Bihar Assembly elections | People are looking for change, says CPI leader D. Raja
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Communist Party of India (CPI) common secretary D. Raja speaks to The Hindu about his party’s decision to be part of Mahagatbandhan, the decline of the CPI in Bihar and opinion polls.
In 1995, the CPI had 26 seats, it was the fourth greatest social gathering within the Bihar Assembly and now you are decreased to combating six seats. How do you clarify such a decline?
It is true, we used to win variety of seats within the State Assembly and Parliamentary elections. Over the years, many developments have taken place. It just isn’t solely a difficulty that’s staring on the Left in Bihar. But we proceed to be power to reckon with, particularly when it’s about defending the pursuits of the folks, significantly the poor and marginalised sections. We are a power to form the political discourse. As far as our decline is anxious, we couldn’t be a part of a viable coalition for numerous causes. But now issues are completely different, we are a part of Mahagatbandhan and supply a viable different in Bihar.
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Why did the CPI determine to hitch the Mahagatbandhan?
Earlier, when Lalu Prasad Yadav was Chief Minister, we fought Assembly and Parliamentary elections collectively. It was solely [for the] final common elections, regardless of our efforts, we couldn’t attain an alliance. Similarly, in 2015 additionally, we couldn’t have an alliance. But now, bearing in mind the state of affairs within the nation and Bihar, we came to the conclusion that the first goal have to be to defeat the BJP and its allies. All secular democratic forces want to return collectively for this purpose. Now, the BJP-RSS mix has posed a grave risk to the Constitution, democratic polity of our nation and secular material of our society. Our nation and the Constitution have to be saved. This election can have bigger ramifications sooner or later political course of the nation as a complete.
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You are a Communist leader who comes from a Dalit household. Do you imagine this election sees an finish to the Mandal-Kamandal period?
The Bihar election would be the starting and rebuilding of the assertion of Dalits, backward lessons and marginalised sections. The BJP has change into too aggressive to advertise their neo-liberal agenda. They are making an attempt at hand over the entire financial system to personal arms. It means the federal government is abdicating all its duty. As far as caste-based politics is anxious, what’s caste-based politics? What occurred in Hathras? In India, we have now a caste system, which is why B.R. Ambedkar gave a name for ‘annihilation of caste’. It is a long-drawn battle towards caste system and patriarchy, which we are going to proceed to battle.
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The opinion polls are indicating an enormous lead for the NDA within the Assembly elections. Your feedback?
No opinion ballot appears to be goal; the bottom actuality is that the Mahagatbandhan has already emerged because the primary choice of the voters. There is a large anti-incumbency [mood]. And this anti-incumbency just isn’t towards Nitish Kumar alone, the BJP additionally faces it. They too should share the blame. The BJP-JD(U) [government]was a failure, they didn’t develop the State and now the folks are looking for change.
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