CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has alleged that Indian media was gradually distancing itself from the reality of the country. Ruling classes have taken nearly total control of the media. Working class and its woes are rarely represented in the mainstream media. There was practically total silence about the all India strike by trade unions on last September 2; media did not even mention a word about the three-lakh strong rally in Delhi. Yechury lamented that farmer suicides and the present famine like conditions in 18 of the 29 states of the country did not make news.
GLOWING tributes were paid to Comrade Rattan Singh, veteran CPI(M) leader of Punjab who had expired on December 16, 2015 at Chandigarh, at a condolence meeting held at Derabasi on January 5, 2016.A large number of party members , leaders of other political parties from Punjab and hundreds of party sympathisers and people from surrounding villages participated in the condolence meeting . S Ramachandran Pillai, Polit Bureau member of CPI(M) specially reached Derabasi to pay tributes to the veteran leader.
THE All India Kisan Sabha has organised a condolence meeting on January 4, 2016 to pay tributes to Comrade Noorul Huda at the AIKS central office, in New Delhi. The meeting was presided over by S Ramachandran Pillai, vice president of AIKS. Hannan Mollah, general secretary of AIKS, Suneet Chopra, joint secretary of AIAWU, PMS Grewal, Delhi CPI(M), Swadesh Devroye, national secretary of CITU, Sivadasan, SFI president, Maimoona Mollah, AIDWA, Nathu Prasad, Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch spoke on the occasion remembering the contributions of Com Noorul Huda.
The following is the statement issued by the CITU on January 3:
THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions is extremely grieved at the sad demise of Comrade A B Bardhan, veteran leader of the working class movement in our country and a senior stalwart of the Indian communist movement. He passed away on January 2, 2016 after prolonged illness. He was ninety two year old.
THE Pathankot terrorist attack has come within four weeks of the announcement of the resumption of dialogue with Pakistan during the visit of Sushma Swaraj to Islamabad. Such an attack was anticipated by many observers on both sides of the border. The Modi visit to Lahore may have just speeded up the plan to attack.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on January 5.THE Polit Bureau strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Indian Air Force base at Pathankot. The ongoing operation to clear the terrorists from the base has entered the fourth day. Seven defence and security personnel have died fighting the terrorist squad. The Polit Bureau conveys its heartfelt condolences to the families of these brave men who have laid down their lives in the line of duty. The latest strike emanating from Pakistan has come in the aftermath of the
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on January 3, 2016.
THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its deep grief at the passing away of Comrade A B Bardhan, veteran leader of the Communist and working class movement of India.
Bardhan became a Communist as a young student while participating in the anti-imperialist student movement. As a trade union activist and as a leader of the All India Trade Union Congress, he made a significant contribution to organising the working class.
COMRADE A B Bardhan belonged to that generation of Communist leaders who came into the Communist party during the last decade of the struggle for independence. Bardhan joined the party in 1940 at the age of 15. The student movement during the anti-imperialist struggle and the post-war upsurge of mass struggles in the country shaped the political outlook of the young Bardhan. Like many young Communists in Bombay province at that time, he became an organiser of the working class after his militant role in the student movement.
THE CPI(M)’s Plenum on Organisation, as mandated by the 21st Congress, convened and completed its work “by the end of 2015”. It is a creditable achievement that the CPI(M) could successfully implement this mandate within a short period of eight months. Party Central Committee had decided on a fairly comprehensive and elaborate procedure and time table for the conduct of the Plenum. A detailed questionnaire was prepared by the Party centre to gather extensive information from the state committees regarding the current state of affairs of the Party organisation and the details of its funct
THE surprise victory of Mauricio Macri, a multimillionaire businessman in the presidential elections in Argentina on November 22, marks a comeback for the Right in the country's politics after a long gap. Macri won narrowly, getting just 51 percent of the votes polled. He will be taking over a highly polarised nation. All the same, the result is being viewed as not only a setback for Argentinians but also for the Left in the entire region. It is for the first time in 15 years that an incumbent Left wing government holding office has been defeated.
