CPI will fight for land, food, employment: Bardhan

Hyderabad Tuesday, Jun 15 2010 IST Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary A B Bardhan today said his party would fight for land to landless, food, employment and protection of democratic values in the country whoever be in the power at the Centre in future.
Addressing a press conference here after conclusion of the three-day National Council and National Executive meetings yesterday, Mr Bardhan said the party had discussed various issues confronting the people and the country during its three-day meeting.
He said the main fight for the party in future was for lands to landless, land reforms, the replacement of the age-old Land Acquisition Act of 1894.
Alleging rampant corruption in the UPA Government at the Centre, Mr Bardhan said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had no control on his Cabinet ministers, who indulged in corrupt practices. He cited example of telecom scam and corruption in Medical Council of India (MCI).
He alleged that the neo-liberal policies of the Government had sabotaged the process of land reforms by most state governments in the country. He alleged the government was acquiring valuable and fertile agricultural lands in the name of industrialisation, creating SEZs and alienating them to the multinational companies.
He alleged that the Centre and State Governments had no control on mining mafia gangs in the country.