Hold Repoll in Diamond Harbour

SITARAM Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) wrote a letter to Sunil Arora, CEC, Election Commission of India on May 21, on the irregularities in the polling for 21-Diamond Harbour, Parliamentary Constituency(PC) in West Bengal. Below we reproduce that letter:I am writing to you with regard to the reports of large-scale irregularities in the poll conducted on May 19, in 21-Diamond Harbour, Parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal. Enclosed (Annexure – 1) is a letter submitted by the CPI(M) candidate for the constituency, Fuad Halim to the Returning Officer, 21 Diamond Harbour PC, whi

Take Punitive Action for Lauding Gandhi’s Assassin

Hundreds of academicians, intellectuals, cultural activists and others have jointly issued the following statement on May 17WE are deeply shocked by the statement of Pragya Thakur, the BJP candidate for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, lauding Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, as a “desh bhakt”. This amounts to endorsing the murder of the Mahatma as an act of “desh bhakti” or patriotism. It is not enough for the BJP to distance itself from Thakur’s remarks, or to ask her to apologise.

On Election Results

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on May 23THE Indian electorate has given a decisive verdict in favour of the BJP and its allies.The CPI(M) has suffered a severe setback in these elections. We shall introspect the reasons for this and draw proper lessons for the future. The CPI(M) thanks all those people who have voted for its candidates. The PB salutes all those who worked in carrying forward the CPI(M)’s message in these elections to the people. There are very big challenges ahead regarding the defence of our secular democratic republic, t

Condemn and Reject BJP Candidate Hailing Godse as a Patriot

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on May 17THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the outrageous statement of BJP candidate from Bhopal parliamentary constituency, Pragya Singh Thakur, describing the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi Nathuram Godse: “was a patriot, is a patriot and will remain a patriot….” Pragya Thakur is a terror accused out on bail on medical grounds. Prime Minister Narendra Modi described her as “a symbol of India’s civilisational heritage”. By fielding her, the RSS-BJP were seeking to whip up communal polarisation and

Election CamPAYin

EVERY election is followed by an in-depth analysis of the way the elections were contested. The growth of right-wing forces in the period of continuing global economic crisis, has further increased the interest in studying the contributing factors. Apart from who voted for whom and why, analysis of various opinion polls, exit polls and their biases, electoral campaigns too are closely scrutinised to understand the issues raised, the target populace and the reasons behind concentrating only on those issues.

ANDHRA PRADESH: Rich Tributes Paid to P Sundarayya

DELIVERING the P Sundarayya Memorial Lecture on “Cultural Heritage of Left – Contemporary Context”, organised by the M B Vignana kendram on the occasion of the 34th death anniversary of Puchalapalli Sundarayya, founding member of the Communist Party in South India and leader of the Telangana Peoples’Armed Struggle, Prof. Vakulabharanam Ramakrishna said that the Left parties are needed to guide the country on the right path.

Political Parties Meet the ECI

ON May 21, 22 political parties met at Delhi, after the polling to the 17th Lok Sabha was over.

By Blacklisting Huawei, US Escalates Technological War on China

THE latest round of US measures targeting telecommunications giant Huawei is an escalation of its war against China in the field of technology. Huawei has been the subject of US measures earlier too.

Ensure accountability in Judiciary

Implement the POSH Act effectively in the complaint against CJI by SC ex employeeTHE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on May 16, has expressed serious concern at the recent developments and actions by the Supreme Court following the complaint by a former woman employee of the Supreme Court against the Chief Justice of India.CITU feels that the procedures required as per the POSH (Sexual Harassment at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 have not been followed in letter and spirit in the case.First of all, the highest forum of judic

FIFTY YEARS OF CITU: Class Unity and Class Struggle

IT was with this vision that the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) was founded in 1970, the yearlong Golden Jubilee celebrations of which will start on its Foundation Day this year – May 30. This vision was clearly spelt out in the constitution of CITU thus: ‘The CITU believes that the exploitation of the working class can be ended only by socialising all means of production, distribution and exchange and establishing a Socialist State.

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