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Tripura: Left Front Sweeps TTAADC Village Committee Poll

DEFEATING the opportunistic and unholy alliance of all anti-Left political parties, the Left Front in Tripura maintained its dominance winning 520 of the 587 village committees of TTAADC. In terms of seats, Left Front won in 3,838 out of 4,597. Of these, CPI(M) won in 3,806 seats,  while CPI,  RSP and FB won in 12, 12 and 8 seats, respectively. The Left Front won in 88.59 per cent of village committees and in 83.5 per cent of seats. The polling was held on February 24.

Withdraw Sedition Case

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 29.THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns the registering of a case of sedition against Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M), and other leaders of opposition parties, in Hyderabad.

On Railway Budget

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 25, 2016DESPITE delivering probably the longest railway budget speech the budgetary proposals do not evoke any sense of well being in the Indian railways. Having hiked the passenger and freight charges several times prior to the budget, it was only natural that further hikes in the budget were not announced.

Reconsider Decision on Life Saving Drugs

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on March 3, 2016.THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep concern that 76 life saving drugs have been taken off the customs duties exemption list. This gazette notification by the government has made these drugs more expensive. These drugs include anti-cancer, anti-AIDS and drugs for haemophilia patients.The government’s reasoning is that this would protect the domestic drug companies.

Union Budget 2016-17

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 29, 2016.

IN the backdrop of global economic slowdown, the budget should have increased measures that enhance domestic demand. Instead it chose to continue with the same regressive policies that are contractionary. This would aggravate inequality, unemployment and further contract exports. It would lead to increasing distress in agriculture and the countryside, the collapse of industrial production, the slowdown in construction activities and many services.

Hate Speech of Minister

THE spectacle of a minister in the Modi government making a speech of communal incitement and violating his or her oath of office has become a regular feature. Even so, the latest instance of Ram Shankar Katheria, the minister of state in the human resource development ministry making a hate speech against Muslims in Agra has to be taken with the utmost seriousness.

What is at Stake in JNU?

THE issues thrown up by the BJP-RSS attack on JNU have acquired a national dimension. The JNU struggle has become the focus of a wider struggle in the country. The Modi government is aiding and abetting the BJP-RSS drive to impose the Hindutva ideology in all spheres of society. This drive is specially concentrated on the universities and institutions of higher education which are under the purview of the central government. It is here that the central government sponsored Hindutva experiment is sought to be undertaken.

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