Patna: CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya announced on Thursday that his party will initiate a series of campaigns to demand Rs 2 lakh and a permanent residence for each of the 95 lakh impoverished families earning less than Rs 6,000 per month.
Bhattacharya criticized the then Nitish Kumar-led Grand Alliance govt’s socio-economic survey, which classified these families as ‘maha garib’ rather than simply poor.The CPI(ML) plans to organize group meetings in August to advocate for these demands, alongside demonstrations across block headquarters from August 21 to 23 to secure income certificates for those earning less than Rs 72,000 annually.
This four-month campaign will start with protests outside the state legislature from July 23 to 25, led by CPI(ML)’s affiliated student, school cook, and agricultural worker organizations. Bhattacharya also criticized CM Nitish Kumar’s governance amid “infrastructure failures, corruption allegations and rising crime rates”, while condemning the BJP-led central govt’s controversial ‘Samvidhan Hatya Diwas’ as a threat to the Constitution, vowing discussions on constitutional integrity and democracy throughout their campaign.

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