EXPRESSING strong protest and condemnation of the actions of the Sikar police on August 28, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has written a letter to Ashok Gehlot, chief minister of Rajasthan on August 30.  In an unprecedented action, hordes of uniformed policemen illegally entered the office of the CPI(M), arrested former MLAs and CPI(M) leaders Amra Ram and Pema Ram and dragged out scores of others who were in the office. Subsequently, while Amra Ram was released, Pema Ram was taken into custody and had to apply for bail which was granted to him the following day in court.

BRINDA Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, has written letters to Amit Shah, minister for home affairs, and to the Delhi police seeking action against those who posted hateful content against certain communities, on YouTube, Whatsapp and other social media platforms.

Sharing internet links of the hateful posts, Brinda Karat in her letter to the home minister, said that a number of videos are circulating on the YouTube channel and in Whatsapp groups which are clearly designed to incite communal hatred, violence and acts of terror against one specific community by another community.

A CPI(M) delegation consisting of general secretary, Sitaram Yechury and Polit Bureau member Hannan Mollah met Sunil Arora, the Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commission of India, on May 18, and submitted a  memorandum.  We are reproducing the memorandum here:

We are writing to you to express deep apprehensions over the polling due to be held tomorrow in West Bengal.

SITARAM Yechury, general secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) has written to Sunil Arora, chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India on May 1, on the misuse of official machinery by the prime minister for electoral purposes.  Below we publish the text of the letter:

Across the country, there is a growing concern about the manner in which the Election Commission of India is dealing with the complaints regarding the gross violation of the model code of conduct by Narendra Modi. 

ON APRIL 22, a delegation led by Nilotpal Basu, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M), met the chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India(ECI) and submitted a memorandum pertaining to serious poll violations in West Bengal and Tripura.