
On the coming Lok Sabha
polls, Ms. Karat said that time had come for creation of a political
platform with alternative policies other than that of the pro-corporate
policies followed by Congress and BJP.
On Tamil Nadu, she expressed the hope of carrying forward the understanding her party had with AIADMK in the recent elections. “The
AIADMK government here has adopted good stance in many matters
including when the Neyveli Lignite Corporation issue came up and also on
food security, among others,” she opined. Ms. Karat blamed the United
Progressive Alliance Government for the widening of Current Account
Deficit and the subsequent economic issued that cropped up.
She
was also critical of allowing Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) where
the country’s economy was robust such as retail trade and insurance
sector. Ms. Karat accused the UPA government of
trying to dilute Nuclear Liability Bill and further criticised the Food
Security Bill in its current form alleging that it would affect the
States like Tamil Nadu where the coverage of public distribution system
were good. CPIM Central Committee Member U Vasuki, State secreteriat Member Thangavel MLA, Thiruppur District Secretary K Kamaraj were also present.
(Source : The Hindu)
