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Left
parties to hold protest during Obama visit
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
The Left parties Friday said a countrywide protest would be held
Nov 8 to coincide with US President Barack Obama's visit to India,
for demanding justice for Bhopal gas tragedy victims and what they
call US pressure on Indian foreign policy.
"The president of the US, Barack Obama, is visiting India. Being
the first African American president and coming after the
neo-conservative Bush regime, there were expectations of positive
changes. These, however, have not materialised," said the
statement.
It was signed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general
secretary Prakash Karat, Forward Bloc's Debabrata Biwas, Communist
Party of India's A.B. Bardhan and the Revolutionary Socialist
Party's (RSP) Abani Roy.
"As far as India is concerned, the US is aggressively pressurising
the government to adopt economic policies which are detrimental to
people in the name of a strategic alliance," said the statement.
The Left parties highlighted the following issues to hold the
protest Nov 8.
- Justice for victims of the Bhopal gas accident; to make Dow
Chemicals pay for the damages and for the clean-up of the factory
site; US should extradite Warren Anderson to India to stand trial.
- The US should stop pressurising India on foreign policy and open
up agriculture, retail trade, education and other services for
American capital and multinational companies.
- Scrap the Indo-US Defence Framework Agreement which seeks to
convert India into a military ally of the US. Stop pressurising
India to give up liability claims on US nuclear suppliers.
- Withdraw the remaining 50,000 US troops from Iraq forthwith;
have a political settlement in Afghanistan to establish an
independent and neutral state and withdraw US-NATO forces
immediately.
- End the US embargo on Cuba; stop all assistance to Israel till
it vacates the occupied Palestinian and Arab territories.
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