Vote for us if you want to see change in society: CPI leader Ramakrishna

The Left leader said both ruling TDP and Opposition YSRC are a chip off the same block and are hoodwinking people. 
CPI-M's election symbol used for representational purpose (File Photo)
CPI-M's election symbol used for representational purpose (File Photo)

VIJAYAWADA:  If people want to see a change in the society, then they should definitely vote for CPI, CPM, JPS, and BSP combine, which will usher in new-age politics, stressed CPI State secretary K Ramakrishna. Releasing the party election manifesto in Vijayawada on Saturday, he stressed the importance of JSP-Left-BSP alliance in the State politics to make a difference. 

“In the last five years, Narendra Modi forgot to keep the promises made to the State. He preferred corporates to the common man. Chandrababu Naidu was no different and he remembered the people only a couple of months before the elections and hurriedly announced sops,” he said.

The Left leader said both ruling TDP and Opposition YSRC are a chip off the same block and are hoodwinking people. 

“Aya Ram Gaya Ram trend being witnessed today, clearly shows that there is no difference between the two parties (read TDP and YSRC),” he explained. Ramakrishna said it was reported that an MP candidate of the ruling party has spent `1.3 crore just for filing his nomination. “If people want change, they will vote for us. We are not promising them much, but only those things that are implementable and what people desire,” he added.

Highlights of CPI poll manifesto

  • Special Category Status to the State and implementing AP Reorganisation Act in toto
  • Population-based distribution of water and funds between different regions in the State 
  • Completion of pending projects
  • Taking back lands from those who have not set up industries even after the deadline and reallot them to new industries
  • Unemployment allowance of Rs 5,000
  • Women reservation in lawmaking bodies and implementation of Land Acquisition Act, 2013 in letter and spirit
  • Minimum wage of Rs 18,000 per month and scrapping of Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Free education from Class I to XII
  • Decentralisation of power and empowering local bodies

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