Protesting against attack at the office of Communist Party of India (CPI) allegedly by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members, members of various State-based Opposition parties and organisations jointly carried out rally upto Dehradun Collectorate on Thursday. They submitted a memorandum addressing to the President of India through administrative officer.
Members of Opposition parties including CPI and CPI (Marxist), Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Janata Dal Secular, Uttarakhand Kranti Dal, Uttarakhand Andolankari Sangathan, Aam Aadmi Party, People’s Forum, New Democracy, Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU), Kisan Sabha, Students Federation of India (SFI), Naujawan Sabha, Mahila Samiti and others assembled at CPI office and rallied by Opposing attack on CPI office allegedly by BJP members during their protest on Wednesday over political violence against BJP and RSS members in Kerala. The protesters demanded steps to prevent such incidents in the future.
The protesters alleged that after formation of the BJP-led Government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, members of BJP and RSS activists had started resorting to hooliganism in places.
The BJP State Government in Uttarakhand is protecting such elements. In stead of redressing people’s issues, the Modi-led Government is dividing the country on the basis of caste and other factors, they opined.
The protesters also alleged that the BJP State Government under Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had proved to be a failure as it did not seem bothered by problems being suffered by the public. They will intensify their protest over the same issue in the coming days.
Others present on the occasion were CPMl leader Atul Sati, JDS leader Harjindar Singh, CPM leaders- Shiv Prasad Devli, Rajendra Singh Negi, CPI leader Samar Bhandari, SP leader Mahitosh Maithani and others.