ANANTAPUR: The United States of America is encouraging communalism in the world to extend its markets with the help of imperialism, said speakers at a meeting on `Communalism - secular culture' held here on Thursday night.

State convenor of Janasahiti, a left-wing literary organisation, Divikumar, said the Sangh Parivar had taken religion from the level of simple faith to social divide and the political forces, part of the combine, had gone up from two seats in Parliament to the level of assuming power.

Vote bank politics

No political party in the country was lagging behind in instigating communal divide as part of vote bank politics, he alleged.

Indira Gandhi had encouraged Sikh terrorism by supporting Bhindranwale initially and it was her fate to end up in the hands of those she had groomed earlier, he noted.

Similarly, America encouraged Talibans against Russia and was at the receiving end of the same terrorists now. He alleged that the US was encouraging the brokers who were protecting their economic interests while dubbing those raising nationalism and patriotism terrorists and physically eliminating them.

The US got Saddam Hussein hanged as he had opposed their imperialism.

Regionally, rulers of India and Pakistan were changing war as a sport and sports as a war against the wishes of the people of both countries.

T. Amarnath Reddy of `Manavata' and Imam of `Kadalika' opined that unity among Hindus and Muslims could be strengthened with the help of movements by democratic and Left parties. Hanging of Saddam had moved the two communities alike in India. They urged the Left parties to take up a movement against imperialism Editor of Prajasahiti magazine Nirmalananda, State president of Janasahiti B. Suryasagar and others also spoke.

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