COMRADE MOHD AMIN

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 12, 2018.THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) dips its banner in salute to veteran communist and trade union leader Comrade Mohd. Amin. Comrade Mohd. Amin died this afternoon. He was ninety years old. Mohd. Amin was born in Kolkata to poor parents who had migrated from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Concern over BJP’s Campaign for Tripura Polls

THE CPI(M) drew the attention of the Chief Election Commissioner to certain major corrupt practices which the BJP is indulging in, in the run-up to the Tripura assembly elections. The CPI(M) Tripura state committee has already brought this to the notice of the Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura and copies have been duly forwarded to the Commission.

Draft Political Resolution for 22nd Congress

Draft Political Resolution for 22nd Congress(Adopted at the Central Committee Meeting held on January 19-21, 2018 at Kolkata) THE period since the 21st Congress of our Party has seen a further consolidation of the political right in India.

Bubbles, Stocks and Crashes

WHAT is happening in the US economy provides an object lesson on the functioning of neo-liberal capitalism. Pre-first world war capitalism which had witnessed the long Victorian and Edwardian boom had relied on the colonial arrangement for the system’s dynamics.

CPI(M) Assam State Conference Calls for Building up Left-Democratic Alternative

THE three-day 22nd Assam state conference of the CPI(M) concluded at Silpagram in Guwahati on February 6, with a clarion call to intensify the struggle against neo-liberal economic policies and the politics of communal divide being pursued by the present ruling dispensation both at the centre and in the state, and to build up a Left-democratic alternative. The conference started with a huge public rally on February 4 at Sonaram H S School ground. More than 15,000 people belonging to different religious, linguistic and ethnic groups attended the rally.

CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh State Conference

CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh State Conference THE 25th state conference of the CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh state committee was held in Bhimavaram from February 10-12, 2018 in a spirited manner.Before the inaugural session of the conference, Party senior leader and former MLA, Rudraraju Satyanarayana Raju hoisted the Red flag in Simhadri Siva Reddy hall at Parsa Satyanarayana Nagar (conference venue) and all the delegates, observers paid homage to the martyrs.While delivering the presidential address on behalf of the reception committee, Party senior leader R Satyanarayana Raju reminded

Bhagwat’s Army

THE RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, has stated in a speech to RSS workers in Muzaffarpur that while the army takes six to seven months to train its soldiers, the RSS can get its cadres ready for battle in two to three days. This remark has drawn widespread condemnation with the main criticism being that the RSS chief had insulted the Indian army by claiming that the RSS can do a better job than the army in training soldiers. While this criticism is valid, the intent of these remarks is much more serious.

Vote Loot Again in Bengal: A Glimpse

IN West Bengal, the TMC has just won Uluberia Lok Sabha bye election and Noapara assembly bye election. In Uluberia, they have won with a margin of more than 4 lakhs. In Noapara, the difference is more than 63 thousand. It is being touted as a ‘big victory for the development policies of Mamata government’. Even a section of secular political forces are bewildered by these ‘huge’ margins.The fact remains that not even a semblance of free and fair voting took place in both the constituencies. Hundreds of armed TMC activists, even ‘voters’ were imported from different sections.

Tripura Left Front Manifesto: A Confident Declaration

THE ruling Left Front of Tripura released its Election Manifesto last week.

Union Budget Anti-People and Deceptive

VARIOUS mass and class organisations have denounced the union budget for 2018-19, placed in parliament by finance minister Arun Jaitley on February 1, as “anti-people, anti-worker and deceptive”. In the last full budget of the NDA government before the 2019 general elections, the finance minister resorted to lies and deceit through high rhetoric and overestimated projections.CITUThe Union Budget turned out to be a deceptive one, meticulously articulated to misguide and confuse the people.

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