CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 10THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) conveys its heartfelt condolences on the death of one of contemporary India’s creative minds, Girish Karnad.An exceptional writer, director, theatre personality and actor, he steadfastly upheld the commitment to social upliftment and secularism. His death is a big loss to modern India.The CPI(M) conveys its heartfelt condolences to his son Raghu Karnad and other members of his family.   

THE RSS and the sangh parivar are like an epiphyte on a tree; and just like the plant that has its roots in the tree, the RSS also draws its nutrients from the governance structure created by the BJP and it continues to nourish itself even when the BJP is not there. The roots once embedded are very strong. And this is what is being witnessed in MP.Madhya Pradesh is considered as a laboratory for the sangh parivar. The RSS has made strong inroads into the governance structure, right from officers to the lowest rung.

CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on June 10, welcomed the verdict by the Pathankot court which convicted six out of seven accused in connection with the Kathua gang-rape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl.The gruesome gangrape and murder is a crime committed by the enemies of humanity. Crime is a crime irrespective of criminal’s caste, colour and creed.

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.

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.