Farm laws, new labour code will be BJP’s political Waterloo: CPI
The Hindu
‘Opposition to Centre’s anti-people policies gaining strength’
Opposition to the “anti-people” policies of the BJP-led government at the Centre is gaining strength across the nation, according to CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna.
Welcoming the support extended by both YSRCP and TDP to the Bharat bandh called by the farmer organisations and trade unions in the country on September 27, Mr. Ramakrishna said the political isolation of the BJP in the State was now total.
There was a need for a sustained campaign to stop privatisation of the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) and other Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) as the BJP was bent upon going ahead with privatisation spree to benefit a select big corporate firms, the CPI leader said at the valedictory of the workshop held for the activists of the All-India Youth Federation (AIYF) and the All-India Students’ Federation (AISF) on Sunday.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.