BJP-RSS trying to force communal ideologies on country: Left

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Nov 13 2014 | 9:50 PM IST

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Lashing out at BJP and RSS, 16 Left parties today adopted a resolution against communalism and accused the Centre of trying to force "Hindutva ideologies" on the entire country.
The 16 Left parties including ten constituents of the Left Front in West Bengal led by CPI-M and other Left parties like SUCI(C), CPI(ML-Liberation), CPI(ML-Santosh Rana) and PDS today organised a convention and adopted a resolution against spread of communalism in the country and the state.
"Due to communal polarisation throughout the country, a threat is looming large over secularism and democracy. BJP, after achieving majority, has sped up this communal polarisation," the adopted resolution stated.
"The corporates too have joined hands with communal forces. BJP, which is controlled by RSS, is trying to spread its ideals for creating a Hindu Rashtra," it said.
The resolution also stated that various important educational, cultural and think-tanks of the Union government have been filled with RSS loyalists.
"They are trying to force ideologies of Hindutva on educational institutions. In such a situation, the minority community is feeling alienated and are suffering from identity crisis. And Islamic fundamentalists are trying to using this opportunity," the resolution said.
"Bengal, which has been known as a stronghold of secularism, is too under threat of majority and minority polarisation and communalism. The misrule of Trinamool Congress due to its narrow-minded politics has provided space for communal polarisation in the state," it stated.
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First Published: Nov 13 2014 | 9:50 PM IST

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