My Warm Greetings and Best Wishes to all on the New Year day according to Malayalam Calendar !

The CPI(M) Central Committee has decided to hold the next Party Congress by April 2022. The State, District, Area, Local, Branch Conferences will be held before that. The Kerala State Committee has decided to hold the state conference at Ernakulam in February 2022. CPI(M) is a party which holds its conference in time.

The Communists were always in the forefront of the struggles for Independence of the country. Most of the leaders have been jailed in this connection. A phot of the first 9 PB Members of CPI(M) is given below with the number of years they have been in jail for participation in the independence struggle. Red Salute to all of them. ( I have been fortunate to meet these PB Members in person, except Coms. P.Sundarayya, Basava Puniah and Promod Das Gupta in connection with some or other matter and get their advice.)

Taliban has captured Afghanistan fully and the Afghan President has left the country. The situation is very complex. Large number of people are trying to migrate to other countries facing backlash from Taliban, remembering their earlier experience.

Another important thing is that US has vacated its military from Afghanistan paving way for the Taliban to capture the country. Why US has come earlier and created problems while the country was marching ahead with out much problems?

Warm greetings and best Wishes on 75th Independence Day!

Despite the demand of almost all the opposition parties both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the Modi government has not come out for any discussion on Pegasus spying. Both houses were disrupted for the entire session, but still the government is silent. All these indicate that government has something to hide; something they are not prepared to share with the parliament. Shame on the government.

83 over. 84 started. Journey continues.Fortunate to meet lakhs of comrades, friends, workers and acquaintances. Part of their valiant struggles. Overwhelming love and affection.Mistakes and misadventures part of forward march.Inspiring memories of many great leaders, colleagues and comrades, who passed away. Trying to adjust; not to be a burden to next generation.Old age, part of life. ‘Physical weakness need not necessarily weaken the mind.’ – Only partly true. As a child, eagerly waited for birthdays. At least a Payasam ( sweet pudding) will be there. After getting job and involved in union activities, forgot birthdays, mine as well as family. Better half used to complain that on birthdays, festivals etc. I will be on tour. After returning from Delhi in 2017, again started remembering Birthdays, both mine and family members. (Of course, with the help of the diary and better half.) Old saying: “Children and old aged have many similarities.”

Red Salute to Com.Vimal Ranadive on her 22nd death anniversary on 24th July 2021. ( below is the post reproduced from CITU two years back.)

Com Vimal Ranadive Amar Rahe

Born on 10 April 1915 in a middle class family in Maharashtra, she joined the anti colonial nationalist movement at the tender age of 12-13 as a Seva Dal volunteer. At the age of 15, she was arrested for picketing a foreign cloth shop. The British judge asked her to admit the mistake and apologise. She boldly refused and said “We know what we have done and for what, we won’t apologise” and went to jail gladly.

In 1930, more than eighty years ago, it was the choice made by a fifteen year old girl, Vimal. It was a choice to fight injustice, to fight all kinds of exploitation and therefore to fight imperialist aggression. She stood by this choice all through her life.

Vimaldi developed solidarity with the cause of the poor, the working class and became a communist. She worked to earn a living for her siblings, married a communist, B T Ranadive, who had to go underground on the day of their marriage. When her son was just two years old she was jailed for two years. She spent many years underground including at the time of the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi.

She was actively involved in organising workers in Mumbai and was part of the upsurge of the Mumbai working class and the naval ratings in 1946.She was the first General Secretary of the All India Plantation Workers’ Federation, the founder President of the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers & Helpers Aifawh CITU and was the leader of the #Beedi workers also. She was the founder Convenor of the #AICCWW (CITU) and continued in that position till her death. She was Secretary, CITU – Centre of Indian Trade Unions and was a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) . She was the founder editor of ‘The Voice of the Working Woman’ and ‘Kamkaji Mahila’.

She died on 24th July 1999. Let us pledge to continue the uncompromising struggle against all kinds of exploitation, injustice and inequalities. Let us fight authoritarian communal BJP regime. Let us also make a choice-s of commitment to the cause of the toiling people of the world.

The illtreatment of BSNL retirees by the BSNL management is continuing unabated. They don’t care if the retirees die without medical attention for want of money. The management is in no mood to listen to the genuine demands of the pensioners to clear their medical bills pending since 01-04-2019 and the medical allowance from 2018.

At the same time, the BSNL management is engaged in harrassing the BSNL pensioners in the name of fresh option for the year 2020-21 and insisist submission of option by those already submitted. It is nothing but a futile exercise only to put the poor elders to further miseries. CHQ has taken up the issue with the BSNL management to withdraw the office order dated 07-07-2021 in this regard.

AIBDPA has conducted several agitations when representations to the management, Communications Minister and the Prime Minister failed. So we have no other alternative other than continue the fight against this most inhuman stance. So let us make the email campaign on 22-07-2021 by Circle Secretaries and District Secretaries ,a grand success.

TEXT OF THE EMAILS

Shri. P K Purwar,,

CMD, BSNL,

Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Janpath

New Delhi- 110001 ( cmdbsnl@bsnl.co.in )

Sir,

The ailing and aged BSNL pensioners in distress due to non-payment medical bills and medical allowances for the last three years.

Request early intervention for release of sufficient funds to clear the pending medical benefits.

Yours sincerely

Signature

Name of Circle/District Secretary

(aibdpa website)