Include food, health, housing in fundamental rights list:

The CPI(ML) Liberation manifesto on Tuesday advocated amending the Constitution for recognising the Right to Work, Right to Health, Right to Housing and Right to Education as fundamental rights.

The party's general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya also came down heavily on Narendra Modi government's "anti-poor" policies while releasing the party manifesto.

Demanding an allocation of 10 per cent of GDP for education, the ultra-Left party also made a strong pitch for "scrapping" the Defamation Act and Official Secrets Act.

He, however, had a word of appreciation for the Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme saying, "we are in favour of the scheme if the ongoing welfare schemes meant especially for the poor are not withdrawn."