Necessity of Electoral Reforms

RESULTS of recently held elections to the 16th Lok Sabha preceded by high decibel and most expensive campaign underline the dark side of largest democracy in the world. We may take note of few facts to understand the malaise in our electoral process. USE OFMONEY POWERThe pernicious influence of big money in derailing the democratic process was noticed by the Vohra committee.

WEST BENGAL: Police-TMC Nexus Led to Massacre in Parui

RECURRING clashes, murders and kangaroo courts have promoted Parui in Birbhum district to the headlines for a number of times in the last few years. On October 27, a clash in Makhra village in Parui has claimed three lives. The clash came as continuation of events starting from the recovery of 800 bombs from a Government Health Centre and attack on police personnel. The clash occurred as Trinamool Congress miscreants were mobilised to establish their domination in the village after erosion in their rank and file. The incident exposed the ‘peace’ settled in Bengal villages.

U-turn ki Sarkar

The CPI(M) has begun a campaign on Facebook www.facebook.com/cpimcc which is focussing on the U-turn of Modi Sarkar under the slogan "ab ki baar U-turn ki Sarkar". The campaign has started today and will run for ten days.

AIKS Condemns Brutal Attack on Its leaders by TMC Goons in Bengal

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has issued the following statement on October 18.

THE Paschim Banga Krishak Sabha has conducted an intense jatha campaign from October 15-19 in Bengal and reached out to the peasantry spread across over 38,000 villages with a ten-point demand charter and mobilised them in protest against the anti-peasant policies of the BJP-led central government and the TMC-led state government.

CPI(M) Leaders Meet Home Minister On J&K Flood Situation

A CPI(M) delegation consisting of Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member and leader of the CPI(M) group in Rajya Sabha and Mohd Yusuf Tarigami, Central Committee member and secretary of Jammu & Kashmir state committee of the CPI(M) and member of the legislative assembly of Jammu & Kashmir met the home minister of India on October 27, 2014 and discussed the issues contained in the memorandum submitted in order to provide greater and more meaningful relief for the people suffering as victims of this unprecedented natural disaster in the state of Jammu & Kashmir.

CPI(M), CPI Delegation Visits Riot-Hit Areas In Trilokpuri

A JOINT delegation of CPI(M) and CPI leaders visited Trilok Puri in East Delhi on October 28. They met the local residents of the area affected during the recent communal violence which started on the night of Diwali. Trilokpuri is a resettlement colony in East Delhi. Tension has been brewing here for more than a month on some pretext or the other. The last has been the Jagran, right opposite a mosque a little before Dussehra. This led to tension which turned into a riot on Diwali.

PM’s Hollow Claims on Bringing Back Black Money

ONE after another, all the election promises made by Prime Minister Modi during his whirlwind nationwide campaign, in a corporate jet, are turning out to be completely hollow – full of bluster and no substance. On earlier occasions, we had exposed the feature of this Modi government with regard to its so-called `economic miracles’, achhe din aanewale hain etc etc.

CC COMMUNIQUE: Mass Dharna on Dec 2 Against BJP Govt’s Moves to Subvert MGNREGA

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi from October 26 to 29, 2014. It has issued the following statement:

RESIST ATTACK
ON MGNREGA
The Modi government is taking steps to curtail and restrict the Rural Employment Guarantee Act. There is a proposal to restrict the implementation of the Act to 200 most backward districts in the country.

RSS Goons Kill DYFI Worker in Kasaragod

A DYFI worker has been brutally killed by RSS goons at Kumbala village in Kerala’s Kasaragod district. The incident took place around 5 pm on October 27 when 37-year-old Murali, a member of DYFI Shatipallam unit committee, was riding a motorbike, along with his friend Manjunath. The RSS goons, led by Sharat, stopped the motorcycle and stabbed him repeatedly to death. This was the second attempt on Murali’s life.Murali, a resident of Shantipallam in Kumbala, was attacked by the RSS goons near Apsara Mill area near Sithamgoli.

Shrameva Jayate: Demagogy and Deceit

THE present government at the centre seems to have mastered the art of demagogy and deceit. Words are not meant to be followed by deeds. They go in different directions.

The multi-coloured advertisements in the corporate dailies on the ‘Shrameva Jayate Karyakram’ organised by the government only confirms this impression. Named after one of the proponents of the Hindutva ideology, this programme had been put up as an important effort by the new government at the centre ‘for the working people in the country’.

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