Sitaram Yechury (CPI(M) general secretary), D Raja (CPI general secretary), T R Baalu, MP (DMK parliamentary party leader), Praful Patel, MP (NCP), Sharad Yadav (Lok Tantrik Janata Dal president), Sanjay Singh, MP (AAP), Prof Manoj Kumar Jha, MP (RJD) had addressed a joint memorandum to the president of India on February 28, on the communal violence in Delhi. Below we publish the text of the memorandum.
IF one combines allocations for agriculture and allied activities, fertiliser subsidies, irrigation, rural development and land resources, one finds that the revised estimates(RE) for the current year is almost 25 thousand crore rupees less than what was originally budgeted for this year. In fact, the budget documents show that the REs for almost every scheme of the ministry of agriculture and farmers' welfare has been reduced in the current year, and that these cuts are maintained for the coming year.
BRINDA Karat, Member, Polit Bureau of CPI(M), on March 2, wrote a letter to the Delhi police commissioner, Srivastava , regarding displaying the names of the arrests made in Delhi since the communal riots began.
SHELTER is one of the most basic needs of human beings along with food and clothing. In the run up to the Kerala state assembly elections in 2016, the LDF had announced that we will undertake a comprehensive housing programme to do away with homelessness in the state. Subsequently, when we assumed office, most of the people who came to the CM's office raised the issue of housing. Homeless, landless, those with incomplete houses, those living on government poramboke and so on raised their concerns.
ON March 1, 2020 a national convention of the writers and cultural activists was held at Jantan Mantar, New Delhi against the CAA, NPR and NRC. Hundreds of poets, writers, cultural activists Hindi, Malyalam, Telgu and other languages participated in this convention.
ON March 1, district conference of CITU Jammu was held today in the auditorium of Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust, Jammu under the chairmanship of SP Kesar, senior leader of CITU.
Delegate from various unions like ASHA worker, construction worker, LIC, NHPC, railway, BRO, rehri-phari, and industry etc., participated in the conference.
At the call of Left Parties, people assembled at Raj Ghat in Delhi on February 28, appealing for peace and harmony in the city. The meeting was addressed by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat, CPI general secretary D Raja along with other leaders. They announced that cadres of the Left parties will do a door-to-door campaign appealing for peace and a committee will be formed in the colonies for the same.
THE agreement to bring peace to Afghanistan signed by the United States and the Taliban at Doha represents nothing but a unilateral retreat by the United States from Afghanistan. After invading Afghanistan and toppling the Taliban regime in October 2001, for 19 years, the United States and its NATO allies were engaged in the fruitless pursuit of subjugating the Taliban.
CHANGES in estimation methods have of late made statistics on the Indian economy increasingly bewildering; besides, whenever the statistics show the performance of the economy in a poor light, the BJP government simply suppresses them. Nothing however can suppress the fact that the Indian economy is sliding into a serious state of stagnation. The third quarter (October-December) GDP estimates which have just been released show a 4.7 per cent growth over the corresponding quarter last year, which comes on the heels of a 4.5 per cent growth in the second quarter.
THE communal violence has led to tragic loss of lives, extensive destruction of livelihoods, homes and property. The areas where the violence took place have a large population comprising unorganised workers, working class and lower middle class households of both communities. Thousands have become victims of the violence in different ways and suffering and distress are widespread. Urgent steps are required to provide relief, rehabilitation and legal aid for the distressed people.