Current Affairs

Illegal Surveillance in Gujarat

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement on November 16, 2013.
THE release of tape recorded conversations between top Narendra Modi aide and BJP leader, Amit Shah, and a senior police officer who was then superintendent of the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad regarding the illegal surveillance mounted against a young woman on the orders of “saheb” raises serious questions once again about the state of civil liberties in Gujarat.

‘Criminalisation of Tribal Livelihood is Reprehensible’

Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, met the Union Minister for Tribal Affairs, Kishore Chandra Deo on November7, 2013 and brought to his attention the illegal actions of the Andhra Pradesh government and the Forest Department which were in violation of the Forests Rights Act.

The minister expressed shock and assured that he will take immediate action.

Below is the full text of the letter:

CPI(M) Note to GoM on Telangana

Telangana

CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh state secretary B V Raghavulu and its MLA, J Ranga Reddy met with the Group of Ministers (GoM) formed for the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh and formation of new state of Telangana.
In this meeting held in North Block, New Delhi on 13th November, 2013, the CPI(M) leaders reiterated the Party’s stand that the state of Andhra Pradesh must be kept united. They also submitted a note on measures to be taken for development of backward regions and districts.

Below we give full text of the note submitted to the GoM:

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