New Delh: The Communist Party of India (CPI) launched its manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, promising to scrap the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, take away the 50 per cent cap on reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs, and improve the each day wage beneath MGNREGA to Rs 700.
The Left get together referred to as for the defeat of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to avoid wasting secular democracy. It stated the 10-year BJP rule has confirmed to be a catastrophe for the nation.
If elected to energy, the CPI promised to scrap the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, take away the 50 per cent cap on reservations, conduct a caste census, introduce taxation measures comparable to wealth tax and inheritance tax, enhance company tax, introduce reservation within the personal sector, and lift the each day wage beneath the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) Rs 700.
“General elections for the 18th Lok Sabha are going to be very crucial and critical for our secular democratic republic, its future and to our constitutional ethos,” the CPI manifesto acknowledged.
After releasing the manifesto, CPI common secretary D Raja stated, “The elections are very critical for the country and its future. (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi’s rule has been disastrous for the country.”
“The Constitution is under attack. BJP being the political army of RSS is trying to change the Constitution and ultimately replace it,” he alleged.
While calling for the BJP’s defeat, Raja stated the CPI would play its function by elevating individuals’s points when the opposition authorities involves energy.
The CPI is a part of the opposition’s INDIA bloc.
The Left get together additionally stated that it goals to convey central investigative companies just like the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) beneath the purview of Parliament, and added that it’ll “intensify its struggle for the abolition of Governor’s Office to strengthen federalism by removing Union’s interference.”
“Elected governments in states should be empowered to take major policy decisions…,” the manifesto acknowledged.
The CPI stated it should proceed to battle politically and legally to take away the “arbitrary” cap of fifty per cent on reservations for SCS, STs and OBCs, and implement ladies’s reservation instantly by eradicating the clause regarding delimitation and census.
The get together promised to extend the out there work days beneath the MGNREGA to 200 in a calendar 12 months in addition to introduce an Urban Employment Guarantee Act and social safety for gig staff.
Raja added that the CPI is prone to battle between 25 and 30 seats within the upcoming polls.
The CPI will proceed its battle for full statehood to Puducherry and the NCT of Delhi. Complete statehood have to be restored to Jammu and Kashmir, together with particular standing and meeting elections.
The manifesto additionally referred to as for locating a long-lasting political answer for the Manipur problem.
The get together additionally referred to as for complete electoral reforms, together with state funding of elections, and eradicating government interference within the appointments of the CEC and the EC to make sure the independence of the Election Commission of India.
