Telecom companies whose licences have been cancelled to stop services by 2nd June.

12 Thursday Apr 2012

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The private telecom companies whose licences have been cancelled by the Supreme Court in connection with the 2G scam will have to stop their services by 2nd June, the last date of the four months time given by the apex court. Some companies like Etisalat wanted to stop before the due date, but TRAI directed them to continue up to 2nd June.

In the meantime the central government had made a Presidential Reference on the matter to find out the details of the orders and how it will affect the allotment of natural resources in future.

What is happening in W.Bengal? Is it ‘Fascism’ or ‘Semi-Fascism’ ?

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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It is almost unbelievable what is happening in W.Bengal, especially after the Trinamul Government has come in to power defeating the CPI(M) led Left Front. Murders of opposition political leaders and workers, especially of CPI(M) have become almost a daily affair. 446 comrades have been killed after the Parliamentary elections and 52 comrades after the Assembly elections. Women are molested and raped and it is justified by even the Chief minister. Hundreds of party and trade union offices of CPI(M) and other left parties  are either destroyed or captured by Trinamool goondas with the open support of the police.  Elected Panchayat members are compelled to resign their posts. Thousands of people are compelled to leave their homes to save their lives. There is no limit to the attacks on them. The democratic rights of the people are denied and terror has been let loose.

This reminds one of the full ‘National Emergency’ of 1975-76 and also the ‘Semi-Fascist’ rule in W.Bengal itself in the 1970s when the Congress was in power.

It is the duty of each and every body to condemn this situation and help the people of W.Bengal to Defend Democracy and their right for a life without fear of their lives.

 

 

4G services started by Airtel

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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Kapil Sibal, Communications Minister inaugurated yesterday, 10th April 2012, the  4G services  by Airtel at Kolkata which is being done with the support of the Chinese company ZTE. Airtel is proposing to start services in four circles iincluding in Maharashtra, Chandigarh and Bangalore.

This raises certain questions. The first is that why BSNL, the public sector telco, has not started 4G services first as it started 3G services? Second, how Airtel, which started 3 G services after one year of the same started by BSNL has been able to start 4G in such a short time? Third, how the private company Airtel is allowed to launch the services with the support of a Chinese company ZTE, while BSNL was denied permission to purchase equipment from the Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei citing national security? How Reliance Communications is allowed to take loan from Chinese financial institutions and to purchase Chinese equipments from ZTE and Huawei,  while the purchase from the same companies are not allowed by BSNL?

The answers are very clear. While it is the responsibility and duty of the Central Government to help and support its own companies, BSNL and MTNL, to procure equipment in sufficient quantity, help it to improve its services and fiancial viability, taking in to consideration that these PSUs are vehicles for providing universal service throughout the country, the government is not only not helping its PSUs, but is acting against their interests. Further it is helping the private companies even violating its own decisions and rules. This has been amply proved by the Supreme Court when it cancelled the 122 Licences granted to the private companies.

Despite the apex court decisions and the need for transparency in its dealings, the Government and its ministers are going out of the way to help the MNCs and big private companies. This should be exposed and defeated.

Sunami alert due to Earthquake in Indonesia

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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The severe earthquake in Indonesia at 8.6 Reichter scale reminded all about the earlier tsunami which caused loss of thousands of lives and massive destruction. The earthquake was felt even in Kerala and the east coast. Immediate alert was given to all places and preparations to evacuate people, if necessary. But it seems that by this time,  fortunately tsunami may not be there. The time for the waves to reach Andamans is already over and it is reported that there was only 45 cm waves. I spoke to both Com. Kalirajan, Circle Secretary and Com. Ratnambal, Asst. Circle Secretary, A&N Islands and they stated that the danger seemed to be over. The TV reports also indicates that the danger is mostly over. It is fortunate that the danger is over at present. But such things can happen any time. The thing is that the government and the people will have to be on alert.

At this time we remember the loss of lives and destruction that last tsunami  brought on many nations and people. In Andamans and Nicobar, I have seen many paddy-fields even then completely full of sea water, which can not flow back to the sea because of the low level of the field. Many trees are lying unrooted. The ground floor of the telephone Exchange in Bamboo Island, where Ratnambal worked is still merged in mud and earth and only the first floor is visible. The port was completely destroyed, but it has been restored without delay. But lives lost can not be brought back. The case in the eastern and western coastal areas was not different.

The nature has its own way of reacting to the destruction of nature by man. Man has to be careful with nature.

