CPIM kickstarts election campaign in Tamilnadu

CPIM General Secretary Com. Prakash Karat started the election campaign of the party to the Tamil Nadu assembly elections. CPIM and CPI are alliance partners with AIDMK. The campaign started with a largely attended public meeting in Dindugal. State level leaders of the Party were present in the function.

The People of Tamil Nadu should put an end to the rule of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam that had “institutionalised corruption”, Prakash Karat said . All resources and benefits of Tamil Nadu, one of the fastest growing States in the country, should not go to a single family, he said.

He said Tamil Nadu needed a strong government that would generate suitable employment opportunities to youth, frame policies for development of agriculture, offer remunerative prices to farmers, ensure livelihood of workers and provide basic services to all. But a corrupt regime presided over by a single family ruling the State was a misfortune for the people of Tamil Nadu, he said.

“Do you think that the drama of withdrawing support by the DMK was due to a bargain in offering three seats to Congress? The actual negotiation was how to cover up the 2G spectrum corruption,” he charged. In 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the CPI (M) had warned about corruption in spectrum allocation. Though the people did not believe it then, they had realised this now. The government must cancel 2G spectrum allocation and go for re-auction to offset the loss which was eight times of health budget and three times of total education budget. But the Congress would not do it because the companies which enjoyed the benefits would expose the party, he said.

The country had been facing two major crises — corruption and price increase — created by the DMK and Congress. Price rise was not due to increase in prices of commodities in global market as put forth by the Prime Minister but because of the Centre's wrong policies like de-controlling petrol price, he said. “The CPI (M) has been ruling in three States and you will not find a single corruption charge against the Chief Ministers or other Ministers,” Mr. Karat said.

On the ocassion Com Prakash Karat also received the election fund of Rs. 5 Lakh collected by the Party District Committee. He later attended a public meeting in Madurai - IsmailPuram 2nd street . He will also attend a meeting on Friday in Nagapattinam.