The Hindu : NDA Govt. should quit, says CPI

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NDA Govt. should quit, says CPI
By Our Staff Reporter

GUNTUR, MARCH 10. The national council secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), D. Raja, has said that the NDA Government at the Centre ``must get out of power forthwith'' in the wake of growing internal and external threats to the country.

Mr. Raja said at the inaugural address of the CPI's 21st State conference here on Sunday that the Centre, in a great hurry to implement the second leg of economic reforms, was ``toeing the line'' of World Bank, IMF, WTO and multi-national companies.

Referring to Indo-Pak. relations, Mr. Raja said Pakistan should immediately stop cross-border terrorism which India should reciprocate by containing religious ``vandalism''. Both the countries should resolve all the problems, including the Kashmir issue, through a meaningful dialogue. If they were under the impression that they could fight a ``nuclear war'', they would be doing so at their own peril, he said.

Finding fault with the Union Government for rejecting ``outright'' the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly seeking more autonomy, he demanded the implementation of Article 370 in its letter and spirit. Ridiculing the idea of ``trifurcating'' the State on religious lines, he said the ``country would be in flames'' if such a division was effected.

Despite its earlier ``follies'', the Congress was still a secular party. Of course, its economic policies were no different from the ones pursued by the BJP.

The Congress won the elections in many States by ``default''. Even the regional parties, which were extending support to the ``bourgeois'' Governments at the Centre were no good in their respective States, he said.

He underscored the need for the CPI and the CPI(M) to come together and strengthen the Communist movement at the grassroots level. The State general- secretary of the CPI-M, B.V. Raghavulu, who was a special invitee, welcomed the suggestion.

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