PB Statements

Health Emergency: Immediate Measures

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 19, 2021:THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its grave concern at the devastation being caused by the surging pandemic in the country.In such a grave health emergency, it is incumbent upon the central government to at least do the following:Immediately marshal all public sector drug production facilities towards vaccine production.

US Should Lift Export Ban

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 17, 2021THE scaling up of vaccine production in India is being hampered by the shortage of the intermediate material required for vaccine production.Much of this material such as filters, solutions and plastic bags come from the United States. But the US administration has banned the export of vaccine material under its Defence Production Act.Despite requests by the Indian authorities, no relaxation or exemption has been given for export of these items.

Act Now

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 15, 2021:THE Covid pandemic continues to surge across the country uncontrollably. Immediate steps are required in order to contain the growing number of deaths and overcome shortages in health facilities.The central government cannot abstain from its responsibility by blaming the people for not following the protocol, or, shifting the blame on to the state governments.

Gyanvapi Mosque: Court Order Violates Law

CPI (M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 9THE order of a civil court in Varanasi for a survey of the Gyanvapi mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India to ascertain whether a temple existed at the spot is violative of the extant law in the matter.The Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act enjoins the maintenance of status quo in all such religious places of worship.The higher judiciary should immediately intervene to nullify the lower court order.

Assert Indian Sovereignty: Quit the Quad

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 10THE American Seventh Fleet warship’s intrusion into India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) waters off the coast of Lakshadweep is a gratuitous challenge to India’s sovereignty.The statement of the Seventh Fleet makes it clear that this operation was for “challenging India’s excessive maritime claims”.The United States is being blatantly hypocritical.  It has not signed the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas, of which India is a signatory, but claims it is acting as per international law.

Rafale Deal Enquiry a Must

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on April 6, 2021THE current revelation in a French media portal that one million euros were paid to a “middleman” in the deal to buy 36 Rafale jets has once again raised the issue of kickbacks and other illegal payments in the Rafale deal.  The report is based on an analysis of the Dassault company’s accounts of 2017.The dogged refusal by the Modi government to order a probe into the Rafale deal raises suspicion that it has something to hide in the matter.  The CAG audit report could not obviously look into the

Interest On Small Savings Must Not Be Reduced

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 1, 2021.THE finance minister’s retraction of the announcement made by the government yesterday of drastically  reducing interest rates on small saving schemes does not fool anybody.  It is clear that due to the ongoing assembly elections in five states this decision has been kept on hold.  This is similar to the dictate imposed by the government on oil retailers  to not hike the prices of petroleum products till the elections are over.Crores of people who invest i

1991 Places of Worship Act Should Remain

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 13IT is unfortunate that the Supreme Court has opened the way for a re-examination of the Places of Worship (Special Provision) Act, 1991. The Act mandates that the character of all religious places of worship should be maintained as it was on August 15, 1947, and no suit or proceedings shall lie in a court of law with respect to the character of places of worship.This effectively barred courts from entertaining cases which raise disputes over places of worship that existed as of August 15, 1947.

Condemn this Blatant Misuse of Central Agencies

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 6, 2021THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the Customs Authority’s attempt to falsely implicate Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, three other ministers and the speaker of the assembly of Kerala in an alleged dollar smuggling case.The customs have cited an affidavit by one of the accused, who is in judicial custody in the gold smuggling case, for this purpose.  The fact that this tutored statement was recorded some months ago and presented after the elections were announced shows the politic

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