Communist Party of India: NDA policies eroding secularism
CPI has accused BJP-NDA goverment of promoting Hindu fundamentalism
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-09-15 05:22 GMT
Guntur: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government at the Centre of promoting Hindu fundamentalism and trying to end secularism which is essential for peace and harmony in the country. CPI state additional secretary M. Nageswara Rao said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a copy of the Bhagvat Gita to the Japanese Prime Minister during his recent foreign tour. This he said, reflected the Hindu fundamentalist ideology of the BJP-led government.
Mr Rao said that India is and had been a secular country for centuries and it promoted unity in diversity, but now, the BJP-led government was trying to turn it into a Hindu country, hence it was promoting Hinduism even on foreign tours. He demanded the government continue the policy of secularism for the welfare of the country.
Mr Rao said that a state-level meeting of 10 Comm-unist parties would be organised in Vijayawada on September 24 to draw an action plan against the government and seek implementation of the Telugu Desam’s election promises. He recalled that it was the CPI which first had proposed Vijayawada as the new capital. He said that the CPI wants the new capital to be established between Vijayaw-ada and Guntur cities as the region is centrally located.
CPI district secretary J. Ajay Kumar said that the party and its associated organisations will stage dharnas in front of collectorates across AP seeking resolution to the problems of tenant farmers.