Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying communal polarisation is the only weapon left with the saffron party to win elections.
During a press briefing, Yechruy said that there has been a systematic approach by BJP governments to “undermine and assault” the fundamental foundations of the Indian Constitution.
He also slammed the Election Commission of India for not taking any action against the “violation of model code of conduct” even during the ongoing state assembly elections.
“Instead of addressing the problem of the people the only focus of the BJP is to sharpen communal polarisation…The only way they think they can garner people’s support is by sharpening communal polarisation and it has reached a stage that it’s the only electoral weapon left with the BJP to continue to win elections,” Yechury said.
Sitaram Yechury said the country was witnessing a “systematic assault of the Indian constitution and the undermining of all independent institutions”, adding that the BJP needed it to ensure the advancement of the “fascistic RSS Hindutva agenda and to replace the secular democratic republic of India as defined by our constitution with their version of a fascistic Hindutva rashtra.”The state conference of the ruling CPI(M) ahead of its 23rd party congress is being held from March 1 to 4. The party congress will be held at Kannur from April 6-10. Around 450 delegates including observers are taking part in the conference.
