Port Blair, Mar 01: CPI (M) South Andaman Rural Area Committee has conducted corner meetings at various parts of rural South Andaman and a public meeting at Ferrargunj junction on 28.02.2023. Addressing the public meeting at Ferrargunj junction D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A & N State Organizing Committee expressed concern over the increasing drugs availability in the islands and the inability of the authorities concerned to contain it despite the media in the islands exposing it. Drugs are brought to the islands by anti-social elements in a systematic manner for distribution among the people, especially among the younger generation. He asked the Police Department to take effective steps to ensure that smuggling, distribution and use of drugs in these islands are completely stopped. He also demanded to investigate properly about the involvement of all persons in this illegal activity. He criticized the BJP-led government at the center and it’s Administration in the islands for the growing unemployment in the islands.
Addressing the public meeting, Dr Gouranga Majhi, Secretary, CPI (M) South Andaman Rural Area Committee elaborately explained the various anti-farmer policies being pursued by the central government in the country. He said that farmers in these islands are also facing various problems due to the wrong policies of the government. Farmers are denied various benefits during the last 9 years of BJP rule.
Mr. SP Kalairajan, CPI (M) State Committee Member, blamed the central government and A & N Administration for denying the legitimate benefits of the workers working in various departments under the Administration. Mr. NKP Nair, Member Port Blair Area Committee also addressed public meetings and briefly explained the harassment being meted out to government employees and workers in the islands during the BJP rule. Mr. S. Chidambaram, CPI (M) South Andaman Rural Area Committee Member and former Panchayat Member presided over the meeting.