Alleging that the UPA government?s minority welfare programmes are ?far from adequate? the CPI(M)?s nineteenth congress on Monday resolved that the Centre should take ?concrete steps? with adequate allocations to empower minority communities through education, employment and ??wherever required land reforms and land distribution.?? The party has also reiterated its stand that the Dalit Christians and Muslims should be granted with the SC status.
??The government has failed to table the report of the Ranganath Commission on the question of granting scheduled caste to Dalit Christians and Muslims,?? the resolution, passed by the Congress delegates here, said. It added that the Planning Commission and the Centre have not the CPI(M)?s demand for a sub plan to minorities. The allocation of Rs 500 crore in the recent budget has also been termed as ?far from adequate? by the party.
Another resolution condemned the Sangh Parivar for ?polarising? the society on communal lines. It demanded immediate passage of the proposed legislation to deal with communal violence and compensation and rehabilitation of the victims. The party criticised the UPA for its ?failure to refer? the Gujarat genocide cases to the CBI.
Briefing reporters here on the day?s proceedings at the Congress, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said that his party would co-ordinate with non-NDA, non-Congress parties to launch a ?nationwide protest? against price rise. ??We will not allow the government to make the Forward Contract Regulation Ordinance an Act. We will oppose FDI or FIIs in future trading,?? Karat added.
A day after China sought India?s support on the Tibet issue, Karat on Monday warned that those who are supporting the independent Tibet are doing a great disservice to India. ??Those who want to join this chorus for an independent Tibet in India will be doing a great disservice to our own country. Are we going to support a free Nagaland? A free Jammu and Kashmir and other secessionist demands??? he asked.
Though maintained silence on the decision not to invite the Sri Lankan Leftist party Janata Vimukti Perumana for the Congress, he said that it is not necessary to invite all Leftist parties to the function.