Scheme Workers’ Strike for Basic Rights on Sept 24

THE Joint Platform of Scheme Workers, as part of their struggle for basic rights like job regularisation, minimum wages and social security etc, has given a call for one-day all India strike to be observed on September 24.Scheme workers are workers of various schemes of the government of India, such as the ASHAs, Anganwadi workers and helpers, mid-day meal workers, National Health Mission workers, and such other government schemes.

Protests across the Country against Attacks in Tripura

DELHITHE Delhi state committee of the CPI(M) organised a protest demonstration on September 10 at Jantar Mantar against the attack on CPI(M) offices in Tripura by the RSS-BJP. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau member Prakash Karat and CPI national secretary D Raja addressed the meeting which was held thereafter.

Farmers Triumph over Haryana BJP-JJP Govt at Karnal

IT was a famous victory.

Kerala: Massive Protests throughout the State

LAKHS of people of Kerala participated in huge protests against the anti-people policies of the Modi government on September 9. Observing the Covid protocol, CPI(M) activists in the state gathered before the central government offices to register their protest. The protests were held as a part of the CPI(M) central call to launch a nationwide campaign against the anti-people policies.CPI(M) activists and sympathisers held placards against the farm laws, and raised slogans against the sell-off of the profit-making public-sector units.

Stop the Attacks and Violence in Tripura

Below we publish the text of the press note released at the press conference held by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Polit Bureau member, Manik Sarkar at CPI(M) headquarters, AKG Bhavan in New Delhi, on September 14.THE BJP in Tripura backed by the state government has unleashed a reign of terror and intimidation against all activities of the opposition in Tripura focusing their anger and frustration against the CPI(M) and the Left Front. It has also attacked media houses who report the truth.

New Oil Palm Mission: Unscientific, Misconceived and Over-Estimated

THE union government recently approved a new, poorly conceived Rs11,040 crore National Mission on Edible Oils-Oil Palm (NMEO-OP) with an ecologically damaging focus on oil palm plantations in the North-East and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, presumably due to the favourable rainfall and temperature conditions in these regions.

Comrade Gautam Das

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 16THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its deep shock and grief at the sudden death of Gautam Das, member of its Central Committee and secretary of the Tripura state committee of the Party. He died this morning at a Kolkata hospital where he was undergoing treatment for Covid. He was 70 years old.Right from his school days, Gautam Das was active in politics as part of the student movement in the state. Even while in college he joined the Party’s weekly Desharkatha.

MANIK SARKAR INTERVIEW: Terror is Not the Last Word

Below we publish the extracts of the interview given by CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former chief minister of Tripura, Manik Sarkar to G Mamatha, People’s Democracy correspondent, in New Delhi on September 13. 1. Why were there widespread attacks on CPI(M) offices and on the houses of the cadre, on September 8. Why did this happen. What is the background?On 6th September, there was a programme in Kathalia block in Sonamura subdivision – a mass deputation to the block development officer of Kathalia block.

‘Vizag Steel is not Modi’s Ancestral Property’

On September 15, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Brinda Karat, visited the relay hunger strike pandal organised by the Visakha Ukku Parirakshna Porata committee at Kurmannapalem Junction against the sale of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant by Modi government.At the outset, she congratulated the united struggle of the steel employees, officers and contract workers which is continuing for the last 216 days. She said this struggle is for protecting the national assets.

AP: Oppose BJP Rule, Save India

IN the garb of privatisation and monetisation, the BJP government is handing over national wealth like the railways, roads, gas pipelines, BSNL, oil companies, power sector, airports, ports, warehouses and stadia to corporate bodies at throwaway prices, said BV Raghavulu, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member.Addressing a public meeting in Vijayawada on September 14, he said that Modi’s misrule had crippled the country’s economy and the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic had worsened the situation.

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