Govt. toeing World Bank line, says CPI

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, NOV. 12. The two-day convention of the CPI State Committee held here on November 10 and 11 warned the Government of stiff resistance to the constitution of Water Regulatory Commission and privatisation of water supply.

Addressing a press conference here on Monday, Mr. S. Sudhakar Reddy, secretary of the committee, said protests would be held on November 21 in all municipal towns to explain to people the World Bank agenda that the Government was following.

The meet called for a comprehensive development package for Telangana with Rs. 5,000-crore fund and asked the Government to concede all demands on pending projects in the region.

It alleged misuse of the Food-for-work programme and said ruling party leaders and contractors were behind several irregularities. Another demand was direct purchase of maize and paddy by the Government and the FCI to help farmers get the MSP.

The meeting said that both the Central and State Governments were reducing subsidies on agricultural implements while the latter was unable to supply even pesticides. At least 18 farmers had died because they had not been told how to use pesticides, the meeting said. It demanded Rs. 1 lakh ex gratia to the families of ``pesticide victims.''

The meeting urged people to hold meetings against POTO and condemn the ``meek submission'' of the Government at the WTO meet at Doha. It cautioned people against Hindu fundamentalists designs in the country in branding all Muslims terrorists and creating anti-Muslim feeling.

The party meeting would be held at Guntur between March 9 and 12, 2002. The national meet would be held in Kerala between March 26- 29.

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