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Ensure Safety of North East People in Delhi

13 Thursday Feb 2014

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New Delhi, Feb 12 : Condemning the attacks on the people of Northeast in Delhi, CPI(M) today sought drafting of an anti-racist law to curb discrimination and such violence.

Expressing concern over the growing attacks including the death of Arunachal student Nido Taniam and several incidents of rape, the party Politburo said, “There is no doubt that there is a racist bias in such attacks.”

“It is imperative that citizens from any part of the country are able to live in peace and harmony and pursue their work or studies in the capital of India without being subject to racist attacks,” it said.

Maintaining that all necessary measures need to be taken to ensure the safety and security of people from the Northeast in Delhi, the CPI(M) said the Centre should also consider drafting an anti-racist law to curb such discrimination and attacks. (Courtesy: Ganashakti)

CPI(M), CPI electoral understanding with AIADMK

03 Monday Feb 2014

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CPI(M) and CPI has clinched electoral alliance in with AIADMK in T.Nadu. The CPI leaders yesterday and CPI(M) today met Jayalalitha and agreed to fight the general elections together.

CPI(M) general secretary Comrade Prakash Karat expressed the hope that the alliance between the AIADMK and the Left will perform strongly in Tamil Nadu and contribute to the success of the alternative front at the national level.

Announcing the decision to face the Lok Sabha polls along with the AIADMK, Comrade Prakash Karat said a substantial number of non-congress and non-BJP parties with substantial support across the country would join the alliance.

CPI(M) will tie up with Regional parties – Karat

30 Thursday Jan 2014

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Bhubaneswar, Jan 30 : CPI-M today said Left parties were in consultation with various regional parties to forge a tie-up after the Lok Sabha elections in order to give an effective alternative to people.
The Left parties were in consultation with various regional parties like the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, JD(U) in Bihar, AIADMK in Tamil Nadu, JD(S) in Karnataka and BJD in Odisha, CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat told reporters here.
These parties could come together after the general elections, Karat said but rejected the term ‘Third Front’ for their platform.
“Our party is trying to have an electoral understanding with non-Congress and secular parties. I met Naveen Patnaik yesterday and hope to have an understanding with the BJD in Odisha,” he said.
Slamming both Congress and BJP, Karat said the two terms of the UPA has led to suffering of the people and loot of natural resources to benefit corporates. “Both the parties have entered into a competition to make better policies for the interest of corporates,” he said.
“The policies of Manmohan Singh and Narendra Modi are not different. People are fed up with the price rise, loot of resources and of course corruption,” Karat said adding that the Left parties are trying to bail the country out from the twin national parties.
As Congress is going down, it will be Left parties and other secular parties which can fight BJP, he said.
CPI(M) has decided to field candidates in 35 Lok Sabha seats spread over eight states but could fight in more seats following tie-up with regional parties, Karat said.
Asked whether his party would like to have a tie-up with the BJD, which has been tainted by the mining scam, Karat said Left parties have an understanding on economic policies that is radically different from the policies followed by the BJP and Congress.
On whether Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik could be the prime ministerial candidate of their front, Karat said: “Let the election be held. Why do you want to jump the gun?”
Karat also ruled out any understanding with the Aam Admi Party (AAP). “AAP can not be a substitute for the Left parties. They think AAP is the only party to become an alternative,” Karat said. (PTI)

