Countdown for exit of Modi govt has begun, says Yechury

September 20, 2017 21:50

Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary Sitaram Yechury today alleged that demonetisation and haphazard implementation of goods and services tax had broken the backbone of Indian economy and held the Narendra Modi government responsible for the economic "downturn".

Citing the defeat of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent student union elections in the Jawaharlal Nehru University and in the Delhi University, the Left leader claimed that the countdown for the exit of NDA government has already begun.

"The Narendra Modi government is responsible for the downturn in economic growth of the country. First demonetisation then implementation of GST in a haphazard manner has broken the backbone of Indian economy," Yechury alleged.

"The farmers are committing suicide due to debts and the government is totally ignorant towards it. The government is not taking any action to recover the loans given to big corporate houses," he claimed at a press conference in Kolkata.

Yechury alleged that the BJP and its ministers are trying to mislead the nation by putting the blame of economic on "technical reasons".

Referring to the victory of Left alliance in JNU and the Congress student wing NSUI defeating the ABVP in two out of four seats in the DUSU polls, Yechury said, "These election results are a reflection of the changing atmosphere in the country and I can say that the countdown for the exit of the Narendra Modi government has already begun,".

He alleged that "the BJP's communalism is a major threat to the secular fabric of the country".

Yechury claimed it was due to the policies of the previous Congress government that the BJP was able to come to power.

On the controversy over restrictions on immersion of Durga idols, Yechury said such decisions by the state government are a reflection of the "competitive communalism" practiced by the TMC and the BJP in Bengal.

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