Coimbatore,Nov 6: CPI's All India Congress, beginning in Patna from March 27 next, would debate the prevailing political situation in the country and try to evolve an alternate policy for benefit of the people who wanted a political change, party National Secretary D Raja said today.
The five-day congress would also discuss the failure of UPA Government in controlling inflation resulting in price rise, he told reporters here.
Despite its recent electoral reverses, where it ruled, the Left parties were still a force to reckon with and have the capability to intervene to change the course of the political situation in India, Raja said.
Alleging that UPA government had failed on all fronts, be it social, agricultural or economic, he said there was no justification in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's observation on hike in petrol prices that it was driven by market forces.
“If everything was left to the market forces, why should Singh sit there as Prime Minister and Pranab Mukherjee as Finance Minister,” he asked and flayed oil market companies for their remarks on lowering prices if Government wanted them to do so.
There was need for a mid-term review of the policies being adopted by Government and also mid-course correction, “as the concession and soft corner shown towards big corporate houses are the reasons for the economic crisis..” Raja said.
Government had no political will to tackle corruption and also flush out black money, both parked in domestic and foreign soils, he said, adding, since both Congress and BJP followed similar policies, there was the urgent need for an alternate policy to save the country and also its people.
The Left parties will raise issues like 2G spectrum scam, black money and corruption and also passage of strong Lokpal Bill during the winter session of Parliament beginning on November 22, Raja said.
Why was Government hesitating to go into the details and hold an inquiry into the role of Home Minister P Chidambaram, the then Finance Minister, in the 2G spectrum scam, he asked.
There was also the need for electoral reforms, by bringing in issues like proportionate representation, state funding for the polls and setting up of a National Judicial Commission, particularly for the appointment Judges in various Courts, he added.