UPA-II the Most Corrupt Government – Prakash Karat

17 Tuesday Dec 2013

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Agartala, Dec 15 : The UPA government is the most
corrupt government ever formed at the Centre post-
Independence, CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat today
said, holding its liberal economic policy as the springboard
of all corrupt deals in the country.
Emphasising that the government needs to be ousted at “any
cost”, Karat told a rally at the end of the party’s
three-day Central Committee meeting here that the liberal
economic policy pursued by the central government constituted
an attack on the livelihood of the toiling masses.
Karat said an analysis of the just-concluded Assembly
lection in five states showed that Congress has been rejected
by the masses for rampant corruption and price rise.
Taking advantage of the situation, communal forces like
BJP were trying hard to come to power with the help of RSS,
the veteran Marxist leader observed.
“But we will not let BJP come to power. We will form a
secular non-Congress electoral alliance which will be able to
effectively resist BJP from assuming power in the next
parliamentary elections,” Karat said.
Sitaram Yechuri, another politburo member, while
underlining the need for removal of the corrupt government
from office said, “We must remember that we cannot just bring
BJP into power because the party, led by Narendra Modi, is
communal and will present an administration like that of
‘Dusshashan’ in Mahabharat.” (Courtesy: Ganashakti)

Do not make Aadhar compulsory – CPI(M)

29 Friday Nov 2013

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Palakkad (Ker), Nov 29 CPI(M) has asked the Centre to withdraw its decision to make Aadhaar cards compulsory for providing various benefits like cooking gas subsidy to people.

A resolution adopted by the state plenum of the CPI(M) here yesterday alleged that Aadhaar had been made compulsory by the Centre without having the backing of any parliamentary legislation and in disregard to the repeated rulings of the Supreme Court on the issue.

Though a bill was introduced in Parliament on the matter, the report of the Standing Committee to which it was referred had negated the salient provisions of the bill, it said.

“The decision of oil companies to make Aadhaar-linked bank account compulsory for cooking gas subsidy is unacceptable as only 25 per cent of the country’s population had so far obtained the Aadhaar card. This means that the vast majority of the people are anxious whether they would continue
to receive the benefits for which they are entitled,” it said.

The party alleged that it is part of the government’s neo-liberal policy of phasing out subsidies and welfare payments.

“The Government’s decision to set a time-frame for linking the benefits with Aadhaar has caused serious concern among the beneficiaries of various welfare schemes,” it said.

“The Government has been pressurising the people to open bank accounts and link them to Ahdaar card. Instead of allowing the people to open zero-balance accounts, many banks are insisting they should deposit Rs 500 to Rs 1000 to open the accounts”, the Resolution said.

India Should not succumb to unjust pressure of WTO on Food Subsidy – CPI(M)

24 Sunday Nov 2013

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New Delhi, Nov 24 Expressing concern over WTO’s permissible food subsidy limit norms, CPI(M) today said India should not give in to the “unjust pressure” of the world body and western powers and continue to press for “fundamental changes” in its rules at the next meet in Bali in December.

As per the WTO norms, a developing nation can provide food subsidy of up to 10 per cent of the total farm output.

While sources have indicated India is likely to agree for a four-year “peace clause”, which will provide immunity against penalty for breaching the food subsidy cap, the party’s polit bureau in a statement today said the clause should be rejected by India.

“The polit bureau demands that India should not give in to this unjust pressure from the WTO secretariat and the EU and the US and continue to press for fundamental changes in the WTO rules so that food subsidy programme are not designated as illegal,” it said.

It said the WTO rules will not only jeopardise present efforts in India to ensure food security for millions of hungry people, but will also make it impossible to further strengthen food security measures.

The G-33 nations, a group of emerging countries including India, are demanding amendment in the WTO’s Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) in order to implement the food security plan without attracting any penalty even after breaching the minimum subsidy cap.

The 9th WTO Ministerial Conference will be held in Bali from December 3-6.

Talking to reporters yesterday, Commerce Minister Anand Sharma had said the government would endeavour to work out a solution in the Bali meet to protect interest of the country’s farmers and poor.

Sharma said India has raised the fundamental issue pertaining to public stock holding and domestic food security programme and underscored that this is of critical importance for India, especially in the backdrop of the National Food Security Act.

Developed countries like the US and Canada have raised concerns over India’s food security legislation at the WTO.

