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Stop the Hoax, says AIFWAH

THE All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers, in a statement issued on June 23, has strongly condemned the hoax by the ministry of women and child development and its minister Maneka Gandhi on the service conditions of 27 lakh anganwadi workers and helpers in the country. AIFAWH demanded that the minister apologise to the anganwadi workers and helpers for the continuous misinformation campaign.

Yechury writes to External Affairs Minister Over an OFBJP, Malaysia Poster

SITARAM Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary and a member of the consultative committee of the ministry of external affairs wrote a letter to Sushma Swaraj, minister of external affairs on June 8 regarding a poster released by the Overseas Friends of the BJP. The poster is regarding the observations of the International Day of Yoga on June 19, 2016. Yechury said that it is both surprising and objectionable that the poster declares that this event is being supported by the High Commission of India, ministry of external affairs, ministry of ayush and the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.

CPI(M) Condemns Suspension of Two Professors from HCU

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following press statement on June 15, 2016

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the suspension of two professors from the Hyderabad Central University on charges of supporting the students’ protest in the ongoing agitation in the university following the tragic suicide of Rohith Vemula.

Baseless Allegations over Tripura School Text Books

LEADER of the opposition in the Kerala assembly, Ramesh Chennithala, had written to the CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury pointing out to certain media reports that alleged that role played by national leaders like Gandhiji etc were removed from the school text books in Tripura. Yechury wrote a reply to Chennithala on June 9, 2016 saying that he has enquired from the CPI(M) Tripura state committee and asked for a response to the media reports and to Chennithala's letter.

Order Judicial Enquiry on Mathura Development

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 4, 2016.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its serious concern over the developments in Mathura that have so far led to the death of at least 24 people. The dead include two senior police officers and 22 people claiming to be militants of the Swadhin Bharat Subash Sena (SBSS). This SBSS claims to have over 2000 armed militants supposed adherents and true followers of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose.

Dadri: Check Communal Designs

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 8, 2016.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the nefarious designs of the BJP and the Hindutva communal forces who are once again seeking to raise communal tensions by utilising the so-called beef consumption in Bisara village in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. The killing of Mohammad Akhlaq and the attack on his family is now sought to be diverted to the issue of cow slaughter and beef consumption.

Indo-US Statement: Abandoning India’s Independent Position

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on June 9.THE 50-paragraph Indo-US Joint Statement issued during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the USA titled ‘The United States and  India: Enduring Global Partners in the 21st Century’ is a declaration that cements India’s role as a  strategic junior partner of US global strategic designs.The agreement covers almost the entire scope of bilateral relations as well as a global partnership declaring that India has abandoned its established independent foreign policy and has firmly tie

On Gazette Notification of Amendments to UGC Regulations

The Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party – have issued the following statement on June 6.WE appeal to the ministry of human resources development, government of India, to withdraw the notification of May 10, 2016, announced as the 3rd Amendment to the UGC Regulations. We perceive the withdrawal necessary in the interests of quality of teaching and research, as well as, equity between various social groups and classes.

'Stop Intimidation of Activists'

CERTAIN reports have appeared in a section of the media stating that the professors from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Delhi University who visited Bastar, Chhattisgarh are being harassed with copies of the false complaints registered against them being sent to the concerned universities. In this context, CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury had addressed a letter to chief minister Raman Singh on May 27, 2016 seeking his intervention.

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