CPI(M) to continue movement for land: Karat

Agartala, Aug 5 (UNI) CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today expressed concern over atrocities on scheduled castes and other lower castes, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan.

Addressing a public rally here on the occasion of 6th State Conference of Tripura Schedule Caste Coordination Council Mr Karat said, ''The lower class people still suffering from the discrimination.

''Except in communist party-ruled Tripura, West Bengal and Kerala, the lower class people in other states of the country are not safe from the atrocities of the upper class and the left parties have launched a fresh crusade to ensure social justice of the downtrodden masses,'' Mr Karat said.

He has also stated that more than 17 crore people belonging to Schedule Caste communities do not enjoy their constitutional rights even after 60 years of India's independence. He further said that 65 per cent SC people did not have land.

Mr Karat, however, announced that the left parties would continue their movement for land for the farmers in Andhra Pradesh and they would exert pressure on the Congress party for paying compensation to the victim's families in Khamam district.

UNI