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Proposed Changes in Contract Labour Rules Bypass Major Issues: CITU

CITU has opposed the proposed changes in the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules, saying the move bypass the major issues raised by central trade unions. In a letter to the Director General of Labour Welfare on April 11, CITU general secretary Tapan Sen said the move is not at all welcomed as it seeks to confuse as well as permanently sideline the major issues pertaining to contract labourers that are being raised by the entire trade union movement.

Kollam Tragedy

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 10, 2016.

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep shock and grief over the tragedy that occurred in a temple at Paravoor in Kollam district, Kerala. More than 100 people have died in the fire leaving behind a trail of injury and misery. All efforts must be made to mount rescue operations and provide proper medical relief, attention and rehabilitation to the victims.

The Polit Bureau conveys its deep condolences to the families of the victims.

No Bases for US Armed Forces

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 13, 2016.

THE Modi government has taken the dangerous step of deepening military collaboration with the United States by agreeing to allow US armed forces to use base facilities in Indian naval and air force bases.

Ensure Free & Fair Poll In West Bengal

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on April 12, 2016.THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is shocked by the manner in which the process of free and fair elections has been disrupted and undermined by miscreants backed by the ruling TMC in Bengal on the second day of polling,  that is April 11. The events of the second day of polling in West Bengal included attacks on the opposition, intimidation of voters through violence and denial of democratic rights to candidates by stopping their polling agents fr

CPI(M) Delegation to EC Demands Action against Mamata, Kolkata Police chief

A CPI(M) delegation to the Election Commission has demanded action against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her brazen attempts to undermine the constitutional authority of the poll panel and adequate deployment of central forces to ensure free and fair elections. The delegation, comprising general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Central Secretariat member Nilotpal Basu, met the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) twice in the first week of April.

CPI(M) Delegation Meets National Commission for Minorities Chairperson

IN connection with the assault on three Muslim students in Ramesh Enclave in Delhi, who faced violence and threats and were made to chant Mata ki Jai/Bharat Mata ki Jai slogans, a delegation of the Delhi state committee of CPI(M) met the three injured students on March 30. Dilkush, Naeem and Ajmal, all students in a local Madrassa in Ramesh Enclave, Delhi were assaulted by a gang of five men who coerced them to shout slogans like Mata ki Jai/Bharat Mata ki Jai. All three of them were badly beaten, one of them, Dilkush suffered serious fractures.

No FDI in E-Commerce Retail

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on March 30.

THE decision of the Modi government to allow 100 percent FDI in e-commerce retail is an outright surrender to the interests of big foreign e-commerce retail firms. This is clearly announced to appease foreign capital on the eve of PM Modi’s US visit. It is also a surrender to the pressures of the EU keeping in mind the ongoing Free Trade Agreement talks with EU and the prime minister’s visit to Brussels.

Uttarakhand: Assault on Democracy

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement March 28, 2016.

THE dismissal of the Harish Rawat government and the imposition of president’s rule in Uttarakhand is a shameless assault on democracy and a blatant violation of the constitutional norms. The fact that the central action has taken place a day before the chief minister was to test his majority on the floor of the assembly as asked by the governor, makes this +intervention patently illegal and unconstitutional.

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