[Marxistindia] Press Statement-Left Parties

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 10, 2020
Press Statement

The Left parties - Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of
India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, Revolutionary
Socialist Party and the All India Forward Bloc - have jointly appealed to
the people to:

1. Take a pledge on Independence Day to safeguard our Constitution and
strengthen India's independence

During this period of the Covid-19 pandemic and the national lockdown,
instead of single-mindedly focusing on combating the pandemic and providing
relief to the people, the RSS led BJP Central government is aggressively
undermining the tenets of the Indian Constitution. This is combined with the
sharpening of intense communal polarization and targeting of Muslim minority
community.  Every single Constitutional authority is under attack,
undermining its independence, from the Parliament, judiciary, Election
Commission, CBI, ED etc. All are being undermined from acting independently
in defence of the Indian Constitution. Democratic rights and civil liberties
are under severe attack and any expression of dissent against the government
and its policies are termed as `anti-national' and people, activists and
intellectuals are booked under draconian laws like UAPA, Sedition etc.
There is an effort at centralising all powers and authority in the Central
government negating the principles of federalism, a basic feature of our
Constitution.

Under these circumstances, it is imperative that the people unite to
safeguard our Constitution and the guarantees that people enjoy under this
and, thus, strengthen India's independence.

2.  Protest against India cementing itself as a subordinate ally of USA
during this period on September 1

The servile submission by the BJP Central government to the dictates of US
has led India into becoming a subordinate ally of US strategic designs to
strengthen its global hegemony. This is not in the interests of India and
our people. India must pursue its time tested independent foreign policy.
 
India must correct its foreign policy course. Foreign policy subservience to
US or US-Israel nexus undermines Indian sovereignty and negates India's
self-reliance, "Atma-nirbhar Bharat."
 
Sd/-
 
(Sitaram Yechury)                           
General Secretary, CPI(M)

 
(D. Raja)    
General Secretary, CPI
 
(Debabrata Biswas)
General Secretary, AIFB
 
(Dipankar Bhattacharya)                         
General Secretary                                                 
CPI(ML)-Liberation

 
(Manoj Bhattacharya)
RSP
 
 
 
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