PM, FM, Planning Commission Chairman to blame for crisis: CPI

Blaming the Prime Minister, the Union Finance Minister and the Planning Commission Chairman for the "crisis" the country was facing, CPI today said their "anti-people" economic policies had neither eradicated poverty nor controlled inflation.
"The country is facing a crisis due to the anti-people economic policies followed by the Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Planning Commission Chairman, which neither eradicated poverty nor controlled inflation. Prices of essential commodities are very high and many educated youth are without jobs," CPI leader D Raja told reporters.
He said the need of the hour was an alternative government with an alternative economic policy. With this in mind, the Left parties were going it alone to help the "alternative front" form the government. It would also help strengthen the party in Tamil Nadu, he said.

He termed as absurd Finance Minister P Chidambaram's remark that India should have voted against Sri Lanka on the US-backed resolution on alleged war crimes, saying he should first "ask his conscience" as to what they had done when the war between LTTE and Sri Lankan Army was at its peak in 2009.
"He should ask his conscience and make statements on the Sri Lankan issue," Raja said.
BJP too should spell out its stand on the Sri Lankan issue, he said.
The CPI leader demanded that coastal fishermen be brought under the SC/ST list.
He said PMK and MDMK should not have aligned with BJP in Tamil Nadu as it was a "communal" party.