Farmers Movement Archive

Left parties flay ‘anti-people’ policies of Modi government

Amritsar, August 9On the anniversary of the ‘Quit India’ Movement, activists of the All India Kisan Sabha, Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All-India Khet Mazdoor Union, all associated with the Left parties, today held a protest titled ‘Corporate Houses quit India’.Holding red flags, they gathered at the Company Bagh and raised slogans against the Union government and their leaders, flaying the ‘communal, ‘anti-employee’ and ‘pro-corporate houses’ approach.Led by their leaders, Darbara Singh Lopoke, Jeet Raj Bawa and Gurnam Singh Talwandi, they offered themselves for arrest. However, Police Station, Civil Lines, refused to arrest them and they handed over the memorandum of their demands to the Naib Tehsildar.In his address, Sucha Singh Ajnala, district secretary of CPI (M), said though the country was free, its ‘anti-people’ policies of the Union government forced people to lead a life of slavery and servitude in their own country. He said the trust of people in the constitutional bodies had been eroded and state-owned companies were being privatised.He stated that the Narendra Modi Government did not have any roadmap for development of the country. So, its leaders were following a communal agenda to incite communities living on edge. He guessed that this politics was being pursued to lead to the Civil War.He, however, added that awakened country men were aware of the agenda of the BJP Government.

The Tribune

2020-08-10