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CPI(M) launches two-day campaign against ‘anti-people' policies of the government in Mysuru
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) launched a two-day campaign to highlight the issues plaguing commoners and the ''anti-people'' policies of the State and Central governments here on Wednesday.
The event was inaugurated by progressive thinker and writer Horeyal Doreswamy, who garlanded the statue of B.R. Ambedkar to mark the launch of the campaign. The CPI(M) said that apart from airing national and State-level matters, burning issues pertaining to Mysuru will also be highlighted to draw the attention of the authorities.
Mr. Doreswamy, in his inaugural speech, expressed concern over what he said was an air of fear and distress among the vulnerable sections of the society, including farmers.
He said that on one hand, farmers were being driven to suicide as the crops do not fetch remunerable price, and on the other hand, the number of educated individuals joining the roll of unemployment was also on the rise.
Mr. Doreswamy flayed the government for the rise in prices of essential commodities, and said that it was adding to the financial distress of the poor and the working-class people. He also expressed concern that people were being divided along religious lines resulting in polarisation of the society.
The writer pointed out that while the number of landless cultivators were on the rise, the government, instead of making allotment to them, was content with grabbing land from the farmers and handing it over to the corporates. This was also rendering many farmers landless, he added.
The government was also flayed for its inability to construct houses and distribute it to the poor. Mr. Doreswamy said that only the Left parties in the country were airing concerns and issues pertaining to the commoners and fighting for the cause of farmers, workers, and the poor.
CPI(M) district secretary Jagadish Surya touched upon issues related to Mysuru in particular, and said that there were no employment generation schemes in the region. Several industries, he said, had shut down, and thousands of acres of land acquired for industrial development was laying vacant, he added.
The Mysuru City Corporation was urged to open ward-level clinics, and demand for the issuance of cultivation rights (Saguvali Patras) to the poor 'bagair hukum' cultivators was also made.
Senior office-bearers of the party, including K. Basavaraj, N. Vijay Kumar, Jayaram, local committee secretary Subrahmanya, G. Rajendra, L. Jagannath, and others were present.
