Nayanar warns of bigger agitations by working class

By Our Staff Reporter

KARUR, JAN. 22. The Kerala Chief Minister, Mr. E. K. Nayanar, has warned that the country would face bigger agitations by the working classes if the BJP Government continued to pursue its ``retrogade economic policies which have brought about a crisis in various industrial sectors.''

Declaring open an office building of the CPI(M) at Karur on Friday night, Mr. Nayanar said the on going strikes by port employees, EB workers in Uttar Pradesh and the recent strikes in the insurance and transport sectors were just a manifestation of the resentment caused among the people by the economic policies pursued by the BJP.

The adverse impact of the economic policies, in the name of liberalisation and globalisation, pursued by the BJP Government, was already being felt with the closure of hundreds of industrial units in the country. Lakhs of people had been rendered jobless, adding to the already acute unemployment problem in the country. The move to allow private sector investment in banks, insurance sectors and even the airports had adversely affected the domestic industry, he said.

Mr. N. Sankaraiah, State Secretary, CPI(M), called upon the allies of the BJP in Tamil Nadu to thwart the attempts to convert the country into a fascist and communal State. He called upon all secular forces to join hands in fighting against the threat posed by the communal and retrogade economic policies pursued by the BJP Government.

Senior leaders of the CPI(M), including Mr. P. Ramachandran, Mr. T. K. Ranjarajan, Mr. G. Ramakrishnan, Mr. G. Rathinavelu, Mr. S. M. Palaniappan, Mr. G. Kumar, district secretary, and others spoke. Mr. M. Chinnasamy, AIADMK MP, Mr. K. C. Palanisamy of the DMK, Mr. T. S. Ramiyan, district secretary, CPI, and local representatives from other political parties offered felicitations.

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