CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Saturday said the Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha Government is dipped in scams.
“The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Government is no different from those of the Congress and the BJP. It has allowed foreign companies to loot the natural resources of the State. Besides, the Government is mired in scams including chit fund and mining scams,” Karat said at a public meeting of the party here. Coming down heavily on the Centre, Karat said the ‘Achhe Din’ (good days) under the BJP-led NDA Government have come only for the capitalists and foreign companies.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to bring Achhe Din for the people. But the Achhe Din has come only for the capitalists and multinational companies. The Central Government is only bringing anti-people laws favouring capitalists,” he said. Schemes like the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, implemented to benefit the poor, are being diluted and new labour laws are being introduced affecting the job security of poor people, he said.
“While new labour laws will hit the labourers, the amendment to the land Acquisition Act will affect the farmers,” he said. Karat described the BJP as a “communal party being driven by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Hindutva agenda”. He said the RSS and its organisations are attacking the minority communities while there is forceful conversion as part of their Hindutva agenda.