CPI(M) Politburo member Prakash Karat said here on Monday that after neglecting the Katchatheevu issue for over 10 years, the BJP was exploiting it now for electoral gains, demonstrating that to them the issue was “a mere political gimmick.”
Rights of States
Campaigning for the DMK and CPI candidates in Coimbatore and Tiruppur Lok Sabha constituencies respectively, Mr. Karat launched a scathing attack on the BJP government at the Centre, stressing that it must be removed from power in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, so that the rights of the State governments could be restored. “The BJP has misused government agencies such as the Income Tax Department and the Enforcement Directorate by arresting the Chief Ministers in two States.”