Com.N.Varadarajan passed away

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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Comrade N.Varadarajan(87), former State Secretary of CPI(M) and its Central Committee member, passed away at Chennai on 10th April 2012. He had attended the CPI(M) Party Congress at Calicut and had returned to Chennai Party office. He breathed his last after some time reaching the party office. He was one of the 32 central committee members who walked out from the CPI Congress in 1964 and formed the CPI(M). He had organised several trade unions in T.Nadu and was instrumental in forming the Untouchability Eradication Front in T.Nadu, which has done wonderful work against untouchability of which the Secretary is Com. A.Sampath, the newly elected Central Committee Member from T. Nadu.

Red Salute to Com. Varadarajan !

NCCPA Annual GB at Ratlam

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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The Annual General Body meeting of the National Co-ordination Committee of  Pensioners Association (NCCPA) is going to meet at Ratlam on 12th and 13th April 2012. NCCPA is the umbrella organisation of all the Pensioners Association in Central Services as also BSNL. Com.S.K.Vyas, the veteran leader of the Central Government employees is the Secretary General of NCCPA. I happen to be one of the Patrons of the same.

The AGB has got a very important agenda to be discussed. The fight against the anti-worker PFRDA bill, better medical facilities and many other issues will come up for discussion. It will also review the Parliament March organised, the mass memorandum to President etc. The strategy to expand the organisation also will be discussed and decision taken.

Best wishes for the success of the Annual General Body meeting!

Simple living is a way of Communists

11 Wednesday Apr 2012

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Simple living and high thinking has always been the way of life for Communists. I myself have seen this in practice by some of the top leaders of the CPI(M). Most of you must have known how com. Nripen Chakraborty lived and worked. In one sentence it can be said. When he became the Chief Minister of Tripura, he came to his office with a small trunk box with his clothes and a few books. After his term of office when he went back to his house he had with him the same trunk with his clothes and books! Unbelievable, but true.

The case of Nripen Chakraborty is not an isolated case. I met the present Chief Minister of Tripura Com.Manik Sarkar at Calicut at the 20th Party Congress of CPI(M). He stayed with his wife  at the rest house. There is no official car, no security persons, no formalities of the Chief Minister. It is known that he himself washes his clothes. He speaks with you just like any other person with out the air of a chief Minister or high dignitary. It is stated that he knows almost everybody in Tripura personally. It was told to me by Com.Swapan Chakraborty, our Circle Secretary, NE II, which includes Tripura state.

Yesterday I had another experience. The re-elected General Secretary of CPI(M), Com. Prakash Karat with his wife Com.Brinda Karat, also a PB Member, was in the same flight from Calicut to Delhi in which many other comrades were also travelling.  He was in the same economy class as all of us were, despite pressure from some comrades to travel by higher class. After getting down, just like any other ordinary person he was  carrying his luggage. While he was waiting for taking the check-in luggage, some comrades went to help him, but he smilingly refused and pushed the trolley with the bags just like any other person. The same was with Coms. A.K.Padmanabhan, another PB member as also Com.Tapan Sen, General Secretary of the CITU and other senior comrades. How Com.M.K.Pandhe, the octogenarian President of CITU, used to travel alone even during his last days is known to all.

Simple living and high thinking has always been the way with Communists. It had to be kept up.

 

 

CPI(M) rally – more than 5 lakh participate

09 Monday Apr 2012

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As I have posted earlier, more than 5 lakh people participated in the rally at Calicut Beach held as the open session of the 20th Party Congress of CPI(M). The Calicut city was a sea of people who have come to attend the rally and see their leders and to hear them. More than 25,000 red volunteers ( both women and men) marched to the rally site.

Com.Prakash Karat, General Secretary  and other leaders addressed the rally.

CPI(M) – Prakash Karat re-elected as General Secretary

09 Monday Apr 2012

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Com. Prakash Karat has been re-elected as the General Secretary of the CPI(M) at the Party Congress held at Calicut on 4-9 April. The following are the new Polit Bureau members:

Prakash Karat 2.    S Ramachandran Pillai 3.    Sitaram Yechury 4.    Biman Basu 5.    Manik Sarkar 6.    Pinarayi Vijayan 7.    Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 8.    K. Vardha Rajan 9.    B.V. Raghavulu 10.    Brinda Karat 11.    Nirupam Sen 12.    Kodiyeri Balakrishnan 13.    A. K. Padmanabhan 14.    Surjya Kanta Mishra 15.    M.A. Baby

All the elctions were unanimous. My Hearty Congratulations to all!

Calicut city fully covered by human sea

09 Monday Apr 2012

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THE calicut city is almost full to the brim with tens of thousands of people arriving to attend in the huge rally to be held tomorrow, 9th April, in connection with the Party Congress of the CPI(M) which will be concluded tomorrow. By about 2200 hours today, the buses and vans have started arriving in the city with the visitors. The entrance to the Tagore Centenary Hall where the Party Congress is going on is mobbed by the large number of comrades who are waiting to see the leaders arriving to attend the congresss.

By tomorrow, Calicut will be  full with lakhs of people.