Rahul Gandhi's sentencing, hasty disqualification blatant display of BJP's authoritarian character, says CPIM

The CPIM on Monday said Rahul Gandhis sentencing and the haste with which he was disqualified as an MP was a blatant display of intolerance by the BJP and reflects the partys abhorrent authoritarian characterCPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury alleged that the Modi government is giving public money and capital to its friends like businessman Gautam AdaniThe Politburo condemned BJPs usage of the criminal defamation route to target opposition leaders and disqualify them as MPs The sentencing of Rahul Gandhi and the haste with which he was disqualified is a blatant display of the levels of intolerance to criticism and reflects the abhorrent authoritarian character of the BJP Yechury said reading out from a party statementThe statement said this comes on top of the already brazen misuse of the Central agencies to target Opposition leaders It said the RSSBJP has also lodged FIRs and filed cases in several states against political opponents on the flimsiest of groundsIt mentioned the arrest of AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and EDCBI raids on RJD leaders Lalu Prasad Yadav Tejashwi Yadav K Kavitha BRS and othersReiterating its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe on the Adani issue the party alleged that the BJP government is shamelessly defending the Adani groups acts of brazen misdeeds acts of omission and commissionAccusing the government of being in nexus with crony capitalists facilitating the looting of peoples hardearned savings from nationalised financial institutions Yechury said its blatant refusal to hold any sort of enquiry into the Adani saga is exposing it to the coreOn that he does not want to answer a question This is the point How come all the capital all the ports other infrastructure like airport mines and mining were given to only one person People lost lives during the pandemic the economy worsened but Modi jis friend saw tremendous growth became the richest personThis has been possible with public money This is loot and embezzlement Answer Modi government or resign Yechury said attacking Prime Minister Narendra ModiAlso read DMK Cong MLAs walk out from assembly protesting disqualification of RahulWhile speaking to the media on the decisions taken at the Politburo meeting held from March 25 to 26 2023 in New Delhi Yechury objected to the BJP government scrapping the quota for Muslims in Karnataka saying it is an attempt to widen communal polarisation ahead of the state pollsYechury also said the Politburo noted with grave concern the rising incidents of orchestrated attacks against members of the minority communitiesKillings of Muslim youth by cow vigilantes continues unabated Attacks on churches and members of the Christian community particularly Christian Tribals are reported from several states Various new false narratives and histories are being created especially in pollbound states to heighten communal polarisation he saidThe party also demanded the immediate scrapping of the National Mobile Monitoring System APP made mandatory by the government for the MGNREGS It said that reports suggest that workers have lost at least half of their wages owing to technical glitches in the APPWomen workers who constitute the bulk of MGNREGS workforce are forced to take loans to buy smartphones to use the APP Along with the slashing of budgetary allocation and long pendency of wage payments the introduction of the APP is rendering the MGNREGS ineffective it saidThe next Central Committee will meet on April 2729 in New Delhi