BRINDA Karat, senior CPI(M) leader and former Rajya Sabha MP, has written to Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on August 6, demanding immediate intervention to halt the clearance granted by the Chhattisgarh Forest department to the Kente Extension Coal Project. The project, she warned, would lead to the destruction of 1,742 hectares of dense forest land in the Hasdeo Arand region.This project, which is part of the larger Hasdeo-Arand region coal project, was given to a Rajasthan government owned power utility.

NILOTPAL Basu, Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has written to the Chief Election Commissioner expressing strong opposition to the "Special Intensive Revision" of electoral rolls currently underway in Bihar. In a letter dated June 27, Basu raised serious concerns about the methodology and timing of the revision, warning that the process may lead to large-scale disenfranchisement and vitiate the pre-election atmosphere in the state.Referring to the Election Commission’s communication (Letter No. 23/2025-ERS Vol.

IN a letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 12, M A Baby, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), has called for the immediate convening of a special session of Parliament to address ceasefire developments and related national concerns.The letter was written in light of recent developments concerning the de-escalation of tensions and the announcement of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan. Baby noted that this announcement has brought a sense of relief to all sections of our nation, as well as to the peace-loving international community.

Prominent citizens of the country have written to the defence minister on July 30, regarding cancellation of licences and halt to grant of new licences to companies supplying military arms and equipment to Israel. Below we publish the text of the letter.WE are writing to you as concerned citizens, alarmed at the continued grant of export licences and permissions to various Indian companies, for the supply of military arms and munitions to Israel, since the war on Gaza began.

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable GingerRephraseRephrase with Ginger (Ctrl+Alt+E)Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), wrote a letter to Shri Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India, on 19th May 2024, regarding repeated violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by PM Modi and other BJP leaders. He also expressed concerns about the ECI’s silence on the series of complaints made regarding such violations.