A HUGE mass meeting at Swami Vivekananda Stadium marked the beginning of the CPI(M)’s 21st state conference of Tripura on February 25.

Slogan shouting colorful rallies filled up the stadium bearing the heat of February.

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat addressing the meeting said the nine months of Modi government has shown that ache din have arrived for the big corporate houses while one after another attack is being launched on the toiling masses. In just one year, the assets of Adani have increased by Rs 25,000 crores.  On the other hand the Modi government is issuing ordinances to denationalise coal, open up insurance sector for the US companies and the land ordinance has been brought to snatch away the rights of the peasants.

Karat said, another aspect of the rightwing offensive is the communal activities of the RSS who are targeting the minorities, attacking the churches as part of their agenda of building Hindu Rashtra. CPI(M) has decided to counter the right wing offensive and for that a broad unity of the Left and democratic forces is needed and a Left and democratic  alternative has to be built. In order to do this, strengthening of the CPI(M) is a must. Karat said, the Left Front government and the Left movement of Tripura is at the forefront of the Left and democratic movement of the country. We shall mobilise the entire Left and democratic forces of the country in defence of the Left movement of Tripura, he said.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Biman Basu, Brinda Karat and Manik Sarkar , Party state secretary Bijan Dhar too addressed the meeting.

Biman Basu said Tripura is working as the light house for the entire country. He said in future we shall have to fight against the corrupt and anti-people policies of both the Congress and the BJP.

Brinda Karat said RSS is Rashtriya Sarvanash Samiti trying to divide people on political lines. The entire Party will fight for the cause of the poor, downtrodden and the socially oppressed people.

Manik Sarkar said in the ensuing ADC elections, the Congress, the BJP, INPT, IPFT shall try to join hands. We must not be complacent and work hard to ensure victory of Left Front in all the 28 seats in the ADC elections, he said.

Central Committee members Aghar Debbarma presided over the meeting. Before the meeting, Prakash Karat hoisted the flag of the conference.