CPM national general secretary Sitaram Yechury today said that there was a need for unity among the CPM and the CPI, and hailed the decision of the two left parties to work together in Telangana.
He made these remarks while addressing a gathering at the joint meeting of the CPM and CPI held at the Exhibition Grounds in Hyderabad.
Yechury said that the Communist parties had the responsibility to counter the "anti-people" union government. Alleging that the so-called development claimed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was only in his words and not on the ground, he said that Modi was carrying out false publicity, and that too by using public money, that he alone could develop the country, and that none of the past Prime Ministers had indulged in such a false promotional campaign.
He said that democracy was being butchered every day under Modi's rule, and cited the example of the recent Parliament session to his support his comments.
The politburo members of the CPM B V Raghavulu and State party secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram, CPI national general secretary D Raja, CPI national secretary Dr K Narayana, CPI member and ex-MP Syed Aziz Pasha, CPI State secretary Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao and others were also present on the occasion.