The CPI(M) Cental committee in its meeting held at Kolkata from 17th to 19th January 2013 has decided for All India Jathas to be organised on the major and urgent issues facing the people of this country. Portion of the statement issued by the CPI(M) is given below:

Mass Signature Campaign
The Central Committee exhorted all its Party units to complete the mass signature campaign on food security and for a universal public distribution system being conducted by the Left Parties. The good response to the signature campaign indicates that more than five crore signatures will be collected. These will be submitted to the Prime Minister when the budget session of parliament begins in February.

All India Jathas
The Central Committee finalized the programme of the all India jathas to be conduced by the Party. These jathas which will traverse the length and breadth of the country will propagate the Party’s stand on various major issues affecting the people and the alternative policies of the Left. The issues of food security and price rise; land and house sites; employment; education and health; and the fight against corruption will be focused in these jathas.

The four jathas will be from Kanyakumari to Delhi led by Ramachandran Pillai; Kolkata to Delhi led by Prakash Karat; Mumbai to Delhi led by Sitaram Yechury; and Amritsar to Delhi led by Brinda Karat. Jathas to link up with the main jathas will be conducted from Srinagar, Guwahati, Parlakhemundi (Orissa), Ahmedabad and other centres.

The jathas which will begin from February 25 and the first week of March will culminate in a mass rally in Delhi on March 19, 2013.