Broad alliance of Left, secular, democratic parties should be formed to unseat BJP govt, says Sitaram Yechuri

‘Hindu Rashtra’ ideology is the biggest challenge the country is facing, says the CPI(M) leader

Terming the ideology of ‘Hindu Rashtra’ replacing the secular, democratic India as the biggest challenge the country was facing since Independence, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has called for formation of a broadest platform of Left, democratic and secular forces to dethrone the Bharatiya Janata Party from power.

Inaugurating the party's 23rd Tamil Nadu State conference here on Wednesday, he said despite nation-wide protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, farmers' struggle and and popular discontent against the government for its economic policies and increasing fuel price, the BJP continued to maintain a certain edge in elections.

He attributed BJP’s victories in elections to the Hindutva identity the BJP had created through hate campaigns which had sent all other problems of people to the background.

The Kashmir Files

Mr Yechury accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of promoting Hindi film TheKashmir Files, which spoke only about killing of 89 Kashmiri pandits by the militants in the 1990s, to divide the people on religious lines in order to consolidate Hindutva vote bank. The film did not talk about the fact that 1,635 people belonging to other faiths, including Muslims were killed during the same period, he said.

New education policy

The CPI(M) leader said the Centre was trying to control the mindset of the people through new education policy.