India envisioned by Gandhi, Constitution 'under attack': Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said even as Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary is being celebrated in the country, the India envisioned by the Father of the Nation and the Constitution are "under attack". "Today, as we inaugurate #SurjeetBhawan, it is Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary. Gandhi's India and our Constitution is under severe attack. In the serious rightward shift in India, it is only the Left which can provide answers. We will meet the challenge," Yechury tweeted.

The CPI(M) inaugurated the Harkishan Singh Surjeet Bhawan in Delhi, named after the former general secretary of the party, which will now serve as the permanent central school of the party. "'London-tod Singh' is the name teenaged Comrade Surjeet gave to the British police as they came to arrest him for hoisting our tricolour. He managed to do it, before being detained. His life, his resolve as a Freedom-fighter and Communist has vital lessons for," Yechury said in another tweet.

He also said that Gandhi's India -- Secular, Democratic and Economically self-reliant -- needs to be safeguarded and strengthened.