Week Long Protest Campaign by Six Left Parties

 

A meeting of six Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Revolutionary Socialist Party, All India Forward Bloc, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation and Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) was held today at New Delhi. They have issued the following statement:

 

With the advent of the Modi government in power there is a concerted rightwing offensive fueled by the corporate-Hindutva forces. There is a growing onslaught on the people through the imposition of neo-liberal policies which is going to adversely impact the livelihood of the people. There is no respite for the people from price rise, unemployment and corruption.

 

The Hindutva forces are resorting to aggressive communal activities. The Modi government’s patronage of the RSS and its outfits is aimed at communalising the educational, social and cultural institutions. There is rise in communal tensions in different parts of the country.

 

The Left parties decided to conduct a week long protest campaign between December 8 to 14, 2014 on the following issues:

 

(i)               Against steps to  curtail and dilute the MNREGA

(ii)            Curb price rise; control exorbitant price of medicines and drugs

(iii)           No increased FDI in insurance.

(iv)          Take firm action to unearth black money

(v)             Stop infiltration of the RSS and Hindutva ideology in education, public broadcasting media and other institutions of the State.

(vi)          Stop the “love jihad” hate campaign and other forms of communal propaganda

(vii)        Stop attacks on minorities and their rights

(viii)     Fight violence against women and all forms of gender oppression

(ix)          Fight against atrocities on dalits and caste oppression

 

 

Those who attended the meeting were:

 

Debabrata Biswas {AIFB}; Kshiti Goswami & Manoj Bhattacharya {RSP}; Swapan Mukherjee & Kavita Krishnan {CPI(ML)-Liberation}; Manik Mukherjee & Ranjit Dhar {SUCI(C)}, A.B. Bardhan & D Raja {CPI} and Prakash Karat & S Ramachandran Pillai {CPI(M)}.