CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat, urged union minister Ram Vilas Paswan to release the 54.3 million tonnes of food grain stock lying with the Food Corporation of India free to the poor through the Public Distribution System (PDS). In a letter written to the food and public distribution minister on April 19, she condemned the government’s move to sell the food grain stock to NGOs for relief work, at high prices during this crisis period.“The government has, as on April 7, 54.2 million tonnes of foodgrains in storage which is far above the required buffer stock.

The general secretary of CPI(M), Sitaram Yechury, has written a letter to the prime minister on March 23.  Below we publish the text of the letter.THE country and the people are in the midst of the grim battle against the spread of COVID-19.  In many states, a general lockdown is being enforced to stop the community spread of this lethal virus.During such lockdowns, it is imperative to scale up the testing of people particularly those with declared symptoms.  On this basis, specific areas that are vulnerable can be identified and a lockdown to be enforced in such a

BRINDA Karat, Member, Polit Bureau of CPI(M), on March 2, wrote a letter to the Delhi police commissioner, Srivastava , regarding displaying the names of the arrests made in Delhi since the communal riots began.Below we produce text of the letter:This is in connection with the arrests and detentions in connection with the communal violence which engulfed the north-east area of the capital. I have read in press reports about the 148 FIRs filed and the numbers of those arrested. I have visited many of the families of those killed as well as those injured.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Brinda Karat has addressed a letter to Prakash Javadekar, minister for environment, forest and climate change, government of India on the ongoing petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Forest Rights Act. The full text of the letter sent on September 13, 2019 is published below.THIS is to draw your attention to the ongoing petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Forest Rights Act.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Brinda Karat has written a letter to Hardeep Puri, minister for urban development, on August 16, demanding that the demolished Guru Ravidas temple is rebuilt and the samadhis are restored in their original place. Below we publish the text of the letter:is to draw your attention to the demolition of the Guru Ravidas Mandir and four samadhis in the “forest area” in Tughlaqabad extension on August 10.