[Marxistindia] Safety of our People Must be the Main Concern

[news from the cpi(m)]

April 07, 2020

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued  
the following statement:

Safety of our People Must be the Main Concern

Trump’s threat of retaliation for easing restrictions on the export of  
vital generic drugs including Hydroxychloroquine is a plain attempt at  
arm twisting. The government’s capitulation to this brazen blackmail  
undermines the vital concerns in our battle against the viral  
pandemic. This also signals yet another surrender to US interests.
In the recent past, our government has shown unplanned fiddling with  
the export of all sorts of PPE like surgical masks, gloves,  
ventilators etc with a disastrous impact on the safety of our  
frontline health workers.
Trump’s threat to India is in tune with the obnoxious attempts to  
secure drugs and other pandemic related material and in diverting  
supplies meant for other countries in pure self interest.
The Polit Bureau of the CPI (M) demands that this decision is  
rescinded in the supreme interest of our people’s health and safety,  
which face a major threat from the pandemic.



For CPI(M) Central Committee Office