[Marxistindia] Left Parties Support Sept 25 Protest Action

[news from the cpi(m)]

September 21, 2020

Press Statement

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India,  
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Revolutionary Socialist  
Party and All India Forward Bloc have issued the following statement:


Strongly Protest Destruction of Indian Parliament
Support September 25 all India Protest Against Farm Bills



The Left parties strongly condemn the manner in which all  
parliamentary procedures and norms have been thrown to the winds by  
this BJP government for bulldozing legislations mortgaging Indian  
agriculture. Such destruction of parliamentary democracy displays  
fascistic portends. If by suspending opposition MPs who demanded  
division and voting, the BJP government thinks it will silence the  
opposition, it shall not. The Left parties reiterate their commitment  
to safeguard Indian parliament, Indian Constitution and our secular  
democratic republic. The Left parties call upon the people to rise in  
protest against such assaults being mounted against our constitutional  
republic.

These legislations will destroy Indian agriculture and our farmers.  
This handover of the entire sector to agribusiness corporates will  
lead to the abolishing of minimum support price to the farmers, the  
complete destruction of the public distribution system, promote  
unscrupulous traders and giant corporations to hoard food, thus  
artificially creating a food scarcity, sending prices up  
astronomically. These legislations severely threaten India’s food  
security.

The Left parties call upon all their units all across the country to  
extend full support and solidarity to the call given by the All India  
Kisan Sangarsh Coordination Committee for countrywide protests on  
September 25, demanding the withdrawal of these legislations.

The Left parties call upon all their state units to draw programmes of  
protest actions at the state level in consultation with other  
political parties to force the central government to withdraw these  
legislations.


Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
D Raja, General Secretary, Communist Party of India
Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary, Communist Party of India  
(Marxist-Leninist)- Liberation
Debabrata Biswas, General Secretary, All India Forward Bloc
Manoj Bhattarcharya, General Secretary, Revolutionary Socialist Party