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.Please find enclosed 10 letters addressed to the state authorities by CPI(M) candidate Fuad Halim in Diamond Harbour, Parliamentary Constituency(PC),  CPI(M) South 24 district committee secretary, Samik Lahiri and election

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. Now a web magazine has published an article showing the manner in which government infrastr

CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury has written to the chief election commissioner, Sunil Arora on April 22, regarding the violation of the ECI’s guidelines by the prime minister and against invoking the armed forces for electoral benefit by political parties. The Election Commission had issued clear guidelines on how matters of national security, actions of the Indian Armed Forces were not to be used as fodder for election speeches by the ruling party.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Nilotpal Basu,  has written to the chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India on April 16, regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on Sabarimala temple, in his election rallies, aiming at communal polarisation. Referring to an instance of flagrant violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, Basu pointed out that the atmosphere is being vitiated in the election campaign by importing polarising issues.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Nilotpal Basu has written to the chief election commissioner, Election Commission of India on April 4 regarding certain brazen violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by the leadership of the ruling BJP party and by the public funded broadcasters.He wrote that with these series of continuing violations and no significant deterrent from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on evidence so far, the confidence of the people over the holding of a free and fair poll is coming under a cloud.