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There is need to tackle Hindutva: Prakash Karat
Alappuzha (Kerala), Feb 20
There is a need to
tackle two forces - big business houses and Hindutva - in the country,
CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said Friday while attacking the
Narendra Modi government.
Karat said big business houses and
corporates who are getting numerous benefits and the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) which is pushing forward its communal agenda
under the nine-month-old Modi government should be tackled.
He
was speaking here at the inauguration of the 21st Kerala Communist Party
of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) party conference, which will continue for
four days.
"To appease the corporates, the Modi government has
gone ahead by passing three ordinances, it includes increasing the FDI
in the insurance sector. For the first time, the coal mining is going to
be opened for the private sector. The Land Acquisition Act, 2013 is
going to be amended, which will be detrimental for farmers and the
beneficiaries would be the big business houses," he said.
Attacking
the Modi government, Karat said the central government has become a
joint enterprise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the RSS.
"You
must have read about the formation of a coordination committee, set up
by the BJP and the RSS to run the country. They have formed six groups
which will advise the government in areas such as education, security,
economy, defence," said Karat.
The Hindutva forces have organised programmes like 'Ghar Wapsi and Love Jihad'.
"To
fight such forces, there has to be a united move from the secular and
democratic forces. The CPI-M and the Left have a role to play here. In
West Bengal, we have a tough time. We should broaden the Left unity
across the country," said Karat.
These issues would be taken up by the party before a meeting to be held in Visakhapatnam in April.
The four-day conference will end Tuesday.