PB Statements

Nationwide Protest against Post-Poll Terror Unleashed by the BJP in Tripura

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 6, 2023THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the savage post-poll violence unleashed by the BJP against the CPI(M), Left Front and opposition party cadres.  As the results were being declared on March 2 and the BJP was inching towards a majority, an orgy of violence marking the daylight murder of democracy in Tripura was unleashed.  Unwilling to accept that it won a wafer thin majority losing over 10 per cent of its vote share and the coalition losing 11 of its sitting seats, the BJP is mou

Welcome Verdict of Supreme Court

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 2.IN a seminal verdict, the Supreme Court has ordered that the Election Commissioners should be appointed by the president of India on the advice of a committee consisting of the prime minister, leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha (or leader of the largest opposition party) and the chief justice of India.

Manish Sisodia’s Arrest Condemned

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 27THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the arrest of Manish Sisodia, deputy chief minister of Delhi, by the CBI. His arrest is part of the Modi government project to weaponise central investigative agencies to target opposition party leaders. In almost every state where the government is run by an opposition party, cases are filed against leaders, arrests are made so as to destabilise the governments being run by opposition parties.

Rollback LPG Cylinder Price Hike

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 01THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns yet another hike in the price of domestic LPG cylinder by Rs 50 from today. This hike burdens the people further when the prices of all food and essential commodities are rising relentlessly.With this hike, more people will dropout from using subsidiSed cooking gas cylinders as they simply cannot afford it. Already, over 10 per cent of those under Ujjwala Yojana have not taken any refill cylinders during the last year.

On Election Results in Tripura

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 2THOUGH the final results have not yet been declared, the BJP alliance is inching towards a narrow majority in the Tripura assembly of 60 MLAs, compared to the 44 seats the alliance had won in the previous election in 2018. Even this small majority has been acquired after spending unprecedented amounts of money and other malpractices. The CPI(M) greets all those who have voted for the Left Front and opposition candidates by rejecting the BJP.  The Polit Bureau congratulates the thousands of cadres and

BBC: Intimidating Media

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 14THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the searches conducted by the Income Tax department of the BBC offices in Delhi and Mumbai. This is a blatant attempt to intimidate and harass the television channel for having telecast the documentary, 'The Modi Question’.It is a standard tactic of the Modi government to intimidate the Indian media through raids conducted by the Income Tax department and other agencies.  This has now been extended to a foreign media enterprise operating in

Contractionary, Anti-People Budget

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 1THE Union Budget 2023-24 comes at a time when the Indian economy slowed down before the pandemic struck, worsened during the two pandemic years and the post pandemic recovery is adversely impacted by the global economic slowdown moving towards a possible recession. Under these circumstances this budget should have addressed the central issues of increasing people’s purchasing power with job generation and boosting the growth of domestic demand.This budget fails to meet this situation.

Polit Bureau Statements

Condemn RSS Chief’s Atrocious CommentsTHE RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s atrocious comments in an interview to RSS weeklies, constitutes an open and blatant challenge to the constitution of India, to equal rights of all citizens and to the rule of law. He has threatened the Muslim minority community that they will have to give up ideas of “supremacy” to remain safe.

Supreme Court Verdict on Demonetisation

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement January 2THE verdict of the five member constitution bench on the 2016 demonetisation cannot be interpreted as upholding this move.In the majority judgment, the Supreme Court has exclusively dealt with the legal right of the central government to take such a decision and that it does not violate Section 26(2) of RBI Act 1934. The dissenting opinion of one of the honourable judges maintained that this section of the RBI Act says that the RBI must recommend to the government to initiate demonetisation.

Damning Indictment

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 14THE new report released by an internationally reputed digital forensic analysis company (Arsenal Consulting) that fake documents later used as evidence of his “anti-national” activities were planted in the computer of Father Stan Swamy between the years 2017 to 2019. Father Stan was under surveillance from 2014. Forty files were placed in his computer during this period which he had never accessed according to the forensic report.

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