They have asked India to explain the effect of the law on global stocks and commodity prices. (PTI)

“Save Democracy and to Defeat the violence and terror”

26 Friday Jul 2013

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The CPI(M) has decided to call for a countrywide campaign to “Save Democracy and to Defeat the Violence and Terror in West Bengal”. All Party units will conduct this campaign on August 7, 2013. This campaign will inform the people about the murder of democracy in West Bengal and mobilize support to demand a halt to the violence and terror. The Polit Bureau appealed to all democratic forces in the country to condemn the TMC’s violent campaign to suppress the Left Front and the opposition in West Bengal.

CPI(M) Oppose Cabinet Decision on price increase of gas

28 Friday Jun 2013

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The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the Cabinet decision to double the price of natural gas, a major input for the production of fertilizers  and power, from 4.2 dollars to 8 dollars per mmbtu. This will have a cascading impact increasing prices and burdening common people, while the main benefit will accrue to a single corporate house.

Reliance, which is virtually blackmailing the country by keeping production of natural gas in the Kg-D6 gas basin below the stated target till the price is increased, will be the main beneficiary. It is estimated that every dollar increase in gas price will increase Reliance’s profits by at least 74 million dollars.

The hike is irrational even in comparison to gas exporting countries where  the price of domestic gas is much lower.  For example, in Gulf countries, the price is only $ 1 per mmbtu, in Egypt $ 2.57, in Nigeria $ 0.11, in Australia $ 5 and in Indonesia around $ 1.

The additional subsidy the Government would have to bear at present prices of fertilizer and gas based power is estimated to be to the extent of 71,250 crore rupees for a five year period. This Government which claims it does not have the funds to ensure a universalized food security system, is prepared to subsidise the profits of a powerful corporate house.

The Government will pass on much of this burden to the common people. Farmers will have to pay more for fertilizers, the price of CNG gas used by public transport in many cities will also be hiked as will electricity tariffs.

Natural gas is a natural resource which belongs to the country. It cannot be arbitrarily handed over for super profits to corporates. The  CPI(M) demands that the decision for the price increase should be kept in abeyance and fully discussed in Parliament.

Com. EMS remembered on his 13th death anniversay

19 Saturday Mar 2011

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Today, 19th March 2011, is the 13th death anniversary of Com. E.M.S.Namboodiripad, the former Chief Minister of Kerala, General Secretary of the CPI(M) for a long period and communist ideologue of International fame, who passed away on 19th March 1998.

Com. E.M.S.Namboodiripad, along with Com.P.Krishna Pillai and Com. A.K.Gopalan are the three leaders along with others who took initiative in forming and strengthening the Communist Party in Kerala. Com.EMS was the first Chief Minister of Kerala and who initiated much acclaimed land reforms as also for the all round developments of Kerala. He was a political leader who did not leave any sector untouched, including literature, culture, science, history, technology etc. His articles are being published by the party in hundred volumes, which itself speaks for the articles and books he had written.

I had the fortune to meet him several times and take his guidance. When I was the Circle Secretary of the AITE Union Class III and functioning at Thiruvnanthapuram, I met him many times to seek his advice. Com.EMS inaugurated the Thiruvanathapuram All India Conference of E.III union in 1994, where I was elected as the General Secretary.

Another time we travelled together from Calicut to Managalore where he was to inaugurate a meeting of the NFPTE union. The meeting was held in the Post Office Hall. Seeing the photo of Babu Tarapada Mukherjee placed on the wall, Com. EMS asked whose photo it is. When I told him that it is the photo of Babu Tarapada, pioneer of P&T Trade union movement, he was happy and congratulated us stating that the P&T movement has a great tradition and that is why we are able to put the photo of the trade union leader in the office. He was writing through out the journey and when we reached Managalore he gave me a cover and told me to send it immediately to Chintha weekly so that the article can be published in time, a column for which he continued to contribute without any fail for decades. He was so much organised and systematic.

He was a great leader, who gave all his life, wealth and land to the party and lived as a simple party comrade serving the people. I pay my respectful homage to his memory.