Six Left parties- CPI (ML), CPI, CPI (M), SUCI (C), MSS and RSP organized a Sadbhavna march and a protest meeting in Ranchi on 2 December 2015 under the campaign against communalism undertaken from 1 December to 6 December to protest against rising intolerance and communal frenzy.
The march which started from Sainik Bazar in Ranchi under the leadership of Com. Shubendu Sen from CPI (ML), Com. Gopikant Bakshi from CPI (M), Com. K D Singh from CPI, human rights activist Fr. Stane Swami, Com. Siddheshwar Singh from SUCI (C), Com. Sushant Mukherjee from MSS, Com. Eti Tirkey from AIPWA, Com. Xavier Kujur from JASAM, and Com. Nadeem from AIPF, culminated in a protest meeting at Albert Ekka chowk.
Addressing the meeting, Com. Shubhendu Sen said that one chief reason for the increasingly vitiated atmosphere in the country is the conspiracy by the Modi government to implement the Sangh parivar’s communal agenda by inflicting Hindu nationalism on the country. That is why their Ministers, MPs, Chief Ministers, and even Governors are making communal statements on the one hand, while on the other hand the saffron brigade is running riot. It is the Left which must take up the responsibility to stop this. CPI (M) Secretary alleged that the Jharkhand government is responsible for the recent communal tensions in Jamshedpur and Ranchi as troublemakers were not reined in on time. The CPI leader said that the Left will not allow any conspiracy to destroy or weaken the Ganga-Jamuni culture of the country. Com. Siddheshwar Singh said that this fanning of communal tensions is an attempt to divert attention from the failure of the Modi government to bring “achche din”. Fr. Stane Swami said that the country is today faced with grave dangers which can be combated only by the united struggles of people’s organizations.
Conducting the programme, Com. Anil Anshuman of JASAM said that the ideology which contributed nothing to the country’s independence and nation-building is today setting itself up as the watchdog of patriotism. Other people’s organizations as well as hundreds of workers from construction workers’ unions also participated actively in the campaign.
