CITIZENS of Delhi on July 28, from all walks of life, have in a letter to chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal demanded an independent probe under a retired judge into the communal violence in Delhi. The totally one sided and politically motivated reports of the Delhi police regarding the communal violence is also in sharp contrast to the report and recommendations of the Delhi Minority Commission. This makes the setting up of such a probe all the more urgent.

RAJASTHAN state secretariat of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has termed the disgusting tactics of the BJP, which are constantly being adopted for conspiring to demolish the democratically elected state-government in the state, against the Constitution of India and killing democracy.The state secretary of the party, Amaram, issued a press statement on July 24 saying that for the past several days, the BJP has been continuously ignoring all democratic norms.

PLACING the Central Committee decisions in a press conference held on July 27 , Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) said that on the 16 demands of the people of the country a week long campaign and protests will be organised throughout the country by the Party units from August 20-26. He said, owing to the pandemic the CC meeting was held online.The CC has castigated the central government for mismanaging the Covid 19 pandemic. The BJP, instead of fighting it out at the inception was keener to settle scores in Delhi and then topple the government in Madhya Pradesh.

THE formation of the communist government in Kerala on April 5, 1957 was hailed in India and throughout the world as a new experiment. Before this, the Communist Party had never won a free and fair election in any part of the world. The Communist Party won 65 seats in the then legislative assembly of 127 and emerged as the single largest party in the first elections held for the newly formed Kerala state. It secured more than 50 per cent of the votes in 34 constituencies and between 48 and 50 per cent votes in 8 constituencies.

ON July 29, Nilotpal Basu, Polit Bureau member of CPI(M), had written a letter to the Election Commission of India expressing CPI(M)’s views in response to their letter dated July 17, 2020 seeking opinions on the modalities to be followed for holding elections to Bihar assembly.“Taking into account the conditions imposed by the pandemic and the safety requirements, according the highest priority to the safety of people’s lives, we want the Election Commission to ensure conditions that permit elections to be held on the basis of physical participation of the voters and the political parties.