Lok Sabha polls | CPI(M) manifesto focuses on State rights, job creation, independence of Central agencies
The Hindu
CPI(M) manifesto focuses on state rights, job creation, education, and stopping privatisation, promising independence for key agencies.
CPI(M) State secretary K. Balakrishnan on Saturday, April 6, 2024, released the party’s manifesto, which focuses on State rights, job creation, bringing education back to the State list and stopping privatisation of public sector undertakings, among other issues.
The manifesto promised to make agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Income Tax (I-T) Department, Enforcement Directorate (ED) and also institutions like the Election Commission (EC) and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), independent again.
The CPI(M) will work towards the scrapping of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act and withdraw the amendments made to the Rights to Information (RTI) Act and Lokpal Act, the manifesto said.
It also promised to withdraw the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the new criminal laws and to release those arrested under various Acts brought in over the past 10 years of the BJP government.
The CPI(M) said its stance is that there was no need for a Governor. However, the manifesto of the party said it would urge for appointments of Governors to be made in consultation State governments. It would also demand that Chief Minister be the Chancellor of State Universities.
The party said it would also ensure adequate sharing of funds to Tamil Nadu; would make employment a fundamental right and pay an assistance amount to the unemployed, besides filling up vacancies in all departments of the Central and State government.
The CPI(M) would also urge for an increase in the number of days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from 100 to 200, and increase the daily wage to ₹600, besides seeking a similar Act for urban areas.
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