PB Statements

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

Condemn ED Action in Kerala

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 5THE Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) action of registering a case against the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) is a blatant misuse of the agency as a political tool by the BJP government at the centre.The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing a BJP election meeting in Kerala made unfounded allegations against the KIIFB and the LDF government.  Following this, the ED has taken this totally unwarranted action.The ED had registered a case of violation of FEMA norms and s

Stop this Persecution

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 15THE arrest of Disha Ravi, a climate activist from Bengaluru, by the Delhi police is an atrocious action which deserves to be condemned in the strongest terms.The 22 year-old activist has been charged with sedition and criminal conspiracy on the absurd grounds that she had forwarded a “tool-kit” in support of the farmers’ struggle.The paranoid Modi government has to forthwith end this persecution of young activists.  The charges against Disha Ravi should be withdrawn and she has to be released from

Withdraw Excise Duty Hikes on Petroleum Products

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 18THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly denounces yet another hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas.  These hikes in excise duties come at a time when international oil prices have fallen with the base price for petrol being Rs 47.12 in 2014 to Rs 29.34 in 2021, i.e., nearly 50 per cent. The main reason for these escalating prices is the unbridled hike in the excise duties by the central government, which today is 38 per cent of the cost of petrol.  The tax levied by the centre incr

Drop the Cases against Bhima Koregaon Accused

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 11THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands the dropping of cases against activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case and asks the Maharashtra government to set up an SIT to enquire into the developments exposed by the credible reports of international experts as to how evidence was manufactured and planted in the computer of one of the activists, Rona Wilson.A forensic lab in the United States has found that his computer was hacked and a malware was installed which planted incriminating mails in his

Yet Another Attack on Independent Media

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 10THE CPI(M) condemns the Enforcement Directorate raid on the offices of Newsclick, a digital news portal and the houses of its editors and the owner.The ED action is a blatant attempt to intimidate and suppress an independent news portal. Newsclick has been providing credible and wide coverage of the farmers protests.The central agencies are being used by the Modi government to harass and silence independent media.

Stop Privatisation of Vizag Steel Plant

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 9THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its strong opposition to the decision taken by the central government to privatise the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) by 100 per cent strategic disinvestment of its corporate entity, the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant was set up after a prolonged struggle by the people of Andhra Pradesh in which 32 people laid down their lives.

Union Budget 2021-22: A Colossal Betrayal of the People

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 1THE union budget 2021-22 is a betrayal of the people caught in the double crisis of pandemic and recession. It is a classic illustration of the Modi government’s unshakeable commitment to promoting the interests of a handful of big business houses at the expense of increasing distress and misery for the working people. This is reflected in the refusal of the government to increase public expenditure notwithstanding its bombastic claims.

Withdraw this Inhuman Blockade of Kisan Protests by Delhi Police

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 3THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the measures taken by the Delhi police to prevent the supply of water, food and other essential commodities sent by people of nearby states to reach the farmers who are in the midst of a heroic unprecedented protest demanding the repeal of the agri-laws.What is worse is that Delhi government, which is supplying water to the kisans, has been stopped from delivering the water tankers of the Delhi Jal Board.  This is a corporation directly under the De

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