Port Blair, March 20: Communist Party of India (Marxist), Andaman and Nicobar State Organising Committee in its meeting held on 20.03.2019 decided to extend support to the Congress Candidate in order to defeat Bharatiya Janta Party in the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections in Andaman and Nicobar Parliamentary Constituency. The Party decided to support Congress to defeat the BJP and its allies. The BJP is destroying democratic/ constitutional institutions like CBI, RBI, Judiciary, Enforcement Directorate etc and they are a potential threat to the Secular-United India. 

CPI (M), Andaman and Nicobar State Organizing Committee will strive to secure statehood for Andaman and Nicobar Islands and to stop influx of population in these Islands. The party will work for the regularization of TSM/ DRM, contractual workers and employees and enhancement of minimum wages of Rs.20,000/- per month, said K.G. Das, Secretary, CPI (M), A&N Organising Committee in a communication to the press.