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What is the CPI(M)s stand on the recent guidelines issued by the Supreme Court with respect to filing of cases under Section 498A of the CrPc?  Is it not a fact that this section is used to harass innocent men and their family members?   Ramchandra Pathak, LucknowIN the last decade of the 1970s, a parliamentary committee travelled around the country taking submissions about needed amendments to the laws regarding dowry abuse and rape.  After considerable thought and consultation, amendments to these laws were made and Section 498A was added to the Anti Dowry legislation.

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Q. What is the CPI(M)’s basic stand on GST?                                        Sarvartrik Brahma, KolkataTHE Central Committee of the CPI(M) in its meeting held from July 24 to 26, 2017 has adopted a resolution on Goods & Services Tax, which sets out its basic stand on GST. Earlier the Party had in a piecemeal fashion reacted to some aspects of GST particularly of how the GST would affect state governments and their rights.The Party has stated that the introduction of GST is part of the neo-liberal drive.

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Q: In the background of competitive communalism by the TMC and the BJP in West Bengal what is our approach to revive the Left? Can you explain?K Raju, TrichyA: The recent communal violence in Bashirhat in North 24 Parganas district is an example of the growing communal activities which are taking place in West Bengal. The BJP and RSS have been conducting communal activities through various organisations like the Hindu Jagran Manch, Hindu Sanhati Manch and so on. Communal clashes took place in Dhulagarh, Chandranagar and other places.

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Q: Prabhat Patnaik in his column in the Peoples’ Democracy (Vol. XLI No. 19) wrote: “As Trumpism, and the ultra-Right in general, comes a cropper, since it does not face the basic issue of the hegemony of finance, and as the Left acquires greater clarity on the need for delinking from globalisation in the event of the hegemony of finance continuing to persist, the bankruptcy of the “liberal bourgeois” position will drive more and more working people into supporting the Left.

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 Q.  High Court justice Karnan has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Supreme Court for contempt of court. Is this punishment justified? What is the stand of the CPI(M)?G Ramesh, Chennai Ans. Justice C S Karnan was a sitting judge of the Kolkata High Court. Earlier he had been serving as a judge in the Madras High Court since 2009. Throughout his career, Justice Karnan has behaved in an outrageous fashion violating all norms of higher judiciary.

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These days, when I view the electronic media and when I come across many of my fellow comrades, I get the impression that we have failed to impress the common people and raise their basic problems.   Have we become merely a force which reacts to developments?S BaruahThe issue you have raised has many aspects.Firstly, when it comes to the electronic media, which is mainly owned by corporates and business interests, the views and the activities of the Party are rarely covered.

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Q: The BJP government has announced a loan waiver for marginal and small farmers up to Rs One lakh.  What is the CPI(M) stand on waiver of farmers’ loans? Can it be justified for all farmers? S ManickamChennai CPI(M) views waiver of farmers’ loans as a necessary step in times of agrarian crisis, crop loss and loss of livelihood due to natural calamities like floods and droughts.

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Why is the CPI(M) so biased towards Muslims and Islamic fundamentalism, ignoring and criticising the sentiments of Hindus and their thousands year-old culture? Sagarneel Sinha, Kailashahar, Tripura The question itself reveals a biased opinion of how the CPI(M) views Hindus and Muslims and their respective religions.Let us take the issue step by step. Firstly, the CPI(M) is a party which is based on a philosophy which has no religious bearings. Marxism is a philosophy based on the materialist outlook.

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Q. As per the Party Programme what are the major contradictions at the present stage of the revolution and which is the main contradiction?Chandan Biswas, Burdwan, West BengalAns. The three main contradictions that exist in Indian society are:

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