Chennai: CPI(M) and MDMK on Saturday announced that they would hold joint campaign against anti people policies of the Central and state governments. A decision was taken when CPI (M) state secretary G. Ramakrishnan and his party Rajya Sabha MP T. K. Rangarajan called on MDMK general secretary Vaiko at the latter’s party headquarters Thayagam.“Narendra Modi led BJP government came to the power at the Centre promising a transparent government and to end corruption.
However, Mr Modi is maintaining a stoic silence over the charges of corruption against external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj and BJP’s Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje for helping Lalit Modi who is wanted by the enforcement department,” Mr Ramakrishnan told reporters in a joint press conference. He further added that Central government has launched an onslaught on various sections of the people through its land acquisition bill, economic policies and communalism.
“We have decided to hold joint movements against the anti people policies of the Central and the state governments. We are also planning to meet leaders of likeminded parties like CPI and VCK,” he said.When asked whether this would emerge as an alliance for the ensuing Assembly polls, Mr Ramakrishnan said that they did not discussing anything about the elections. “We are going to bring together like-minded political parties to hold joint movements,” he said.
Mr Vaiko said that he was in favour of holding joint struggles with the Marxist party against pro corporate Modi government and anti people policies of the state government. However, he said that his party’s high level committee would be convened to take a decision. Taking a dig at AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa’s victory in RK Nagar bypoll, he noted that 83 per cent votes were polled in Srirangam bypoll when Jayalalithaa appealed to voters to vote for her party candidate considering as if she is contesting. “But in RK Nagar, only 75 per cent of votes were polled despite Jayalalithaa contesting the polls,” he said.
