CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Saturday, April 6, 2024, released the party’s manifesto, which focuses on State rights, job creation, bringing education back to the State list and stopping privatisation of public sector undertakings, among other issues.
The manifesto promised to make agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Income Tax (I-T) Department, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and also institutions like the Election Commission (EC) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), independent again.
The CPI(M) will work towards the scrapping of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and withdraw the amendments made to the Rights to Information (RTI) Act and Lokpal Act, the manifesto said.
