The newly elected CPI national general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy has alleged that the UPA-II Government was intentionally adopting anti-people policies and it has no right to rule the nation. He made it clear that the Left Parties aim was not votes and seats, and their aim was to get a place among the people. Alleging that electioneering in the country was not good, Sudhakar Reddy said that the CPI will fight for the sake of proportional system (Damasha).
Sudhakar Reddy has participated in a ‘Meet the Press’ program organized by the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists (APUWJ) here on Wednesday. He said that the UPA government has no strength to solve the problems of the people. The ruling Congress party has given Rs.18 lakh crore subsidies to the corporate organizations and MNCs in the last three years, but the same Government had failed to give Rs.3 lakh crore subsidy on fertilizers, food for work, food security schemes for the benefit of the farm sector. More so, it was surprising that the Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukerjee had said that he spent sleepless nights to give Rs.3 lakh crore subsidy to the people. He said that the CPI will put its efforts to set up an alternative force which works against the corporate forces and in favor of common people. Victory or defeat was common in a democratic system, he said and added that the CPI will raise its voice in Parliament if the party wins seats, if not it will fight outside the Parliament for the sake of people.
When asked about the merger of CPI and CPM and its impact on efforts to float third front, Sudhakar Reddy said that the merger of CPI and CPM was not on his Party’s agenda but they were putting their efforts towards merger of both parties. Describing the division of the Party in 1964 as an unfortunate development, Sudhakar Reddy said that the time has not yet come for the merger of both parties. Strong merger will happen if both parties fight united for the sake of people.
Responding to another question, he said that the CPI has not yet discussed in its National Meeting on elections. The elections were two years away now. The Party will fight against the governments on people’s issues. The State party will decide as how to behave during the elections. The Party has decided not to allow the Congress party to come to power in 2014 elections in the State. At the same time the Party will not allow the religious parties too to come to power in the State. The party will think on alternative forces. The plans will be adopted depending upon the local conditions in bye elections and in general elections. He said that the CPI had not extended its support to the TDP in the last bye- elections because CPI was in favor of Telangana.
FIGHT ON PEOPLES’ ISSUES
Responding to another question, he said the 11 Left parties were united in fighting against the State government on issues. They will continue their fight on hike of power tariff. The elections were different from movements and the party will not give priority to the temporary problems during the elections.
Both Left Parties were fighting united on several issues in the State, he said and added that both the parties decided to contest in the forth coming bye-elections. “We have to sort out this problem through discussions. If not resolved we will fight face to face in the elections in three places”, he said. These differences were confined to those constituencies only and the relations between the two parties will not be affected.
The State party has decided to extend full support to the separate Telangana movement, but at the same time the party has decided not to fight joining hands with other political parties and JACs because there were several differences with those parties in working style and slogans. “We are against the slogan of looting one region people to other”, he said. He said that even the Party had extended support to the Sakalajanula Samme. CPI was trying to divide the Telugu people as brothers.
The CPI was putting its efforts to float third front which has to work in a constructive way and not in the way of the present Congress and BJP style. (NSS)