The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has condemned the proposed revision in rail fares with effect from July 1. A resolution to this effect was adopted at the party’s two-day State committee meeting in Tiruchi that concluded on Thursday. The resolution said train travel was an essential need of the people and urged the BJP-led government to withdraw the proposed increase. The party urged all sections of society to stoutly oppose this “attack” on the people. 

Another resolution condemned the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for allocating a higher amount of funds for Sanskrit while being “unjust” in respect of allocating funds for Tamil which is a classical language. It said since 2014, the Centre had allocated ₹2,532.59 crore for Sanskrit and spent only ₹147.56 crore for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odiya, “which have all been recognised as classical languages.”

The fund allocation for Sanskrit was 17 times more than what was allocated for the other five languages put together. The BJP government, “which was being operated by the RSS” was actively involved in imposing Hindi and Sanskrit, it alleged. 

General strike

Another resolution called upon the party cadre to participate in the nationwide general strike called by central trade unions and organisations on July 9 to oppose the BJP government for its policies supporting the corporates and for its anti-labour actions among others.

The meeting was presided over by the party’s State executive committee member K. Samuelraj. Politbureau members Ashok Dhawale, K. Balakrishnan, and U. Vasuki, and the party’s State secretary P. Shanmugam were present.