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02 Thursday Oct 2014
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2nd October – Gandhi Jayanti
01 Wednesday Oct 2014
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Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi, who became the Father of the Nation, was born on 2nd October 1869. He was shot dead by a Hindu fanatic on 30th January 1948. His life and work were a struggle for truth, a struggle for the Independence of the country. He moved the entire people of this country against the mighty British Empire and compelled them to quit and go.
It is in his memory that Gandhi Jayanti is observed through out the country on 2nd October, his birth day.
All of us can get determination and courage to fight against injustice from the life and struggles organised by Gandhiji.
50,000 toilets in schools will constructed by PSUs
01 Wednesday Oct 2014
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Coal India limited and ONGC together will be constructing about 5,000 toilets in the schools during the next few years. As per the reports, the expenses will be met from their social security funds.
Both UPA and NDA governments took action to disinvest, dismantle and privatise the PSUs. But it is the same PSUs which had helped the government in all crises. Whenever there is any financial difficulty, the government took the cash balance of the PSUs. How many times this process has been repeated? But at the same time, the attack on PSUs continues. All know that it was the PSU banks which helped the government to minimise the damage of the 2008 recession in India. The PSUs are the hens laying the golden eggs. Don’t kill them for immediate benefit.
Don’t get involved in attack in Iraq – CPI(M)
01 Wednesday Oct 2014
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New Delhi, Sep 30 : CPI(M) today asked the government not to succumb to American “pressures” to send troops to join the US-led coalition to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
“The Government of India must, under no circumstances, fall prey to these machinations. It must never join any unilateral US initiative of this sort, no matter how strongly such an initiative is portrayed as defending ‘humanity’ against ‘the forces of barbarism’,” the party Politburo said in a statement.
It said the Obama administration “has been putting great pressure on India of late to join a US-led coalition against the ISIS. It may take advantage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s presence in New York at the moment to make India fall in line with its plans.”
“Any international response to the ISIS must have the sanction of the United Nations, without which it carries no legitimacy,” it said.
The CPI(M) warns the government that “it must never deviate from this basic position which India has always upheld and which commands a consensus in the country.”
After Chief Minister’s entry temple and idol cleaned and washed !
28 Sunday Sep 2014
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Times are going forward or backwards? The latest news is that a temple and idol in Bihar was cleaned and washed after the Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, a mahadalit, visited the temple. It happened in a temple in Madhubani District in Bihar.
This is outrageous. Everybody has got a right to enter the temple in this free country. The priest and others who had done the wrong thing should be taken to task.
Yes, Jayalalitha convicted on disproportionate assets
27 Saturday Sep 2014
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The judgment convicting Miss Jayalalitha, Chief Minister of T.Nadu, for 4 years imprisonment in a case of disproportinate assets gives a good lesson that the justice can be real justice without fear or favour, at least some times.
Let this be a lesson to the corrupt politicians that someday they will be caught.
Kashmir struggling to recover
21 Sunday Sep 2014
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After a long period I got a call from Com.Nisar Ahmad, Circle Secretary BSNLEU, J and K today. I have been trying to contact him for many days. He narrated in brief what has happened and what is happening in Srinagar and other parts of Jammu and Kashmir. It is total devastation. It is the Army and the youth who have been in the forefront of saving the people from the floods.
Almost everybody in Srinagar has been affected. The houses of Coms. Nisar Ahmed, Bashir Khan and all of our BSNL employees have been affected as all the people have been affected. The government offices were all under water as also hospitals.
After the water has started receding, the rehabilitation work has started. But it will take a long time for recovery. Help from all quarters is required.
The Forum of BSNL Unions/Associations had called upon the BSNL employees to donate one day basic salary to the J and K Fund and requested the BSNL Management to deduct it from the salary of September, payable in October 2014. Forum has also demanded the management to immediately arrange advance of one month salary to the affected J and K BSNL Employees.
Let us all do our maximum to assist the J and K people in their time of disaster and difficulties.
Revolutionary Greetings on Independence Day!
15 Friday Aug 2014
on the 68th Independence Day, My Warm Greetings and Best Wishes to all our Comrades, Friends and Well Wishers!
Let us move together to eradicate hunger and poverty from the country and create a Socialist Secular society for the benefit of all!
Insurance Bill goes to Select Committee
14 Thursday Aug 2014
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The BJP-led Government on Thursday sent the controversial Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill to a Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha. This is seen as a setback of sorts for the reformist credentials of the Right of Centre BJP-led Government, which rode to power promising to “re-sow confidence in the India story, within the country and internationally.”
Buckling under Opposition pressure, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved a motion in the Upper House to refer the Bill to the Select Committee.
Jaitley informed members that the Select Committee had been asked to submit its report by the last day of the first week of the Winter Session, slated around November. The 15-member panel comprises Chandan Mitra, Mukthar Abbas Naqvi and Jagat Prakash Nadda (BJP), Anand Sharma, BK Hariprasad and JD Seelam (Congress), Satish Chandra Misra (BSP), KC Tyagi (JD-U), Derek O’Brien (TMC), V Maitreyan (AIADMK), Naresh Gujral (SAD), Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), Kalpataru Das (BJD), P Rajeev (CPI-M) and Rajiv Chandrasekhar (Independent) as its nominees.
Cutting across party lines, major Opposition parties joined hands and demanded that the Bill be sent to a Select Committee. (Courtesy: BL)
CPI(M) Central Committee Press Release
10 Sunday Aug 2014
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
August 10, 2014
Press Communique
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi from August 8 to 10, 2014. It has issued the following statement:
Modi Government
The two and a half months period of the Narendra Modi government has confirmed that it will not only pursue the same neo-liberal policies as the previous UPA government, but it will do so more vigorously.
