CPI-M attacks TMC, BJP at Brigade rally

CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat, CPI -M West Bengal Secretary Biman Basu, opposition leader in the West Bengal Assembly Suryakanta Mishra, party MP Md. Salim, leader Sitaram Yechury and Rekha Goswami were present at the rally which was attended by large number of party supporters.

To begin the 24th state conference of the state CPI-M, the public meeting was called by the party at the Brigade Parade Ground on the heart of Kolkata.

The conference will be held from Mar 9 to Mar 13.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharya said that the TMC ruled state government was dishonest and leaders belonging to the ruling party were connected to chit funds.

"TMC has turned this state into a hell.This government will never be a stable one," he said.

He asked supporters to protest and fight against the BJP and the TMC. 

Prakash Karat said that the present condition of the east Indian state was 'very bad' and women were 'not safe' here.

"On this International Women's Day, I have to tell that the women of Bengal were attacked brutally in several places. But our brave women are fighting against it," he said.

He also said that Narendra Modi's government was attacking the working class of India by the policies they have framed since coming to power at the Centre last year.

"One thing is clear that the BJP government is working hard for foreign companies and corporate sectors of India and doing nothing for middle class workers," he added.

He said that the BJP was trying to enter into Bengal by taking the help and support of the TMC.

"During last 34 years, when the CPI-M was the ruling party here, the BJP did not get the chance to enter into this state," he added.  

Karat said that the next step of their movement will be decided in the upcoming party congress.

CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury accepted the faults the party has committed and said, "We realized out faults and trying to correct them."

Attacking the BJP government at the Centre, he said: "The BJP government is taking very special actions in religion conversion. But it is not taking any step to bring back black money from the Swiss bank."

Biman Basu asked supporters to protest against  the TMC and the BJP and said: "The BJP is trying to break Indian secularism. The people of Bengal will never tolerate communalism here."

Basu said both the parties are 'enemies' of general people.

Suryakanta Mishra said nobody could kill the CPI-M or the Left Front by killing it's supporters.

"We can tell proudly that no CPI-M leaders are involved in any chit fund scam in this country," Mishra said at the end.

While coming to join the rally, a bus in which CPI-M supporters were traveling met with accident near Barasat in North 24 Parganas district.

One CPI-M supporter, named Naren Mondal, died and some other supporters were injured in the accident.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha; Images by Sounak Choudhury/IBNS)