Senior Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) chief Prakash Karat delivering inaugural deal with throughout the occasion’s twenty fourth congress at Tamukkam conference centre in Madurai on April 2, 2025
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Senior CPI(M) chief and convenor of the occasion Prakash Karat on Wednesday (April 2, 2025) stated solely the Left had the wherewithal and conviction to combat and counter Hindutva neo-fascism.

 “It’s only Left, which might lead the combat in opposition to imperialist designs on the nation,” he stated in his inaugural deal with to the 24^th congress of the occasion that’s underway in Madurai. It is going to be held between April 2 and 6.

Mr. Karat made it clear that whereas the occasion strived for the broadest mobilisation of all secular forces in opposition to the BJP, it should be borne in thoughts that that the Left alone was the constant power and firmly and uncompromisingly might combat all manifestations of Hindutva and majoritarian communalism due to the Left’s uncompromising stand on neo-liberal insurance policies.

Alleging that the BJP-RSS mix was manipulating sub-caste identities to take care of the caste system as the fundamental framework of social relations in India, he charged the manuvadi values had been being insidiously infiltered into the social and cultural spheres.

“The combat in opposition to manuvadi-patriarchal system, which assaults the rights of ladies, Dalits and adivasis are an integral a part of the battle in opposition to the Hindutva forces,” he added. 

Mr. Karat, who was the previous common secretary of the occasion, stated the political-tactical line to be adopted within the Congress ought to bear in mind the waging of a multi-faceted battle in opposition to the BJP-RSS and the Hindutva forces. 

He stated although the occasion and the Left had been conducting many struggles, the lots, who had been mobilized in these struggles, could be politicised provided that there was a vigorous marketing campaign amongst them in opposition to the reactionary and divisive Hindutva communalism. 

He stated the US imperialism, beneath President Donald Trump, would launch new assaults by financial and commerce wars and army interventions on nations around the globe. “That is the time for the CPI(M) and the Left to actively develop anti-imperialist struggles and expose pro-imperialist insurance policies of the Modi authorities,” he stated.

Mr. Karat stated the occasion congress would deal with the prime subject of find out how to improve the impartial energy of the CPI(M). “Taken the nation as a complete, there must be a deliberate effort to launch native struggles on class and mass points, to construct the occasion at grass roots and streamline the functioning of the occasion organisation,” he stated.