‘Scuttle NPR Process to Thwart BJP Game Plan’

THE Narendra Modi government has planned a ‘trishul’ attack against the constitution. The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register and National Register of Citizens are the three points of this trishul. All three are interconnected and a single package. These cannot be separated, warned CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat while addressing a seminar organised by the Tamil Nadu Platform for People's Unity in Chennai on December 26.

Protest Demonstrations Continue across the Country against Citizenship (Amendment) Act

TAMIL NADU
AS waves of protest arose in the country against the draconian Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) over the past week, Secular Democratic Front (SDF) led by the DMK had organised a rally in Chennai to join the cause and to expose the subservient role of the ruling AIADMK to the BJP in the centre, which has supported the Act.

Week-Long Protest Programme – Jan 1-7, 2020

The Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party – have issued the following statement on December 26, 2019

• Against the assault on our Constitution: CAA/NRC/NPR

UP: Oppressive and killer Yogi raj

OPPRESSION and killing innocent people has become a gauntlet of Yogi rule in UP. On the one hand rapists, rioters and murderers aligned to the BJP are allowed to roam scot-free, on the other, tremendous repression is mounted on the dalits, backwards, women and especially the Muslim minority in the state of UP. There is no limit to the hate against the Muslims and the protesters who were protesting against the CAA and the proposed NRC.

Demonetisation and the Question of Bank Credit

THE demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denomination in November 2016 suddenly brought a large amount of cash to the coffers of the banks. Since the banks had to pay interest on the deposits that the public was forced to make with them, they also had to use this cash in a manner that would earn them some income; otherwise its lying idle in their tills would erode their profitability. How the banks used this excess liquidity that had suddenly accrued to them is highly instructive.

CPI(M) Calls Upon Members to fight rising fascism in India

CPI(M) state committee of Telangana held a two-day plenum at Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Hyderabad on December 3-4. Senior leader of the Party, Sarampally Mallareddy hoisted the red flag. Nearly 575 delegates attended the plenum from 34 districts and took part in the discussions. The plenum passed four resolutions – on women’s security, religious fanaticism, RTC strike and January 8 general strike, state government’s undemocratic policies and other issues.

Unconstitutional Outburst by Army Chief

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 26

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has unequivocally condemned the statement made by the army chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat. The general has directly indulged in condemning the student protestors who have been opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the move towards creating the National Register for Citizens across the country.

Modi’s Delhi Speech: A Bundle of Untruths

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 23

CLEARLY rattled by the intensity of popular protests across the country against the CAA/NRC/NPR and the declaration by at least ten chief ministers that they will not implement the NRC, PM Modi unleashed yesterday at Delhi a bundle of untruths aimed at misleading the people.

Lie No. 1: He said: “I want to tell the 130 crore citizens of India that since my government has come to power, since 2014, there has been no discussion on NRC anywhere….”

Immediately Withdraw NRC/NPR

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 21

THE government of India must immediately announce the withdrawal of the NRC/NPR process.

Ten state chief ministers, outside of the north eastern states, have already opposed the implementation of the NRC in their states. More are likely to follow. In this situation, the central government’s obduracy is not acceptable.

CMs Opposing NRC Must Stop NPR in their States

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 24

THE union cabinet today decided to update the National Population Register (NPR) with a financial sanction of Rs 8,500 crores. The NPR exercise will require people to declare date and place of birth of parents along with furnishing data on 21 additional points. Most of the data being collected now was not collected in the last NPR exercise in 2010.

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