left parties on Tuesday accused BJP of “floating lies” blaming the Opposition for disruption of Parliament and said the Government itself did not want Bills like GST to pass as it was apprehensive of losing its regional allies like AIADMK who are strongly opposed to the legislation.
Addressing a joint Press conference here, Sitaram Yechury and S Sudhakar Reddy, the general secretaries of CPI (M) and CPI said they were ready to take on the challenge of BJP leaders in exposing Opposition parties over disruption in Parliament.
Accusing BJP of being “politically opportunistic”, the leaders said the party delayed presentation of a report on land Acquisition Bill by Joint Parliamentary Committee fearing backlash during upcoming Bihar polls. “We are here to declare it openly if this is the challenge, the BJP and RSS are posing to the left, then this challenge will be met squarely in all these constituencies. If they are going to create trouble at all level, politically, organisationally, it will be met squarely,” they said.
“We shall safeguard communal harmony and fight against those sharpening communal polarisation for their advantage through democratic methods,” Yechury told reporters.
On the claims that delay in passage of GST Bill will halt economic growth, Yechury said such a campaign was an illusion and added that it would take at least a year if the bill, a Constitutional amendment, was to be passed and hinted the BJP, despite its majority in lok Sabha, was not in a position to see the GST Bill cleared.