Change of government imminent in Tamil Nadu, says Brinda Karat
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It is plain that there’s going to be a change of government in Tamil Nadu and the individuals have been ready for the chance (to usher in the change), Brinda Karat, politburo member, Communist Party of India-Marxist, stated right here on Saturday.
Accusing the AIADMK government of being subservient to the Bharatiya Janata Party government on the Centre and toeing its “anti-people” insurance policies, Ms. Karat predicted that the AIADMK-BJP mix shall be “soundly defeated” in the election.
It is shameful that the AIADMK government, which claims to be pro-farmer, has not come out in help of farmers preventing in opposition to the three new farm legal guidelines, that are “designed to benefit a few corporates,” she stated.
Flaying the Centre for decreasing funds for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in its Budget this yr, Ms. Karat claimed that Tamil Nadu fared poorly in implementing the scheme through the pandemic final yr when the agricultural employees had been badly in want of a “livelihood lifeline.”
“The Union government has cut funds for MGNREGS by 34.5%. While there has been strong criticism against the Centre’s move, the AIADMK government was conspicuously silent on the issue,” Ms. Karat stated addressing a press convention.
“The average workdays under the scheme in Tamil Nadu last year during the pandemic was just 45. The average wage was ₹191, which was among the worst in the country, against the centrally notified wage of ₹256 a day,” she stated.
In Tamil Nadu, 26% of the MGNREGS employees belonged to Scheduled Castes and 86 % had been ladies. The poorer sections had been the worst hit.
At a time when the pandemic has resulted in job loss in organised and unorganised sectors, the Tamil Nadu government has did not act to “fill 2.88 lakh vacancies in government departments,” she stated.
Answering a question, Ms. Karat stated the alliance shaped in the earlier Lok Sabha election continued in Tamil Nadu and it might usher in a secular, progressive and progressive government. She, nevertheless, declined to reply questions on seat sharing.
Responding to a different question, Ms. Karat stated the CPI(M) had taken the initiative in West Bengal to deliver collectively all secular, democratic forces on a broad platform to supply a secure and secular various to the Trinamool Congress and “its policies of loot” on the one hand and the BJP and “its communal and neo liberal policies” on the opposite.
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