[Reader-list] Irfan Habib's appeal to vote for the Left

[prakash ray]

Irfan Habib (Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University) has issued an
appeal to vote for the Left. Here is the text -

“As India goes to polls to elect the country’s Parliament it is crucial for
us to realize that the interests of all sections of our people, the poor,
the workers, peasants, and the middle classes, will be served best by
electing to Parliament the largest possible number of candidates of the
CPI(M) and other Left parties. It was because of the efforts of the Left
Parties that the ruling Congress was unable to implement many of its
projected measures designed to favour big business at the cost of the
people. The Left Parties have uncompromisingly fought against the Congress
government’s increasing subservience to US imperialism and growing closeness
to Israel. They have also unflinchingly stood up for secularism, women’s
rights, affirmative action for minorities and protection of dalits’
interests. By voting firmly for the Left Front candidates, people will
surely help to change the destiny of the whole country.”

- Irfan Habib (Professor Emeritus, Aligarh Muslim University)
(http://www.vote.cpim.org/node/1404)