Ahead of its ‘Badlaav Zaroori Hai’ rally at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on September 1, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday (August 27, 2026) launched a broadside at the Narendra Modi -led government, accusing it of failing to address economic distress, weakening democratic institutions, undermining federalism, and responding to public dissent with repression rather than engagement.
BJP’s treatment of Parliament
Addressing a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Ajoy Bhawan in the national capital, CPI general secretary D. Referring to recent protests by students and youth across the country, Mr. He pointed to police action against student protesters in Delhi, Jharkhand and Bihar as signs of a troubling trend. The CPI leader also criticised what he described as the weakening of public education, arguing that inadequate investment in government schools disproportionately affected children from poor and working-class families. He contrasted the situation with Kerala, where Left governments had prioritised public education and healthcare. Regarding the Centre’s tactics in Parliament, Mr. Raja accused the BJP of using its political and institutional dominance to push through contentious measures, including proposals relating to delimitation and simultaneous polls. He also alleged that attempts were being made to weaken Opposition parties through defections and political engineering.
Raja said the country was facing multiple crises, including unemployment, rising prices, declining purchasing power, growing inequality, and pressure on public education and healthcare systems. He said farmers continued to demand a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP), while workers faced increasing insecurity and students were being subjected to police action for raising legitimate concerns. Raja said the government had failed to address concerns over jobs, education and examination-related controversies. “The incidents of violence against students are particularly serious because they demonstrate how the ordinary exercise of democratic rights can be treated as a law-and-order threat by the BJP,” Mr. Raja said. “A determined Opposition, however, could prevent the government from treating Parliament as a rubber stamp,” Mr.
