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Q A Marxist party is supposed to be opposed to religion but in Loklahar's issue in hand (and also in People's Democracy) I have found news reports of "Roza Iftar" organised and 'Eid Celebrated in Sriram Colony'. You had also brought out an issue on "Babri Masjid". But in Dipawali issue, I saw call for class struggle. Is Marxist party's opposition to religion is limited only to Hindu rituals and Brahmanical norms?                                                                   Bhavesh MaroliaSadulpur, Rajasthan THERE are two issues involved in your question.

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Q The common criticism about the Communists is that they have ignored the reality of caste in India and harp only on the class factor. How does the CPI(M) view the question of caste and what is its role in fighting caste oppression?

R Ramachandran, Coimbatore

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Why is the CPI(M) opposed to the RTI (Right to Information) Act being made applicable to it?  The Central Information Commission has ruled that political parties should be brought under the purview of the Act yet the political parties are refusing to accept the decision? S Kameswari, Hyderabad THE CPI(M) fully supported the passage of the RTI Act at the time of the UPA-1 government.  The Party strongly believes that the public has a right to know about the details regarding decisions taken and expenditure made by the central and state governments and all State institutions

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Q  Why are the Left parties fighting the Bihar elections alone?  Is it not the need of the hour to build a broader secular unity to fight BJP in Bihar? Hemanandan, Lucknow A  THE CPI(M) is very conscious of the need to fight the BJP in Bihar and everywhere in the country.  This is essential for the defence of secularism and democratic institutions.

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 Is it correct that the amended version of the para 7.17 of the Party Programme wherein you have proposed to join a government at the centre as well, is the result of the Party’s acknowledgement of its mistake in not joining the central government, under the leadership of Comrade Jyoti Basu?

Is it quite natural as we knew from the writing of a senior comrade that it was the word `states’ as the suffix of government that had debarred the Central Committee from joining the central government.

Please confirm if my presumptions are correct.

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Ø       DURING our 34 years of rule, Bengal was in the forefront of rice production.  There were no communal riots.  There were regular local body elections and we were the model for all other states in the field of land reforms.

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What is the CPI(M)’s stand on death penalty?
Ramesh Kumar, Delhi
I wish to know our Party's stand on MIM leader's comment that death penalty was given to Yakub Memon due to his religion. I feel proud that our Party is against any capital punishment.
Chittaranjan Das, Jamshedpur

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