The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on September 11, 2015.THE Polit Bureau denounces the growing instances of violation of the constitutional fundamental right of personal life, freedom and liberty of Indian citizens, by enforcing strictures on lifestyle and dietary habits of the people.This is an integral part of the RSS design to impose Hindutva values and create communal polarisation.The Maharashtra government has recently banned the consumption of bovine meat.

PROFESSOR M M Kalburgi, a renowned Kannada scholar and writer, was shot dead at his residence in Dharwad of Karnataka in the morning of August 30, sending shock waves across the state as well as the country. This is the first case of a writer/scholar being killed in Karnataka, and in all likelihood due to the fear of “adverse impact” of his scholarship on communal discourse in the state.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on September 2, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau congratulates the working class of India for the magnificent strike they organised today (September 2, 2015). The CPI(M) had extended full support to the strike and the joint demand charter of the ten central trade unions and national and state federations.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on August 27, 2015THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the Mamta Banerjee government, for the unprovoked, brutal police lathicharges, tear gassing and use of water cannons against the massive demonstration of kisans led by the Left Kisan organisations supported by 17 Left parties and all Left  mass organisations in Kolkata today. Around 200 demonstrators, including women, have been injured and many had to be hospitalised.