Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 24: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today said that rising onion prices were only adding to the woes of the people already reeling under rising levels of unemployment and deteriorating conditions of people’s livelihood.
A statement issued after the just-concluded meeting of the Central Committee of the CPI (M) which ended yesterday said there was no tangible turnaround in the manufacturing and industrial sector.
Expressing serious concern at the rapidly deteriorating conditions of the people’s livelihood, the Central Committee noted that prices of essential commodities were rising relentlessly, with onion prices soaring to Rs 90 a kg and there seemed little respite as the public distribution system was in the doldrums, denying people even meager relief.
On deepening agrarian distress, the statement noted that peasants’ suicides due to indebtedness were showing a constant rise. ”Minimum support price announced for many crops is even below their actual cost of production and the Modi regime’s pre-election promise of giving 50 per cent more than the cost of production has been thrown to the winds.
The CPI(M) stated that the Central Committee would intensify local protests across the country to highlight the people’s plight and demand immediate Government intervention to reverse the growing burden on the people.
On the last minute calling off of the Indo-Pak talks, the party reiterated that it was only through the process of a composite dialogue encompassing all issues and disputes between the two countries, that the current growing tensions could be de-escalated.
The Central Committee reiterated the demand of the 21st Party congress to convene a special session of parliament to discuss the plight of dalits in the Country.
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