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.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 22.

THE BJP is levelling false allegations about violence by the CPIM) against BJP workers in Kerala. BJP workers have held a demonstration at the Central Committee office of the CPI(M) and indulged in vandalism.

The BJP leadership is adopting a hypocritical and dishonest position about what has actually happened in Kerala.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 19, 2016.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the murderous attacks launched by the RSS in various parts of Kerala following their miserable defeat in these elections.

In one such attacks, bombs were hurled at an LDF victory rally in Dharmadam constituency, which elected CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan, killing one CPI(M) worker and seriously injuring five others.

THE Supreme Court of India has held the central government accountable for the failure to put in place comprehensive steps in dealing with one of the worst droughts that the country is facing in recent memory. The Court also criticised the state governments of Bihar, Gujarat and Haryana for an “ostrich-like attitude” to drought-hit areas. The Court issued a series of directives to the central government and the states on tackling the drought as a disaster.

TWO letters were submitted to the Election Commission on May 2, 2016 by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with regard to various concerns about the assembly elections in West Bengal.The letters noted that there has been widespread appreciation both among the people and among the media for the manner in which the polls were conducted in the fifth phase on April 30. This is, however, despite some problems in few ACs like Behala (East) and Canning (East). But the post-poll violence continues unabated, even leading to fatalities.