The CPI(M) on Saturday decided to intensify its campaign against its rival governments in Kerala and West Bengal, the states where party hopes to win maximum number of seats in the forthcoming general elections.
The party decided to launch a countrywide campaign against “violence and terror campaign launched by Trinamul Congress” in West Bengal. It also decided to strengthen its agitation in Kerala seeking resignation of chief minister Oommen Chandy whose government is under cloud over the solar panel scam. “The panchayat polls in West Bengal is witnessing a brazen and massive attack on democracy,” party general secretary Prakash Karat said.
The party also alleged that the UPA government’s legislation will create “food insecurity” in the country and said the party will move amendments to the bill in Parliament.
“The present 35 kg entitlement to BPL families will now be cut down by 10 kg to just 25 kg for a five-member family and even less if the family is smaller,” CPI(M) politburo said.
Alleging that around 6,000 Left Front candidates were not allowed to file nominations and 19 CPI(M) and Left Front workers have been killed in violence, Mr Karat said the party would call a countrywide campaign on August 7 to “save democracy and to defeat the violence and terror in West Bengal”.