BHUBANESWAR: According to the July
1 declaration made by four left parties in a convention in New Delhi, State
units of the left parties like CPI, CPI (M) and Forward Bloc in a State-level
Leftist Convention here on Sunday welcomed the alternative political platform
and called upon the democratic parties and mass organisations to support it.
Attending the convention, senior
politburo member of Communist Party of India (CPI) AB Bardhan said the people
of the country want an alternative political platform to run the country. The
common men can’t bear corruption, misrule and mindless economic policy in the
country anymore which was followed by the NDA then and the UPA now.
“If any party does politics for its
own benefit to stay in the power, it should be rejected immediately. Politics
should be designed for the wellbeing for the nation and its people,” said
Bardhan, adding, “Let us go forward towards building a powerful political
alternative in the State like in the Centre.”
Bardhan said the left parties would
conduct a political campaign to mobilise support for the platform. He discussed
about the left parties’ 10-point programme of the alternative policy platform
in the economic, political and social spheres.
The 10-point programme highlighted
the core issues of the country including implementation of land reform measures,
employment for youths, nationalisation of mining and oil resources, disapproval
of FDI in retail trade, introduction of universal PDS system, firm action to
curb communal forces, no privatisation of education and health services and adoption
of an independent foreign policy.
CPI leader Narayan Reddy said the
left parties would organise a Samabesh at the Lower PMG in the last week of October.
They would create a political platform other than BJP and Congress, he added.
Among others, CPI leader Shibaji
Patnaik, CPI (M) State secretary Janardan Pati, Forward Bloc leader
Purnachandra Padhi and around 300 communist workers attended the
convention.
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