CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 18AS the nation is trying to contain the spread of deadly Covid-19 virus, its adverse economic effects have already started impacting the livelihoods of vast sections of poor and marginal sections.

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau now in session in New Delhi has issued the following statement on March 14THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the hike in excise duty on petrol and diesel.Strangely, when international crude oil prices are falling sharply, the Narendra Modi government, as is its wont, has increased the excise duty on petrol and diesel. This is a criminal assault on people already suffering under economic recession.The special excise duty on petrol has been hiked by Rs 2 to Rs 8 per litre in case of petrol and to Rs 4 in case of diesel.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 6THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is outraged by the failure of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to discuss the ghastly communal violence in North East Delhi.The failure to discuss such a humongous tragedy with law and order under the charge of the union government is shameful. This has officially cost 53 lives so far and the numbers continue to grow.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 7, 2020THE collapse of Yes Bank has raised many disturbing questions about the functioning of private banks and the failure of the regulator, the Reserve Bank of India, to intervene in time.  The Yes Bank episode is the worst example of crony capitalism.  The record shows that the loan account of the bank increased spectacularly from Rs 55,633 crore in March 2014 to Rs 2,41,999 crore in March 2019.  The bank was saddled with huge loans given to corporates favoured by the ruling regime.  Some of these c

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 28THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong disapproval over the manner in which the central government, which is in-charge of the law and order situation in the capital, is dealing with the communal violence.The Polit Bureau takes particular note on the composition of the two special investigation teams for probing the communal violence.  Each one is led by officers of the rank of the deputy commissioner and both of them have played a questionable role in handling the Shaheen Bagh, JNU and Jamia violence earlier