Fight three-pronged challenge posed by BJP, says Yechury

The CPI-M on Sunday said trends like “sharpening” communal polarisation and the movement towards an “authoritarian” rule have emerged during the tenure of the Narendra Modi government, posing a challenge that should be fought.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, targeting the NDA government that is set to complete one year later this month also accused it of “backtracking” on many issues that it had opposed during the UPA government like FDI in retail trade. The ‘trimurti’ of ‘neo-liberal’ economic policies, communal polarisation and undermining of democratic institutions, pursued by the BJP government, should not be allowed to turn into a ‘trishul’, he said.

“The challenge before us is to stop this ‘trimurti’ (triad) from converting into a ‘trishul’ (trident), which will rupture the interests of the people,” Yechury said. On how to check this trend, he said, “We are in talks with other Left <g data-gr-id="12">parties,</g> while mass organisations like Kisan Sabha and trade unions are independently working out agitational programmes on these issues.”