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Brinda demands independent probe-Sarabjit Pandher

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published Published on Mar 7, 2013   modified Modified on Mar 7, 2013
-The Hindu

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat on Wednesday demanded an independent inquiry into the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, which has pointed out serious lapses and wrongdoings in the Rs. 52,000-crore farm debt waiver scheme.

Ms. Karat was talking to journalists at the party office here, before resuming her programme of “Sangharsh Sandesh Jatha,” which began from Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on March 4.

She said the CAG report indicated misappropriation of funds as well as denial of benefit to eligible beneficiaries, while farmers continued to reel under severe indebtedness.

Sharing her feedback from various public meetings during the march so far, she said the failure of the Union as well as Punjab governments in providing affordable health and education facilities was a major contributor to rising indebtedness, especially among farmers and agricultural labour in Punjab. As per information, on an average, at least one person per household was afflicted by some serious ailment, which required “expensive” treatment, while the government was neither equipped nor inclined to respond to the alarming situation.

While it was time both Central and State governments responded in a mission mode to the situation created by spread of cancer, Ms. Karat said the issue required a wider perspective as it did not concern Punjab alone. Though the exact causes of cancer in Punjab were yet to be ascertained, the Centre had announced a plan to export the “green revolution” to the eastern States.

Pro-corporate policies

Ms. Karat said the aim of the party’s ongoing marches was to create awareness against the “pro-corporate” policies of the Congress and BJP-led alliances in the country. While the recent budget reflected a deficit of nearly Rs. 5.2 lakh crore, the United Progressive Alliance government had doled out tax concessions worth Rs. 5.78 lakh crore to corporates. Similarly, the Adani group’s withdrawal of financial support to the Wharton India Economic forum, which rescinded its invitation to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, had shown that the BJP’s much touted “Gujarat Model” was another version for pro-corporate policies that promoted inequality and intolerance.

Ms. Karat said a genuine and viable “alternative model,” which was being presented to the people through Left unity, was aimed at making major investments by the government to create jobs in the public sector as well as enhance the purchasing power of the ordinary citizen. She quoted the recent Economic Survey to argue that the growth figures, as presented by the Union government, did not create jobs. Left governments and their Chief Ministers in Tripura, West Bengal and Kerala had created benchmarks on the conduct of leaders in public life.

Atrocities against women

Ms. Karat was also critical of the government on its track record of atrocities against women and Dalits. While 68,000 rape cases were registered in the last three years, the conviction rate remained at a dismal 22 per cent. She accused the Centre of heavy dilution of the Verma Commission report, while drafting the ordinance to deal with crime against women.

Ms. Karat was accompanied by the party’s centre secretariat member, Hannan Mollah, and secretaries of the Punjab and Haryana units Charan Singh Virdi and Inderjit Singh.

The Hindu, 7 March, 2013, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/brinda-demands-independent-probe/article4483185.ece


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