Jharkhand Bandh on May 14

A MEETING of Left Parties of Jharkhand held on May 7, decided to observe a statewide bandh on May 14, to protest against series of communal incidents throughout the state, anti-workers amendments to the labour laws, amendment to the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act and Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, anti-people local residential policies, forcible acquisition of land, attack on trade union and democratic rights and deteriorating law and order situation in the state.The meeting was presided by GK Bakshi, state secretary of CPI(M) and attended by K D Singh, state secretary of CPI, Prakash Viplav, stat

Increasing Communal Violence in Jharkhand

JHARKHAND has recorded highest number of communal conflicts during last year. After Jamshedpur violence in July 2015, again Jharkhand simmered with tension on October 24, 2015. Communal violence occurred in Hazaribagh, Palamu and Latehar districts.Violence and vandalism are also reported from Chhatarpur (Palamu district) and Latehar which started on October 23 and spilled over the next day. People from both the communities were injured.The latest communal clashes sparked off during Dusshera and Muharrum festivals which coincided this year.

AIDWA Protest March in Ranchi Against Anti-Women Policies of Modi Govt

A PROTEST march was organised in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on July 25 by the AIDWA state committee against the anti-people and anti-women policies of the Modi government. Later, a delegation met the Governor and submitted a memorandum containing an 18-point charter of demands.

Anti-People Policies: Left Parties Plan Demonstrations across Jharkhand

SIX Left parties in Jharkhand have decided to stage protest demonstrations before the Governor House’s in Ranchi and at all district headquarters on July 20 on the issues affecting the people of the state including spiralling price rise, delay and non-supply of text books in government schools and privatisation of public health services.At a meeting in Ranchi on July 6, leaders of the six parties -- CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC), RSP and SUCI(C) -- took serious note of the high-level corruption in BJP governments in various states as well as at the Centre.

CPI(M) Welcomes Appointment of First Tribal Woman Governor in Jharkhand

CPI(M) has welcomed the appointment of Draupadi Murmu as the Governor of Jharkhand. Murmu is the first tribal woman to hold the post. Greeting Murmu on her appointment, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat said the state’s tribal population will be looking forward to the crucial role of the new Governor with great expectations at a time when the Modi government at the Centre is introducing a series of draconian laws including the Land Acquisition Bill and the Mining Act, unleashing a ruthless attack on the rights of tribal people.

CPI(M) Condemns Political Violence in Silli Constituency

THE Jharkhand state secretariat of the CPI(M) has, in a statement issued on December 29, strongly condemned the killing of two adivasi youth and wounding of another person by AJSU backed miscreants in Rahe Block of Silli assembly constituency in Ranchi district.

Curb Use of Money, Muscle Power in Jharkhand Polls: CPI(M) to EC

A CPI(M) delegation from Jharkhand submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission on November 12, requesting the poll panel to ensure strict measures to curb the use of money and muscle power in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

CPI(M) Team Meets CEC

ON March 30, a delegation of the CPI(M)’s Jharkhand state committee, led by its secretary G K Baksi, met the chief election commissioner V S Sampat, at the Administrative Training Institute at Ranchi. It was part of the series of meetings scheduled by the commission to meet the representatives of different political parties independently.
The memorandum submitted by the CPI(M) delegation invited attention of the commission and asked for its intervention on the following issues.

Steps Needed to End Backwardness amid Abundant Resources

ON January 10, 2014, Gopi Kant Baksi, secretary of the Jharkhand state committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), sent a memorandum to the chairman of the 14th Finance Commission when he was camping in Ranchi, the state capital.

Adivasi Adhikar Manch Holds State Convention

THE Adivasi Adhikar Manch organised a state level convention at Dumka in Jharkhand on November 24, 2013 at Shahid Siddhu-Kanhu Nagar, while the stage was rechristened as the Birsa Munda Manch. The convention was filled with zeal to unify the tribals against the various fundamentalist and opportunist groups that are trying to drive a wedge between tribals on religious grounds, i.e. between the Christians and the followers of the Sarna cult.

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