Press Release
The Prime Minister is full of a fresh zeal
for reforms after winning the battle on FDI in the parliament. He has targeted opponents
by saying that they are either ignorant of global realities or are constrained
by out-dated ideology like socialism. The word ‘socialism’ is mentioned in the
Preamble of the Indian Constitution. Further, the ‘Directive Principles of the State’ in Part Four
of the Constitution can be viewed as guiding manifesto for political parties
and governments by helping to establish social and economic equality at the
earliest. In his attack on opponents, the PM has therefore attacked the very
fundamentals of the Constitution. The PM, who has imposed the dictatorship of
neo-liberalism on the country by obeying the dictates of the world bodies like
WB, IMF, WTO and MNCs, should dare to propose a bill in the parliament to
remove the word socialism from the Preamble and the Directive Principles from
the Constitution. The Socialist Party also poses this challenge to the
political parties who have supported the FDI in the parliament.
The Socialist Party would like to tell
the PM that he himself is ignorant of global realities. For him the world is
confined to the US, an epitome of capitalist neo-imperialism and developed
capitalist countries of the Europe. The profit hungry MNCs of these countries
have played havoc in the poor countries. The result is enormous violence,
insecurity, fear and hunger. In India, lakhs of farmers have committed suicide;
several crore people are suffering from hunger and malnutrition; several crores
have been displaced as the result of neo-liberal reforms. Not only will the 4
crore retailers and around 25 crores of their family members face its disastrous
affects but farmers will also be badly affected by the entry of multinational
retail chain giants like Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Tesco etc.
The PM has no concern for this world of
poor and hardworking. For him the only reality is the world of the rich. His
new push to reforms, in fact, is a push to make the rich richer. However, he paved
the way for the poor and hard working masses to commit suicide or die in
conditions of hunger and malnutrition.
The Socialist Party has been fighting against
the anti-poor and anti-Constitution decision of FDI in retail from the beginning.
The party will now strengthen its fight by spreading awareness among retailers
and farmers.
Dr. Prem Singh
General Secretary/Spokesperson
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