Overview
- Speaking at the CPI’s centenary concluding event, Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy accused the BJP of pursuing divide-and-rule tactics and called for a broad alliance to defend constitutional democracy.
- Reddy alleged that the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls would delete poor voters and warned that dismantling MGNREGA would hurt the most vulnerable.
- D. Raja asserted the CPI’s leading role in the freedom struggle, questioned the RSS’s historical claims, and urged secular forces to confront what he called fascist tendencies.
- Raja criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for imperialistic posturing and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi lacked the strength to challenge Washington’s pressure on India.
- The Khammam event drew CPI and Congress leaders, Telangana ministers, and delegates from several countries, underscoring coordination within the INDIA Bloc.