United stand brings up talk of new political front

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsOpposition parties that took part in Thursday’s Bharat Bandh have said they would continue to heap pressure on the Centre to rollback the diesel and LPG price hike and repeal the decision to allow FDI in the retail sector. Wide participation in the bandh also prompted talk in some circles of a new political front to take on the Centre.“Many parties, with the exception of the BJP, have protested today on a common platform. It is now for the leaders in Delhi to figure out if this platform was meant only for this strike or whether it can be extended in scope to dislodge the Centre, whose anti-people policies we have protested together,” said CPI state secretary D Pandian.He refused to comment on whether the CPI, or the Left parties together, would make the attempt to forge another political front. “The beginning of a new platform will be discussed. It is up to the leaders in Delhi,” he declared.Meanwhile, it would be up to the protesting political outfits to find ways to take the issue to the people, said CPM state secretary G Ramakrishnan.“When we started protesting the neo-liberal policies over a decade ago, we had to explain everything to the people. Now, people understand the ramifications. That’s why the mobilisation for the strike has been spontaneous and wide,” he said.The heat over the matter was unlikely to die down for the Centre with the BJP planning to keep up the pressure on the government. BJP national secretary Muralidhar Rao said the BJP would continue to pressure the government on all fronts.first published:September 21, 2012, 09:13 ISTlast updated:September 21, 2012, 09:13 IST
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Opposition parties that took part in Thursday’s Bharat Bandh have said they would continue to heap pressure on the Centre to rollback the diesel and LPG price hike and repeal the decision to allow FDI in the retail sector. Wide participation in the bandh also prompted talk in some circles of a new political front to take on the Centre.

“Many parties, with the exception of the BJP, have protested today on a common platform. It is now for the leaders in Delhi to figure out if this platform was meant only for this strike or whether it can be extended in scope to dislodge the Centre, whose anti-people policies we have protested together,” said CPI state secretary D Pandian.

He refused to comment on whether the CPI, or the Left parties together, would make the attempt to forge another political front. “The beginning of a new platform will be discussed. It is up to the leaders in Delhi,” he declared.

Meanwhile, it would be up to the protesting political outfits to find ways to take the issue to the people, said CPM state secretary G Ramakrishnan.

“When we started protesting the neo-liberal policies over a decade ago, we had to explain everything to the people. Now, people understand the ramifications. That’s why the mobilisation for the strike has been spontaneous and wide,” he said.

The heat over the matter was unlikely to die down for the Centre with the BJP planning to keep up the pressure on the government. BJP national secretary Muralidhar Rao said the BJP would continue to pressure the government on all fronts.