Hyderabad, November 08: CPI general secretary AB Bardhan has demanded that the Centre order an inquiry into the corruption charges made against chief ministers, ministers and other public representatives across the country.
The CPI leader made this demand in the backdrop of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda’s episode.
Addressing a news conference here today, Bardhan said that both the Congress and BJP were responsible for they money and muscle power being used in politics. “Because of the money power being used by the mining lobby uncertainty is prevailing in Karnataka where the BJP is in power,’’ he said and added that common man was unable to take active part in the electoral process in this situation.
If the same situation continued it would pose a threat to democracy itself, he warned.
“In Parliament nearly 350 members are crorepatis. In Haryana, where Assembly elections were just concluded, the candidates’ average income was Rs 5 crore more than those who contested in 2004, going by the election affidavits. This is enough indication of corruption in politics . In these circumstances is it possible for a common political worker to participate in electoral process?’’ he wondered.
The CPI leader took strong objection to the Central Government using the Army against Maoists in the country. The government should solve the Maoist problem without creating problem to the commonman and from the socio-economic angle, he said, adding that his party would write a latter to the prime minister on it.
Opposing tooth and nail the Central Government’s policy of disinvestment in public sector enterprises (PSEs), Bardhan warned that the Left parties would would launch an agitation inside and outside Parliament if the government went ahead with the policy. He appealed to the Central Government to take steps to control the prices of essential commodities. Party deputy general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy and State secretary K Narayana also participated in the press conference.
—Agencies