Patna, March 2 (IANS) The CPI-ML’s Mahajutan rally in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan has shown the party’s strength due to a massive gathering on Sunday.
Ahead of the Bihar Assembly election 2025, Dipankar Bhattacharya, the national general secretary of the party, directly challenged the Nitish Kumar-led “double engine” government, alleging that it has failed the poor, ignored key issues like BPSC candidates’ grievances, and allowed bureaucratic dominance and police excesses to grow.
Bhattacharya also contrasted CPI-ML’s ‘Badlo Bihar Yatra’ with the ‘Hindu Swabhiman Yatra’ of Giriraj Singh and Pragati Yatra of Nitish Kumar, claiming that other political tours were symbolic and politically motivated.
He criticised BJP leaders like Giriraj Singh, accusing them of stoking religious tensions to divert attention from real issues like land rights, housing, and employment.
“75 per cent of the people in Bihar think the government is useless,” he said.
Dipankar Bhattacharya also accused Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, alleging the forced displacement of Musahar caste families to make way for a bungalow.
“Bihar government removed poor Musahar families to clear land near the Deputy CM’s residence. It is clearly a caste discrimination to dominate Dalit and marginalised people in Bihar in this NDA government,” Bhattacharya said.
Bhattacharya also alleged that the Central government has broken promises. He questioned the Central government’s “Amrit Kaal” promises of pucca houses and free electricity, arguing that these remain unfulfilled.
He also claimed that reservation policies are under threat, urging clarity from BJP and JD-U on increasing reservation limits to 65 per cent. He demanded the special status of Bihar. He also criticised the Central government and said its special package is actually a special fraud.
“The true special status should mean better schools, housing, and welfare for the poor, which is lacking in this government. Few airports and roads cannot be a special package,” he said.
“BJP always talk about the win of Delhi and Haryana, but I want to remind BJP of its defeat in Jharkhand, where Leftist parties like JMM and RJD united. A strong Left-led opposition could replicate a similar outcome in Bihar,” he said.
CPI-ML is making a big push to be seen as the main voice of the poor, landless, and Dalits in Bihar. The CPI-ML mobilising thousands in Patna, will this rally translate into a stronger presence in the Assembly elections?
During the rally, Arrah MP Sudama Prasad, Karakat MP Rajaram Singh, CPIML legislative party leader in Bihar assembly Mahmood Alam, Amarjeet Kushwaha, Rambali Singh Yadav and all the MLAs and MLCs of the party were present in the rally.
–IANS
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