The CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has urged the people to be wary of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) plan to “make India a Hindutva fascist nation”. He asked the people to vote for the INDIA bloc to retain and safeguard the secular fabric of the country.
He was addressing a meeting organised at Davajigudem in the Gannavaram Assembly constituency, near here, on May 8. CPI(M) has fielded Kallam Venkateswara Rao from this segment which falls under the Machilipatnam Lok Sabha constituency. The Congress, which is part of the INDIA bloc, has fielded Gollu Krishna as its Lok Sabha candidate.
Mr. Yechury expressed apprehensions that secularism would be a big question, if Narendra Modi-led BJP was voted to power again. “The Constitution will be changed to suit the BJP-RSS agenda. The Parliamentary democracy will be demolished. Independent agencies like the CBI, ED, and constitutional institutions are being misused now,” he said.
