By M M Special Correspondent
New Delhi: Popular Front of India on Monday said the four years of BJP rule left India in “destitution and fear” and it also left the country’s economy in “ruins”. It also alleged that the ruling party failed to keep any of the poll promises made to people during 2014 general election and trying to divert attention of public by playing politics of polarization.
In a resolution adopted by its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, Popular Front of India observed that “the four years of BJP government headed by Narendra Modi was a failure in economic and developmental fronts and having none of the promises made to people, redeemed, left the country’s economy in ruins. It is no secret that economic measures like demonetization and GST destroyed the livelihood of millions of poor Indians. The price of fuel and all essential commodities are going up day by day, further hardening the life of ordinary citizens. The rate of unemployment and incidents of corruption have increased.”
It pointed out that there is a “serious allegation that a bank controlled by BJP president Amith Shah exchanged currency worth Rs 745.58 crore within five days of declaration of demonetization. Unable to answer the questions regarding administrative and economic failures of the government, BJP is now trying to divert people’s attention by creating communal polarization” which is the only option for them to face 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Taking the strong notice of increasing incident of mob-lynching, PIF stated that central and state governments have failed in providing basic right to security of life to Muslim community against the communally frenzied mobs inspired by the propaganda of cow terrorism.
Even after the culprits were punished by the court in a lynching incident in Jharkhand state, repeated occurrences of mob lynching at various parts of the country show that hooliganism in the name of cow protection is still on the rise.
“A situation has been created that at anytime a mob might take a Muslim’s life in broad daylight and can freely get away with it. The latest images coming from Uttar Pradesh show that state police would only help the mob instead of saving the lives of victims. Within a fortnight three different incidents took place in Assam, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. The meeting urged the Prime Minister to stop hollow rhetoric and act upon his party chief ministers in states like UP, Jharkhand and Assam.”
In another resolution, PIF expressed deep concern over the liberal use of repressive laws like UAPA and NSA against civil rights activists, intellectuals, and political opponents.
it said the arrests of five activists from Maharashtra, linking them with Bhima Koregaon violence is the latest example of this menacing trend. After the arrests, police came up with contradictory stories and imposed provisions of UAPA upon them. It said that all of them are known for their involvement in democratic struggle and their strong stand against state violence against deprived sections of the society.
“It is to be noted that those who created violence on the day of Bhima Koregaon commemoration and those who were caught in the video while firing at the Dalit protesters on the day of Bharath Bandh have not yet been arrested. Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad has been incarcerated for long without any acceptable reason and he is charged with NSA. Arbitrary arrests and the indiscriminate imposition of Sedition charges are also frequent in the case of Tutukudi protesters in Tamil Nadu.”
The meeting called for vibrant civil rights movement across the country. Besides Chairman E Abubacker, the meeting was attended by Vice Chairman OMA Salam, General Secretary M Muhammed Ali Jinnah and members KM Shareef, A S Ismail, Ashraf Baqavi, M Abdussamad, A Sayeed, M Mohd Ismail, Mohd Saqib, P N Roshan, Ya Moideen, Adv. Muhammed Yusuf, and EM Abdul Rahiman anf others.