CPI National Secretariat member K. Prakash Babu said on Saturday that the Union government is trying to move towards dictatorship while maintaining democracy and a special intensive revision process is part of this effort.
Mr. Babu was speaking at a press meet organized by the Press Club in association with the SBI Officers Association under the ongoing ‘Deshapporu’ programme.
“The Election Commission is taking a particular stance on certain sections in some states. In BJP-ruled Assam, it has currently decided against the implementation of SIR,” he said.
He said it was a democratic process designed to consolidate the dictatorship as more than 40 million people in Bihar could not vote. “In Kerala, five lakh people have been excluded from the list. We are not against the implementation of SIR, but the question is why 2002 is being used as the criteria. Millions of emigrants would be left out through this process,” he said.
He claimed that the Union government was trying to move forward by destroying democracy and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) came about this way: “We see the current development in the country with anxiety. The attempt to distort history continues. The Communist Party and others fought against the British in the freedom struggle and many became martyrs. But our rulers now say that children should not study the history of freedom.”
He said that the social activities carried out by the state government will be the main point of discussion in this election.
Answering a question, he said the Sabarimala case was unlikely to become a major issue against the government in the elections. “The government is moving forward with strong measures. The government’s stand on the Sabarimala issue is that the truth must come out. The CPI(M) state secretary himself has said that the culprits, even if they are top leaders, will not be protected,” he said.
Published – 29 Nov 2025 19:26 IST
