Stop the Sale of India

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 24THE central government has officially announced the sale of India.The National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) released by the finance minister yesterday, details the loot of our national assets and infrastructure. This is an outright plunder of people’s wealth.Selling family silver to meet daily expenditure makes neither economic nor common sense.

On Afghanistan Situation

Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India have issued the following joint statement on August 18THE United States has suffered a humiliating defeat in Afghanistan. Twenty years after the toppling of the then Taliban regime, the Taliban are back in power.

BJP Government Must Answer: Who Authorised Illegal Surveillance of Indians?

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 19, 2021VERY concerning information has emerged on the government of India procuring the Pegasus spyware from an Israeli firm, NSO, the worldwide leader in cyber surveillance. NSO has categorically clarified that it deals only with “vetted” governments. These investigations reveal a large number of journalists and human rights activists have been targeted for hacking their smart phones for surveillance. Globally more than 50,000 instances concentrated in countries known to engage in surveillance of

USA Must Lift the Inhuman Criminal Blockade of Cuba

Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India have issued the following joint statement on July 13, 2021A SECTION of people of Cuba are demonstrating on problems created by the US economic blockade. The Cuban government and the Communist Party of Cuba have reached out to them.These demonstrations are backed by the US, which is trying to take advantage of severe economic problems that are caused by its own blockade and the pandemic. They are aimed to destabilise socialist Cuba.

Fix Accountability: Punish Those Responsible For Stan Swamy’s Death

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 5, 2021THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses intense grief at the death of Father Stan Swamy.The 84 year-old Jesuit priest and activist who championed the rights and causes of the adivasis in far flung areas of Jharkhand was jailed last October on trumped up charges under the draconian UAPA and was sought to be linked with the Bhima Koregaon case.He was denied treatment for his various ailments including the debilitating Parkinson’s.

Withdraw Retrograde Amendments to Cinematography Act

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 1THE proposed amendments to the Cinematography Act by the Modi government is an all-out assault on the creative talents of film makers and the constitutional right of freedom of expression. The central government wants to add a provision to give it the right to “revisionary powers” on account of violation of Section 5B (1) (principles for guidance in certifying films) of the Act. This is tantamount to withdrawing films already certified and closed.

On Compensation to Families of Covid Victims

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 21THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) rejects the central government’s understanding with regard to compensation to corona victims, as stipulated under the Disaster Management Act, which has been invoked by the central government to deal with the Covid pandemic. Under the provisions of this Act compensation to the victims of a disaster has to be paid.The argument that the distribution of ex-gratia payments will strain the finances of the government is specious.

Delhi High Court Verdict Most Welcome

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 15THE Delhi High Court order granting bail in the UAPA case connected to the north-east Delhi violence, for three detenues, is most welcome. It is a step towards undoing the gross injustice committed by the home ministry in manufacturing cases against activists protesting against the unconstitutional CAA.

Roll Back Petrol Price Hikes Control Prices of Essential Commodities & Drugs

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, All India Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation have issued a joint statement on June 13. Below we publish the statementALL INDIA PROTEST FORTNIGHT - JUNE 16-30Roll Back Petrol Price HikesControl Prices of Essential Commodities & DrugsMORE assaults on people’s livelihood are being mounted by this relentless rise in prices of all essential commodities.

Withdraw 25% Vaccines for Private Sector Launch Free, Universal, Mass Vaccination Drive

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 08, 2021THE Modi government has been forced to withdraw its faulty and disastrous “liberalised vaccine policy” in the face of strong opposition, pushback from states and Supreme Court’s criticism of it. It has had to accept the demand for free vaccines for all citizens.People will reject the condemnable effort by the prime minister, through his national broadcast, to level false charges against state governments and shift the responsibility to them.

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