Left parties have joined forces and decided to fight on 14 seats in the
upcoming Delhi Assembly polls focussing on various "anti people"
policies, resist communal campaigns and highlighting issues of the
working poor.
"The CPI,
CPI(M), CPI(ML) LIBERATION, SUCI(C), Forward Bloc, RSP and Socialist
Party (India) have come to a seat-sharing arrangement and will be
extending support to each other on 14 seats," a statement said.
The
parties has decided to field its candidates in Timarpur, Ballimaran,
Palam, Trilokpuri and Krishna Nagar (CPI), Karawal Nagar and Dwarka
(CPI-M), Narela, Wazirpur and Kondli (CPI(M-L) Liberation), Mundka and
Nangloi Jat (AIFB), Badli and Sadar Bazar (SUCI(C).
The party
statement said that although Socialist Party (India) and RSP are not
contesting any seat, they will support the above candidates fielded by
other Left parties.
"We will
be seeking to highlight issues of Delhi's working poor including
implementation of minimum wage and all labour laws, ending
contractualization, upholding the right of all street hawkers to ply
their livelihood without harassment, end to demolition of jhuggis, legal
ownership to slum dwellers...
"...The
Left parties are also committed to actively resisting communal campaigns
and promoting unity and peace among people," the statement said.
The party
alleged that the Narendra Modi government is vehemently pushing forward
the neo-liberal agenda as a kind of pay back to the corporates for
their support in the elections and is "hell bent on changing labour laws
in favour of employers".
"The
RSS-BJP is indulging in a venomous communal campaign in order to divide
the people and deflect the growing discontent against their government
into disruptive channels.
"In
Delhi, the BJP-RSS have made cynical attempts to engineer communal
violence in Bawana, Trilokpuri, Sriram Colony, Nand Nagri, Madanpur
Khadar and others. Their immediate aim is to polarize people on communal
lines for electoral gains in the forthcoming Assembly elections...," it
said
