THE Andhra Pradesh committee of the CPI(M) has held three bus jathas to propagate its political line, expose the misrule of BJP and appeal the ruling YSRCP, opposition TDP and Janasena to come out of the clutches of harmful BJP.

The three jathas traversed through different terrains and diverse areas and simultaneously covered all the 26 districts in the state in ten days. They took off from different corners of the state and culminated at the state capital.

A huge rally and public meeting are scheduled on November 15, at Vijayawada to conclude the campaign.

Leaders from all India centre participated in the jathas and addressed the gatherings. The concluding rally will be addressed by Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary and B V Raghavulu, Polit Bureau member and by the state leadership.

The fortnight-long campaign is named as ‘Praja Rakshana Bheri.’ Details of the campaign were chalked out in the Party state committee held on October 16, and in the district committees later.

ATTACK ON LAWS FOR TRIBALS
Addressing the gatherings at Kurupam and Parvatipuram, B V Raghavulu explained how the BJP central government has been crushing the tribal laws and doling out the mines, forests and forest produce to the corporates. The constitutional protections and many statutory benefits under Forest Rights Act and Forest conservation Act etc., are being wiped out by the Modi government, he said. Every tribal family should be allotted ten acres of forest land, but the governments have been taking back the lands from tribals in the name of projects, highways etc. Tribal people should oppose these policies, he appealed. He criticised the ruling YSRCP and the opposition TDP, and the Janasena party in the state for supporting the BJP in all respects. He appealed to them to come out of the clutches of the communal BJP that harms the interests of the tribals as well as of the state. Otherwise, the people will teach them a lesson in the coming days, he said.

This jatha started on October 30 at Seethampeta of Manyam Parvatipuram district. K Subbaravamma, CPI(M) state secretariat member flagged off this jatha. It concluded on November 8, at Vijayawada covering the ASR Paderu, ASR Rampachodavaram, Eluru, Krishna and NTR districts. The jatha was led by CPI(M) state secretary V Srinivasa Rao. State secretariat members K Subbaravamma, Killo Surendra, V Venkateswarlu, state committee members Dadala Subba rao, Ashok, Prabhavathi, Reddi Venu, Appalanarsa,  B Kiran, A Ravi, D V Krishna, Y Narasimha rao and other leaders Marrapu Suryanarayana also participated. The jatha covered predominantly the agency areas of the state and put forth the issues of tribals to the fore.

NEED FOR DEFEATING BJP
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Ashok Dhawale gave a call to the people to protect the nation from the rule of corporate-communal nexus.  BJP has been trying to divide the people on communal, regional, and linguistic lines by propagating hate speeches. He addressed public meetings at Adoni Aluru, Pattikonda, Kodumuru and Kurnool on October 30. He flagged off the jatha at Adoni, the Manchester of Andhra.

Dhawale narrated the drought situation in the state where around 400 of the 670 mandals are affected and criticised the centre and state governments for failing to take steps to support the suffering farmers and agriculture workers. He demanded the state government to immediately declare drought mandals and the centre to depute teams to the state and to render assistance.

This jatha started on October 30 in Kurnool district and culminated at Tadepalli of capital region on November 9, covering Nandyal, Anantapuram, Sri Satya Sai, Kadapa, Annamaiah, Tirupati, Chittoor, Nellore, Prakasam, Bapatla, Palnadu and Guntur districts.

The jatha was led by MA Gafoor, Party Central Committee member. State secretariat members K Prabhakar reddy, D Ramadevi, V Rambhupal, Mulam Ramesh, state committee members V Krishnaiah, K Uma Maheswara Rao, Nirmala, Savitri, Gouse Desai, Nagaraju, Chandrasekhar, Bhaskaraiah, Haneef, Anjaneyulu, Vijay Kumar and Ramarao and leaders Daya Ramadevi, Imtiaz, Srinivasulu, Gangaraju and Gangaiah participated. This jatha covered predominantly the backward and frequently drought hit regions of the state.

VENOMOUS BJP
Party Central Committee member Vijoo Krishnan warned the YSRCP, TDP and Janasena to dissociate with the venomous BJP that has been ruining the nation and harming the interests of Andhra Pradesh. He flagged off the third jatha at Mandasa of Srikakulam district on November 2. Before that, he garlanded the statue of Veera Gunnamma, first martyr of Mandasa Jamindari struggle and pledged to intensify struggles against the ruling classes. The jatha covered Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli, Kakinada, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna and NTR districts and concluded on  November 10.

State secretariat member K Lokanadham led the jatha and secretariat members Mantena Seetaram, B Tulasidas, Y Venkateswara Rao, V Uma Maheswara Rao and state committee members K Dhanalakshmi, AV Nageswara Rao, Jaggu Naidu, Arun, Balaram and leaders Ch Narasinga Rao, Kollati Srinivasa Rao, Govinda Rao, Suryanarayana and Rajasekhar also participated. This jatha covered mainly the industrial areas and fertile areas of the state.

All the three jathas were received well by the people. Party Central Committee member S Punyavathi participated in the jatha and addressed meetings in Manyam Parvatipuram district. Another member of the Central Committee             B Venkat addressed meetings in Kakinada, BR Ambedkar Konaseema and West Godavari districts. Former member of the Central committee P Madhu addressed meetings in Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, and Nellore districts.