VV Balakrishna
Express News Service
First Published : 11 Aug 2010 03:35:35 AM IST
Last Updated : 11 Aug 2010 12:04:51 PM IST
VIJAYAWADA: The Vijayawada meet turned out to be the much-needed morale booster to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) months ahead of a tough electoral battle in Kerala and West Bengal. Known as the 'red fort’, the city that witnessed many a Left movement lived up to its name on Tuesday. With a huge turnout of peasants, workers, youth and women for the public meeting to mark the conclusion of the party’s four-day extended Central Committee meeting, the city turned into a red sea much to the elation of senior leaders. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat and politburo member Sitaram Yechury acknowledged the renewed enthusiasm generated by the meet in the party. “No one can bring down the red flag,” remarked an overwhelmed Yechury. “Hitler, Rajakars, Indira and others have failed to stop the Red march. This meeting should send a stern warning to the forces which are trying bring down the red flag. As long as inequalities persist in the country, the red flag will be carried forward by the masses and it will fly high,” Yechury said. The meeting was a fitting reply to those who doubted the future of the party, he added. On the killing of CPM workers in Bengal, Yechury said they could not be cowed down by the killings by the Maoists. “If a worker dies, the philosophy will not die. As long as our blood is red, the Marxist ideology will remain,” he averred.
Prakash Karat said they would fight against both Congress and BJP-led fronts in the country. Attacking the Maoists, Karat said that they (Maoists) were holding the red flag and attacking the red flag (CPM). “The heinous face of Maoists will be thoroughly exposed,” he said.
Accusing the UPA of being pro-rich, Karat suggested universal public distribution system in the country where all the citizens, excluding the rich, would have one type of ration card.
Earlier, the CPM cadre took out two impressive rallies in the city, one from the municipal office and the other from the Benz Circle.
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