The Union Budget and the Railway Budget were characterized by a heightened push for privatization, greater FDI and more concessions to big business. 49 per cent FDI in defence production and insurance; FDI in railway infrastructure; greater opportunities for big capital to profit at the expense of public resources through PPP and tax adjustments to benefit foreign institutional investors and the upper classes.
Accompanying these measures is the unstated squeeze on public expenditure. The allocation for MGNREGA shows no increase, there is steep cut in fuel subsidy and no real increase in expenditure on health and education.
The Central Committee expressed its strong opposition to the FDI cap in insurance being increased from 26 to 49 per cent. It called upon all opposition parties to oppose the move. The Party will extend full support to the struggle to stop the FDI increase in the insurance sector.
Labour Law Changes
The BJP government is proposing to bring changes in the labour laws. Already the BJP state government in Rajasthan has got certain changes made in the labour laws through the legislative assembly. It must be emphasized that the changes being proposed are not in the interests of the workers but of the employers and the capitalists. For instance, the amendment to the Industrial Disputes Act raises the limit of workers in an enterprise from 100 to 300 where government permission would be required for retrenchment of workers. By this, the government wants to facilitate the removal of workers from their jobs.
The Central Committee called for a strong movement to oppose the dilution to the labour laws. All the trade unions and the Left and democratic parties should jointly oppose this move.
Land Acquisition Act Changes
It is reported that the government will be proposing changes in The Right To Fair Compensation And Transparency In Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation & Resettlement Act which was adopted in 2013. The efforts to dilute the Land Acquisition And Rehabilitation Act is being done at the behest of industry. Among the changes proposed are bringing down the consent required to 50 per cent of the land owners instead of 80 per cent and this being made applicable for PPP projects. The changes proposed will be detrimental to the interests of land owners and those dependent on land.
Communal Incidents
The Central Committee expressed its deep concern at the rising number of communal incidents across the country. After the Lok Sabha elections, communal clashes have taken place in a number of states such as Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana and Maharashtra. The largest number of incidents have occurred in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP and the RSS are trying to utilise the communal tensions and incidents for their political interests. This was seen in the way they tried to fan tensions and escalate trouble in Moradabad district. Instances of attacks on women are given a communal slant.
The mood of triumphalism after the BJP victory has led to such communal incidents often targeting the minority community. It is also a fallout of the intense communal campaign conducted during the elections. The Central Committee noted that the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other Hindutva outfits are stepping up their activities. With the BJP coming to power at the Centre, efforts are being made to re-write textbooks and to introduce the communal content in the educational system.
The Central Committee decided that the Party should step up its political and ideological work to counter the influence and activities of the communal forces. It will cooperate with other secular and democratic forces to counter the communal offensive.
Violence against Women
The Central Committee expressed its deep concern at the continuing cases of sexual violence against women and children. The shocking case of gangrape of a child in a Bangalore school and the instances of gangrapes in Uttar Pradesh points to the utter failure of the police and the government to put in place standard procedures to ensure the quick arrest and prosecution of the accused.
The Central Committee condemned the insensitive and objectionable public pronouncements of some politicians in positions of power such as two ministers of the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh who blamed the victims. The highly condemnable statement of the Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal who threatened to send his men to rape CPI(M) women deserve immediate prosecution of the culprit and suspension from Parliament. Instead, the shameless TMC state government of West Bengal is spending public money to defend the accused appealing against the High Court verdict to file an FIR against him. It is high time that Parliament and state assemblies adopt a code of conduct for their members regarding derogative statements about women, the violation of which will invite punishment.
Israeli Aggression in Gaza
The Central Committee condemned in the strongest terms the brutal Israeli attack on Gaza which has lasted for over a month. 1,869 people were killed in the aerial and ground attack. The fact that 429 children were killed makes this attack a war crime. Not only should Israel stop resorting to such violence, but it should lift the blockade and siege of the Gaza strip which is illegal and against all humanitarian norms.
The Central Committee strongly criticized the BJP government for refusing to categorically condemn the Israeli aggression when it was raised in Parliament.
BRICS Meeting
The Central Committee welcomed the decision of the BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brazil to set-up a New Development Bank and a Contingent Reserve Arrangement. As India is a founding partner of the Bank, the Modi government should adopt such policies which will help the Bank and the CRA to function in a manner which will be in the interests of the developing countries eschewing the approach adopted by the IMF and the World Bank.
50th Anniversary of the Foundation of CPI(M)
The Central Committee decided to observe the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the CPI(M) which falls in November this year. A month-long campaign will be observed to popularize the ideology and Programme of the Party.
Call for Campaign
The Central Committee called upon the entire Party to conduct a campaign on the following issues: (i) against FDI in railways, insurance and defence production; (ii) against disinvestment in public sector shares; and (iii) against dilution of labour laws.
The party will take up a political and ideological campaign against the offensive of the Hindutva forces and all forms of communalism and the efforts to communalise the education system and text books. All secular and democratic forces should be mobilized for this purpose.
The party will mobilize people for the full implementation of the MGNREGA programme and to oppose any curtailment of the scheme. The Party will launch struggles against price rise of essential commodities; demanding universalisation of the PDS and curb on futures trading in food items and essential commodities. The Party will work to widen and strengthen Left unity and work for the emergence of a broad Left platform to fight against neo-liberal policies, communalism and imperialism.
Party Congress
The Central Committee decided to hold the 21st Congress of the Party in Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in April 2015.
The Central Committee decided on the timetable to hold the Party conferences at all levels in the run-up to the Congress.
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