CPI(M)’s Note on the Draft Higher Education Commission of India Bill

THE CPI(M) has written a detailed note to the prime minister, with a copy marked to the HRD minister on July 25, on the proposed Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) Draft Bill.The NDA-II government has repeatedly targeted public-funded higher education and research in the last four years.

Current Parliament Session Must Enact Law against `Mob Lynching’

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 18, 2018THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the brutal attack on Swami Agnivesh in Pakur, Jharkhand. The guilty are identified as belonging to the BJP Yuva Morcha.

National Protest by Left Parties on July 24: Murder of Democracy in West Bengal and Tripura

AN open daylight murder of democracy is taking place in the states of West Bengal and Tripura. Human rights and political freedom have come under severe strain. This is increasingly being seen all across the country as, for example, in the brutal suppression of dalit protests as well as use of draconian laws against human rights activists.

MSP Hike: Fraudulent Claims

The CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 5.THE central government has made fraudulent claims that the announced hike in prices of the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy and other crops is fulfillment of the promise for implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations.

Bogus Status of Eminence

The CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 10.THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the move by the Modi government to accord ‘Institution of Eminence’ status to the Reliance Foundation’s Jio Institute.Some time back, the government had announced that twenty institutions, ten each of the public funded institutions and in the private sector, would be selected as institutions of eminence. A committee headed by former chief election commissioner N Gopalaswami was tasked to identify these institutions.

CPI(M) Welcomes Supreme Court Judgement

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 4A FIVE member constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by the chief justice has upheld the rights of the elected state governments and reversed the decision of the Delhi High Court which had held that the lieutenant governor was the “administrative head” of Delhi.

Stop Dismantling UGC Mindlessly

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements on June 30THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) firmly opposes the move by the present central government to replace University Grants Commission through proposed Higher Education Commission of India (repeal of University Grants Commission Act 2018). It is clear that the government is in a tearing hurry to push through the proposed legislation in the monsoon session of the parliament with only ten days earmarked for discussion and receiving feedbacks on the draft Bill. Despite using the re

Stop Misuse of LIC

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements on June 30THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong condemnation of this BJP government’s decision of asking the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) to bailout the worst NPA defaulter bank, the IDBI. LIC is the repository of people’s savings in the form of insurance policies. Using this capital to bailout the worst defaulter bank is tantamount to public loot of people’s savings. The names of the rich defaulters are kept as a secret by the Modi government.

Continuation of Violence and Terror by RSS/BJP in Tripura

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on July 1, 2018THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns, the murderous attacks unleashed by the RSS/BJP in Tripura in the name of “child lifters”. An 11 year old student was brutally murdered in West Tripura district on June 26. A minister of the BJP state government charged that both the kidneys of this child were removed for illegal human organ trade which spread panic and fear.

BJP Central Government Undermines Federalism

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, in a statement issued on June 17, has said that he is joining the protest rally to the prime minister’s residence on June 17, to express serious condemnation over the manner in which federalism, a fundamental feature of our constitution, is being undermined by this BJP central government.Utilising the office of the governors and Lt. Governors, the BJP central government is seeking to destabilise non-BJP democratically elected state governments. This is happening with the democratically elected governments in Delhi and in Puducherry.

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