CPI(M) plans protests from January 30 against Centre’s ‘authoritarian laws’

The CPI(M) has announced a bid of State-wide protestation programmes from January 30 to February 5 seeking restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and opposing the “authoritarian laws” being pushed by the Centre.

Addressing the media successful Vijayawada connected Friday, CPI(M) Polit Bureau subordinate B.V. Raghavulu said the Union authorities was rushing done large argumentation changes without nationalist debate. Amendments to the MGNREGS, energy laws, labour codes, effect laws, and proposals for mini atomic powerfulness plants would severely harm the poor, workers and farmers, helium said.

The CPI(M)  would organise door-to-door campaigns from January 30 and instrumentality a pledge marking Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom to support MGNREGS. Signature campaigns would beryllium conducted till February 1, followed by submission of the memoranda astatine the colony secretariats connected February 2. Protests and dharnas would beryllium staged astatine the mandal office connected February 5. “If the authorities remains unresponsive, the CPI(M) volition undertake a ‘Chalo Lok Bhavan’ programme successful March,” helium said.

Criticising the propulsion for mini atomic powerfulness plants, Mr. Raghavulu said the projected laws absolved overseas companies of work successful lawsuit of accidents. He besides opposed the Seed Bill, alleging it would payment multinational corporations.

CPI(MP State caput V. Srinivasa Rao criticised predominant Davos visits by the Chief Ministers, claiming they had failed to pull existent investments. He besides opposed the adoption of Israeli technology, alleging it would beryllium utilized for wide surveillance, and demanded cancellation of agreements with Israel.