BHUBANESWAR: Senior leaders of three major Left parties – Communist Party of India(Marxist), Communist Party of India, and Forward Bloc – on Tuesday lambasted the Naveen Patnaik Government for allegedly furthering the interest of big companies and neglecting the cause of the farmers of the State. The leaders also blamed the United Progressive Alliance Government at the Centre for its faulty agriculture policy and anti-farmer approach of Orissa government which were forcing farmers commit suicides.
The rally jointly organised by the three parties was addressed by CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat, CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan, and West Bengal Minister and Forward Bloc leader Naren Dey.
More than 2,50,000 farmers had committed suicide in the country during the past on decade due to the anti-farmer policies being pursued by the successive government, Mr. Karat said.
Price rise
The leaders also criticised the State government for handing over large patches of agricultural land to big companies such as Vedanta and Posco-India.
As regards the multi-crore mining scam, the leaders demanded that the Central Bureau of Investigation be handed over the cases pertaining to the scam for investigation. All those involved in the looting of the State’s rich mineral resources should be brought to book, they said.
The leaders also came down heavily on both the Centre and the State government for their failure to curb price rise.
They further criticised the State government for it failure to ensure proper functioning of the public distribution system. All poor families should be issued below poverty line cards, they demanded.
The State level leaders of the three parties who addressed the rally demanded for revival of the Lift Irrigation Corporation to help the farmers. They also demanded land rights for the landless tribals and poor families.
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