07-14-2008, 12:02 PM
<b>Left to launch nationwide campaign against UPA</b>
New Delhi (PTI): Determined to see the ruling UPA coalition crumbles after pulling the rug, Left parties will launch a "vigorous" nationwide campaign here from Monday against the government detailing its "unkept promises" and "obsession" with the nuclear deal.
The four Left parties -- CPI(M), CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc -- will explain to the people what prompted them to withdraw support to the UPA and why they oppose the nuclear deal, the bone of contention between them and the Congress.
Top Left leaders will address a meeting at Mavlankar Hall ground here where they will cite the UPA's "drawbacks and failures, including rising prices and inflation, surrendering of national interest, and unkept promises with regard to the Common Minimum Programme (CMP)".
The leaders are expected to launch a "vigorous attack" on the government for its "refusal" to take appropriate steps to tackle the "runaway" inflation and "back-breaking" price rise.
"We will explain to people the reasons for withdrawing our support. We will also explain the UPA's pro-American and anti-people policies which are resulting in price rise and other problems," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said.
He said the Left will rally with other democratic and secular forces "who do not want either Congress or BJP to be the only alternative".
In the course of the campaign, he said the Left will also place before the people the alternative to meet energy requirements for development and for putting an end to economic policies which are "harmful to farmers, rural poor, workers and other sections".
CPI National Secretary D Raja said the Left campaign will not centre around only on the issue of nuclear deal. "We will raise issues like inflation, price rise and mismanagement of economy among other issues," he said.
The campaign aims at removing "misconceptions" people have about Left's position on various issues, including its opposition to the deal, Raja said.
Plans are afoot to field top leaders, who will criss-cross the country, to attend public meetings and rallies organised in major towns in all states, he said adding that focus of the campaign will be on youth as the "cream of the country" needs to be educated on the "ill-effects" of the nuclear deal and other problems facing the country.
"We will have a special focus on college campuses," Forward Bloc Secretary G Deverajan said.
The leaders will explain to the people that the Government's insistence that nuclear energy is the "panacea" to the country's energy needs is "not the right picture".
"We are not against nuclear energy. But the Government proposition that it is the only way out to meet energy needs is wrong. That we will tell people," Deverajan said.
New Delhi (PTI): Determined to see the ruling UPA coalition crumbles after pulling the rug, Left parties will launch a "vigorous" nationwide campaign here from Monday against the government detailing its "unkept promises" and "obsession" with the nuclear deal.
The four Left parties -- CPI(M), CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc -- will explain to the people what prompted them to withdraw support to the UPA and why they oppose the nuclear deal, the bone of contention between them and the Congress.
Top Left leaders will address a meeting at Mavlankar Hall ground here where they will cite the UPA's "drawbacks and failures, including rising prices and inflation, surrendering of national interest, and unkept promises with regard to the Common Minimum Programme (CMP)".
The leaders are expected to launch a "vigorous attack" on the government for its "refusal" to take appropriate steps to tackle the "runaway" inflation and "back-breaking" price rise.
"We will explain to people the reasons for withdrawing our support. We will also explain the UPA's pro-American and anti-people policies which are resulting in price rise and other problems," CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said.
He said the Left will rally with other democratic and secular forces "who do not want either Congress or BJP to be the only alternative".
In the course of the campaign, he said the Left will also place before the people the alternative to meet energy requirements for development and for putting an end to economic policies which are "harmful to farmers, rural poor, workers and other sections".
CPI National Secretary D Raja said the Left campaign will not centre around only on the issue of nuclear deal. "We will raise issues like inflation, price rise and mismanagement of economy among other issues," he said.
The campaign aims at removing "misconceptions" people have about Left's position on various issues, including its opposition to the deal, Raja said.
Plans are afoot to field top leaders, who will criss-cross the country, to attend public meetings and rallies organised in major towns in all states, he said adding that focus of the campaign will be on youth as the "cream of the country" needs to be educated on the "ill-effects" of the nuclear deal and other problems facing the country.
"We will have a special focus on college campuses," Forward Bloc Secretary G Deverajan said.
The leaders will explain to the people that the Government's insistence that nuclear energy is the "panacea" to the country's energy needs is "not the right picture".
"We are not against nuclear energy. But the Government proposition that it is the only way out to meet energy needs is wrong. That we will tell people," Deverajan said.