Centre trying to reduce powers of states, alleges CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Thrissur: “The BJ-led   government at  the centre is trying to reduce the powers of the states,”  Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Tuesday. The union government was trying to scrap  the federal structure of the country  as per the RSS agenda of centralisation of powers, he said inaugurating the district conference of the CPM at Nattika here. “The NDA government is trying to destroy the secular fabric of the country. It  wants to create an axis of countries that include India, USA and Israel,” he said.

Mr Vijayan, a  member of the CPM’s politburo,  said that there was no question of the CPM joining hands  with  the Congress to  fight  the BJP as the last party congress had taken such a decision. “Congress is still following a pro-corporate policy which is  different from the views of CPM. In the name of taking on the BJP,  the CPM and the Congress can’t build an alliance as  its foundation  would not be strong. The CPM is putting forth an alternative of secular and democratic forces in the country,” Mr Vijayan said.