Left alone can bring growth in country: CPI

Hyderabad: Communist Party of India (CPI) national general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy said the party national congress would be held in Kollam in Kerala on April 26. Addressing the media here on Sunday, he said the congress would discuss political resolution and the members could express their views on the same.

Stating that the country had been passing through an economic crisis, he said the Left parties alone would be in a position to provide an alternative economic and social agenda for the country's development, he said.

The CPI leader said there was no change in the living standards of people in the country since the BJP-led NDA government had assumed power at the Centre. “Assets of only Adani's and Ambani's have been growing manifold since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come to power,” he said.

Stressing for a united front of the Left, he said secular, democratic forces and intellectuals would alone stand against the spread of RSS and BJP in the country. For this, the front should work to protect the Constitution without giving importance to electoral politics, he said.

Demanding a detailed probe into the Punjab National Bank scam, Sudhakar Reddy said, “Despite complaints being lodged in 2016 on the irregularities committed by Neerav Modi, the Centre had failed to act, resulting in the prime accused in the scam fleeing the country.”

Further, he alleged that the economic offences in the country were growing because of the support extended by the BJP and its leaders in cases like Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi and the like.

The CPI leader said the BJP had been winning elections by instigating religious passions among the people in Hindi States while the country had been reeling under poverty and unemployment.