Demonetisation: No Gain; Short Term & Long Time Pain

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressing a press meet on August 31, at AKG Bhavan in New Delhi has posed the following questions that demand answers.1. Who decided to demonetise? (Was it the PM?) Is that the reason why Raghuram Rajan was forced to go?2. More than 100 people died in queues, trying to get their ownhard-earned money due to PM’s announcement. Who is responsible? Why no compensation? Is there an FIR?3. Reportedly, more than 100 per cent of demonetised currency is coming back after Bhutanese, Nepalese and Coop Banks Currency is taken in.

Polit Bureau Communique: Growing Resistance and Struggles

CPI(M) Polit Bureau met in New Delhi on September 6-7. It has issued the following statement on September 7.DISMAL ECONOMIC SCENEAll the latest data coming in show that the economic slowdown has accelerated after demonetisation and the threat of recession is looming ahead. The estimated GDP growth in the quarter of the current financial year i.e., April to June is 5.7 per cent. The GDP growth rate has fallen four quarters in a row. The index of industrial production for this quarter shows a growth rate of only 1.8 per cent.

Haryana All-set to Hold AIKS All India Conference

PREPARATIONS are in full swing for successful holding of Kisan Sabha all India conference at Hisar in Haryana from October 3-6. Hisar will be hosting it for the second time while the last one it held was in 1992 when Comrades Jyoti Basu and Harkishan Singh Surjeet had addressed a huge kisan rally. This time around the venue is named after Com Harkisan Singh Surjeet who led several peasant struggles including the historical anti-betterment levy movement.

Condemn the Murder of Gauri Lankesh

CPI(M) Polit Bureau now in session in New Delhi issued the following statement on September 6THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the cold-blooded murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, outside her home in Bengaluru yesterday.This killing fits into a by-now familiar pattern of eliminating voices that dare to speak out against the current climate of hate and intolerance by the RSS/BJP. The killings of Govind Pansare, Dabholkar, Kalburgi and now Gauri Lankesh – are all interconnected.

Misuse of UAPA

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 1, 2017The Polit Bureau strongly opposes the use of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) to file charges against P Jayarajan, member of the Kerala state committee of the CPI(M) and secretary of the Kannur district committee.The UAPA is meant to deal with terrorist crimes. The CBI has invoked provisions under the UAPA to charge Jayarajan with conspiracy to commit a terrorist offence.

‘Kutil Niti’ of NITI Aayog

NITI Aayog was constituted by the BJP government immediately after it assumed power at the centre. This brought down the curtains on the Planning Commission. The intention behind the establishment of NITI Aayog has been very clear – deepening the neoliberal reforms. It has taken upon the task of international financial institutions like the World Bank, IMF to ensure the transfer of public assets to private players, reduce the role of government in welfare activities and confine the State to cater to the ruling class interests only.

‘Karnataka for Harmony’ Convention Held

KARNATAKA-wide 2500 kilometre human chain on January 30, 2018 is the clarion call given by the historic state-level convention on ‘Karnataka for Harmony’ held in Bangalore on September 5, for protecting communal harmony in the state and to confront communal forces out to destroy the harmony.

Theoretical Rearming – April 1917

IMMEDIATELY after alighting from the train in Petrograd station on April 3, 1917 Lenin addressed the thousands of workers who had gathered there to welcome him. He concluded his address with the rousing slogan, “Long Live the Socialist Revolution” and plunged into action from that instant.The immediate task undertaken by Lenin was to lay out a theoretical and practical map for the advancement of the revolution. It is in this background that he had written his famous ‘April Theses’.

Gauri Lankesh Murder: Attempt to Silence Anti-Hindutva Crusader

SENIOR journalist, editor of an independent progressive weekly Gauri Lankesh was killed at her house in Bangalore, by unidentified gunmen. She was a vocal critic of the RSS-BJP and has spoken regularly against rising intolerance, through her weekly and through activism. Ironically she was also one of the main persons in the campaign to arrest the killers of Dr M M Kalburgi. Dr M M Kalburgi was murdered two years back. Now just a few days into this two year old murder, Lankesh’s assassination in the same way is even more shocking.

India at 70: From Non-Alignment to Strategic Partnership

JAWAHARLAL Nehru, the architect of India's independent foreign policy, had prioritised non-alignment and the solidarity with the developing world as the main guiding force. The nation was guided by this policy till the late 1980's. This year also marks the 70th anniversary of the historic Asian Relation Conference (ARC) hosted by India. The conference chaired by Nehru marked the arrival of India on the world stage. It was attended by many leaders from Asian countries which were on the verge of gaining independence.

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