I strongly condemn the brutal attack on Com. Sayandip Mitra, President DYFI and State Committee Member of CPI(M) W.Bengal (son of Com. Supriya Mitra, Circle Secretary AIBDPA) by the Trinamool goons yesterday in Kolkata. He along with some comrades were returning from the Police Station after filing an FIR against attack on the party office by the Trinamool goondas. He was smashed with bricks on his head causing serious injury. He was hospitalised. He is having seven stitches on his head. It is , however, reported that he is out of danger.
During the last two years after the Trinamool government has been formed, about 150 CPIM leaders/workers have been murdered. Party offices have been captured by the trinamool with the open support of the police. Even BSNLEU office at kolkata was attacked but our comrades defended the office and they could not do any damage.

We wish for the early recovery of Com.Sayandip Mitra. The entire democratic forces should condemn such attacks so that such criminal activities are put an end to.

Yesterday, 6th May 2014, I got the opportunity to visit two border areas of India in Gujarat. One is Koteswar and the other is Lakhpat, which are both on the side of the Arabian Sea. I was accompanied by Coms. M.B.Chaniara, Circle Secretary AIBDPA, Vyas and  Pandey who are also active workers of AIBDPA.

From Koteswar it is only about 30 miles to Karachi in Pakistan across the sea. I was told by our comrades who were with me that some infiltrators have been caught here some time back.

Lakhpat is an old fort and a village inside, which has got a mosque and temple inside. Most of the buildings have been badly damaged or collapsed in the 2001 earthquake and barely there is anybody seen. We climbed one of the checkpost of the old fort, where BSF personnel were on duty. One of them was from Calicut District, which is my place also. The heat was above 45 degree and it was unbearable. The BSF soldiers were on duty for watching the long water border. Since it was low tide, the sea was about two km away, which in high tide will reach the shore.

I was really happy to meet and congratulate the BSF Personnel, who are defending the country. We all thanked them and returned.

Thousands/lakh of such soldiers are defending our country. My Heartfelt greetings and thanks to them.

It was on 2nd May 1945, that the Soviet Red Army captured Berlin and hoisted the Red Flag over the Reichstag (Parliament Building), thus ending the dream of Hitler to conquer the entire world. The war machinery of Nazi Germany was annihilated. It also was the starting point of the end of the II World War, in which more than 4 crores soldiers and civilians died.

The heroism of the Soviet Red Army and the sacrifice they have to make in order to defend USSR and the city of Stalingrad is one of the most pitched battle that the world has ever seen. The so called unassailable war machine of Hitler was stopped at Stalingrad by inch by inch, street by street fight in which lakhs of army on both sides were killed. After the victory of Stalingrad, Red Army advance pushed the Nazi army backwards, pushed them out of USSR and then marched to the city of Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany. And Nazi war machine completely collapsed and the Red Army hoisted the Red Flag on 2nd May 1945.

The end of II World War entirely changed the world power equation. The imperialist powers like Britain France etc. had to vacate many of their colonies like India. The United Nations was formed with the intention to avoid another World War. The rest is history.

The May Day was observed at the AKG Bhawan, New Delhi on 1st May 2014 with the participation of a good number of comrades. The Red Flag was hoisted by Com.Prakash Karat, General Secretary, CPI(M). In his speech, Com. Karat mentioned about the sacrifices of many martyrs in the struggles for the improvement of the downtrodden and the militant tradition of the working class. He also mentioned that in the general election, the third front along with the regional parties may get majority.

30th April 1975 saw the end of the colonialist war against Vietnam after the ignoble defeat of US attackers and their henchmen in the battlefield at Saigon. Vietnam was unified and liberated.

The sustained struggles and war by the Vietnam army and people against the French and then the US army is a saga of courage, sacrifice, determination and military strategy. US fielded its military directly in large numbers, used all latest arsenal including Napalm Bombs, mobilised all anti-communist forces and brutally attacked Vietnam.
But after years, the US met its Waterloo. The Vietnam won but lost lakhs of the soldiers and people. The loss on the US side was also significant.

Vietnam is continuing with its Socialist Government. On this Freedom Day of vietnam, My Warm Greetings to the people of Vietnam !
Red Salute Comrades !