Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on Friday said the Centre’s compilation of “a broad set of so-called unparliamentary words forbidden in the Lok Sabha” indicated the authoritarian drift of the Modi government.
Speaking to reporters after chairing a meeting of the CPI(M) State Secretariat here, Mr. Balakrishnan said the Centre had attempted to gag MPs and strangle dissent. The BJP was killing India's secular democracy by a thousand cuts.
Fundamentalist elements on either side of the religious spectrum were leading Kerala down the perilous path to visceral communal polarisation. They sought to reap political dividends by exacerbating religious fervour and hatred for the other.
