CPI gives call to ‘protect democracy, secularism’
The Hindu
CPI State assistant secretary urges party cadre to protect democracy and secularism, commemorates party's centenary with rally.
CPI State assistant secretary J.V. Satyanarayana Murthy called upon the party cadre to prepare for struggles in a big way to protect democracy and secularism in the country.
A rally was organised by CPI from the Alluri Sitharama Raju statue to RK Beach on Thursday to mark the centenary celebrations of the party.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion, Mr. Murthy said that when India was fighting for its freedom from the British rule, revolutionaries, under the leadership of Lenin, had emerged victorious in Russia. Communists, who had studied the Marxist policies in India, had met in Kanpur on December 26, 1925, and established the Communist Party. The then British rulers in India had banned the Communist Party and sent the party leaders to jail by implicating them in false cases.
The Communists fearlessly fought for Independence along with the Congress Party. He said that CPI was the first party to demand complete freedom. It had formed associations of youth, agricultural workers, progressive writers, on the banner of AISF, AIKS and Revolutionary Writers Association. He said that the Communist Party was responsible for achieving the right to form labour unions even during the British rule and Industrial Disputes Act.
Mr. Murthy said that the Communist struggles had played a key role in bringing out the Forest Rights Act, Right To Information Act and other Acts during the UPA-I rule. He spoke on the growing intolerance and rise of communal forces in the country. He alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah had insulted Ambedkar in Parliament.
CPI senior leader and State Council Member Ch. Raghavendra Rao, State Control Commission Member AJ Stalin, district secretary M. Pydiraju, executive members GSJ Atchuta Rao, A. Vimala, SK. Rahaman and K. Satyanjaneya were among those who participated in the rally.
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