The CPI(M) and the CPI on Saturday accused the BJP-led governments at the Centre and Haryana of ruining the economy, undermining democracy and threatening the age-old socio-cultural fabric of the country.
Addressing a gathering at the ‘Badlav Sandesh Rally’ in Jind, which was jointly organised by the Left parties and attended by a large number of people, including women, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI leader Amarjeet Kaur urged people to vote out the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha and Haryana Assembly elections.
Mr. Yechury cited the enactment of electoral bonds – which he had challenged on behalf of his party in the Supreme Court among others – as a “shameless” example of legalising corruption through corporate funding quid pro quo, said a joint press statement issued by the CPI(M) and the CPI. He wondered how the State Bank of India was made to withhold the details of donor companies defying the Supreme Court order. Mr. Yechury said the electoral bond “misdemeanour” was only one in a series of several other scandals, including demonetisation, Rafale deal and Hindenburg revelations. He added that the country needed alternative policies and not change of leaders alone.
