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Girish Karnad, the Playwright against the Right

IT is both apt and reductive that two images dominate others as Girish Karnad is remembered on social media: one, with Gauri Lankesh, protesting the killing of Karnad’s fellow Dharwadian Prof M S Kalburgi; the other, wearing the MeTooUrbanNaxal placard, at the memorial to mark the first anniversary of Gauri Lankesh’s own killing. Over the past few years, Karnad was seen as one of the most consistent, fearless and principled defenders of freedom of speech, cultural diversity and democracy.

Condolence Resolution

CPI(M) Central Committee adopted the following condolence resolution at its meeting held on June 7-9, in New DelhiCondolence ResolutionJyotish SahaThe Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) pays tributes to the memory of Comrade Jyotish Saha, former member of the Tripura state committee of the Party and former chairman of the State Control Commission. He died on May 24, 2019 aged 85.Jyotish Saha came in touch with left student movement while in college. He joined the undivided CPI in 1953.

The Foreign Hand in Modi’s Re-election

PAKISTAN and China showered their respective bombs and benedictions on India in the midst of election season. The Pakistani establishment presented Pulwama on a platter for Modi to respond with Balakot air strikes. China filled Modi’s election kit by ensuring that Masood Azhar is placed in the international terrorist list.The twin external influences strengthened the sentiment across the country that Modi is a decisive leader who has made India stand tall in the comity of nations.

On Alarming Drought Situation

CPI(M) Central Committee held on June 7-9, 2019 in New Delhi adopted the following resolution on June 8THE Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), now in session at New Delhi, notes with grave concern that large parts of India have been reeling under severe drought conditions. According to Skymet (private weather monitoring agency) this is the second driest pre-monsoon season in the last 65 years. In 2012, cumulative rainfall deficiency had risen to 31 per cent.

CC Communique: CPI(M) Holds Preliminary Review of Lok Sabha Elections

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi on June 07-09, 2019.  It has issued the following statement:BJP VICTORYTHE verdict of the 17th Lok Sabha elections has given the BJP-led NDA a larger number of seats and a larger vote share than it had won in 2014.  This constitutes a decisive mandate in their favour.

West Bengal: CPI(M) Protests its Activists Murder

POST poll bloodbath continues in West Bengal as TMC and BJP gangs are fiercely trying to gain control over areas after changed equations in many districts. In this background CPI(M) activists and sympathisers are being targeted by both parties.On June 5, in Mathurapur town in West Bengal, a group of TMC goons entered the house of Raju Halder and hewed him to death. The attack was barbaric and his body parts were chopped off. His father Abdul Kahar Halder and four women of his family were also injured when they tried to stop the goons.

AP: AIKS Team Visits Severely Drought-Hit Ananthapuram

ON June 12, a team of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), visited the second most drought-hit district in the country after Jaisalmer in Rajasthan-Ananthapuram in Andhra Pradesh. Ananthapuram has been reeling under chronic and severe drought for over one decade. This district has seen thousands of farmer suicides in the last two decades and massive migration of lakhs of people due to lack of work, food and water.

AIDWA Welcomes Verdict in Kathua Case

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on June 11, has welcomed the judgement of the Pathankot sessions court which has convicted three main accused of rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir on January 10, 2018 to life imprisonment. Sanji Ram, one of the main convicted is the priest of the temple where the crime took place. He has been supported by the Hindu Ekta Manch which has the backing of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir.

AIDWA Welcomes Verdict in Kathua Case

THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on June 11, has welcomed the judgement of the Pathankot sessions court which has convicted three main accused of rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir on January 10, 2018 to life imprisonment. Sanji Ram, one of the main convicted is the priest of the temple where the crime took place. He has been supported by the Hindu Ekta Manch which has the backing of the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir.

Go to the people

A DISTURBING feature of the CPI(M)’s performance to the 17th Lok Sabha election is the continuing fall in the overall voting percentage of the Party. This is mainly due to the sharp drop in the vote share of the Party in West Bengal and Tripura and to a lesser extent in Kerala.We must take into account the fact that the loss of vote share in Tripura and West Bengal was also due to the violence and terror directed at the CPI(M) and its organisation and because of rigging and the prevention of its supporters from  voting in many places.

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