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Modi govt's Hindutva-Corporate nexus closely allied to US imperialism, BJP-RSS nexus must be defeated: Karat

Madurai, Apr 2 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government represent
the Hindutva-corporate nexus that is closely allied to US imperialism, Coordinator
of the Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) Prakash Karat said on Wednesday.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party
of India-Marxist, which began here today, Mr Karat said it is the BJP-RSS and the
Hindutva-corporate nexus underpinning it that needs to be fought and defeated.
Posing three questions, he asked who claims to be the friend of Donald Trump?,
Who is the close friend of Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani? and Who owes
total loyalty to the RSS?.
The answer to all these three questions is the same – Narendra Modi and the
BJP, Mr Karat said as Mr Modi and his government represent the Hindutva-
corporate nexus that was closely allied to US imperialism and it is the BJP-RSS
and the Hindutva-corporate nexus underpinning it that needs to be fought and
defeated.
From coming to such an easy conclusion, a more complex question arises of
how to fight the BJP-RSS combine effectively, so as to isolate them and reverse
the rightward shift.
"As Marxists, we know that the political domination that is exercised today by the
Hindutva forces is not solely through electoral means alone. This is a dominance
acquired through the influence that the Hindutva forces exercise in the ideological,
cultural and social spheres...This is a dominance enforced through authoritarian
attacks on democracy and the Constitution", he charged.
Observing that the political-tactical line to be adopted in this Congress should take
into account the waging of a multi-faceted struggle against the BJP-RSS and the
Hindutva forces, Mr Karat said the CPI-M and the Left have been conducting many
struggles in defence of the people’s livelihood and against the onslaughts of the
neo-liberal policies.
But the masses, who have been mobilized in these struggles, will be politicized only
if there is a vigorous campaign amongst them against the reactionary and divisive
Hindutva communalism, he said.
What is called for is the integration of the struggle against Hindutva communalism
and the struggle against neo-liberal policies. "At this juncture, when we strive for the
broadest mobilization of all secular forces against the BJP, it must be borne in mind
that it is the Left alone which is the consistent force, which can firmly and
uncompromisingly fight all manifestations of Hindutva and majoritarian communalism
precisely because of our uncompromising stand on neo-liberal policies", he said.
Stating that the Modi government, in its third term, is going ahead with the RSS-driven
Hindutva agenda, aggressive neo-liberal policies and reinforcing authoritarianism,
the senior Marxist leader said in this process, it is displaying neo-fascist characteristics.
"Implementing the fascistic agenda of the RSS entails the constant targeting of the Muslim
minority. They are marked for persecution through communal violence perpetrated by the
Hindutva outfits, aided and abetted by the State machinery in the BJP-ruled states",
he said.
The state of perennial violence and intimidation directed against the Muslim community
is part of the drive to create a permanent communal divide and to effect a `pan-Hindutva’
consolidation, he further charged.
Sharpening his attack on the Centre, Mr Karat said the Modi government has become a
byword for crony capitalism as it seeks to privatise new sectors and provide new areas
for profit maximization for the big monopolies.
"As a result, we are seeing unprecedented inequality with the top one per cent of the
population owning 40 per cent of the total wealth of the country. There are high levels
of unemployment, particularly among youth; increased exploitation of labour through
contractualisation and the share of wages on net value added in the industrial sector.
The condition of farmers and agricultural workers has also worsened due to the
worsening agrarian crisis", he said.
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