Polit Bureau Communique

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met in New Delhi on March 16 and 17, 2018. It has issued the following statement:MAHARASHTRA KISAN STRUGGLEThe Polit Bureau congratulated the kisans of Maharashtra for the success that they achieved in their struggle for the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, remunerative prices and pension; loan waiver for the indebted farmers etc.The long march of the kisans under the leadership of the All India Kisan Sabha that began from Nashik on March 6 and culminated in Mumbai on March 12 was a huge success.

MAHARASHTRA: Govt Agrees to Implement Decisions on Kisan Sabha Demands

Below we publish the agreement reached between the government of Maharashtra and the Maharashtra Rajya Kisan Sabha on March 12, 2018 in the talks held with the chief minister at the conclusion of the long march. This agreement was tabled in the state assembly by the chief minister on March 13, 2018.

KARNATAKA: CPI(M) Holds Political Convention in Bagepalli

BAGEPALLI town was painted Red. Everywhere, one could see red flags. A huge rally of over 25,000 people moved across the streets and marched to the Stadium ground where the political convention was held, as a part of preparations for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections.

NEGATION OF DEMOCRATIC ETHOS IN THE CAMPUS: Former Teachers of JNU Express Concern

IN a statement issued on March 20, former teachers of JNU expressed dismay at the turn of events in the university since the present vice-chancellor has assumed office.

AIDWA Holds Multifarious Programmes on International Women’s Day

INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day on March 8, 2018 was organised in 22 states in the country. Thousands of women participated in all these programmes.

Trump’s Protectionism

ON March 8, Donald Trump made an announcement which according to many has the potential of starting a global trade war. He announced that the US would be raising tariffs on imported steel by 25 per cent and tariffs on imported aluminium by 10 per cent.Now, the WTO allows tariffs under certain circumstances, against, for instance, some country that is “unfairly” subsidising its exports, or is dumping its goods, which means charging higher prices on the domestic market for the same goods that are sold cheap in the export market.

DSMM Demands Filing of Review Petition on Supreme Court Order

Dilution of SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities ActDSMM Demands Filing of Review Petition on Supreme Court Order The National Executive committee Meeting of the Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (DSMM) has issued the following statement on March 21.THE national executive committee of the Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (DSMM) expressed its grave concern over the judgement given by Supreme Court with regard to the enforcement of the Prevention of Atrocities Act (POA Act). The SC has considerably diluted the stringent provisions of the implementation of the Act.

Left Parties Protest against Attacks in Tripura

THE Delhi state units of the Left parties – CPI(M), CPI, AIFB, RSP, CPI(M-L) Liberation, SUCI (C) and CGPI held a demonstration at Sansad Marg on March 9 to protest against the unprecedented attacks on Left cadres and supporters in Tripura by the RSS-BJP following the recent assembly polls in the state.Addressing the protestors, Prakash Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) said that these attacks were aimed at browbeating the Left parties and their supporters in Tripura. They constitute a heinous attack on democracy.

CPI(M) Haryana State Conference Held

THE 15th Haryana state conference of the CPI(M) was held in Tohana in Fatehabad from March 11 to March 13. The conference gave a call for waging fierce struggles on various people’s issues and strengthen the party organissation.Public MeetingThe conference began with a public meeting, Jan Adhikar Rally, at Tohana Grain Market. It was presided over by CPI(M) state secretariat members Inderjit Singh and Shakuntala Jakhar. The stage was named after Prithvi Singh, the popular Communist leader of Haryana from Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district.

Bahujan Left Front for Alternative Values

THE responses and protests against the murders of Madhukar in Manthani and Naresh and Swathi in Yadadri-Bhongir (district) in Telangana have provided two different experiences. There was a wide response on the murder of Naresh and Swathi. People from Hyderabad and other places responded to this incident in a big way. The murder of Madhukar was also sensational but it did not evoke a wide response. These two are caste related murders. But protests were not the same.

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