Chandrababu, KCR must spell out parties' stand on secularism: CPI

The Communist Party of India (CPI) will oppose the TRS tooth and nail if it joined the BJP-led Central government, said CPI general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy.

He also alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was taking the country back to 18th century by pursuing “communal” agenda in his inaugural address at the delegates session of the first conference of Telangana State council of CPI at Khammam and added that there was a historical obligation on the Left parties to fight against the divisive and pro-corporate policies of the Centre to protect people’s interests.

“The TRS will become our principal political rival if it towed the line of another regional party – Telugu Desam, which has already joined the fascist regime of the BJP at the Centre,” he said .

The CPI doyen alleged that both Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and his Telangana counterpart K. Chandrasekhar Rao were silent on the injustices meted out to Telugu people of both States by the Centre in budgetary allocations.

Chandrababu and KCR should spell out his party’s stand on the issue of secularism, he demanded and alleged that KCR heaped praises on the erstwhile Nizam government for constructing hospitals and universities during the latter’s regime which amounted to belittling of the supreme sacrifices made by thousands of peasants who waged a valiant armed struggle against the autocratic Nizam rule.

All the Left parties suffered setbacks due to disunity among them, he pointed out, asserting that the CPI would strive to ensure reunification of the Communist movement to combat fascist, communal and anti-poor forces, Reddy asserted.