THE Delhi State Committee of CPI(M), in a statement issued on June 1 noted that the Modi government has decided to appoint former Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi as a member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which is a constitutional post with a term of five years. Bassi was directly involved in the police action on the JNU students in February and later on was also seen giving unsubstantiated statements claiming JNU to be a den of anti-national activities.

THOUSANDS marched in Delhi on the national call of ‘People’s March to Save Democracy’ by various student organisations. JNUSU has also given a call to join this march. This march saw the convergence of people’s anger against the RSS’ assault on the educational institutions across the country and this was evident in the demands raised as well.

THE CPI(M) Delhi state committee had organised two dharnas on February 5, in support of the ongoing strike of MCD employees. Hundreds of activists participated in these dharnas that were held at Civic Centre (headquarters of North & South MCD) and headquarters of the East MCD at Patpargunj.

A SEVEN member delegation of CPI(M), Delhi state committee, led by Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat met the lieutenant governor of Delhi on January 14. The delegation comprising Delhi secretary KM Tiwari, South District secretary Jagdish Chand Sharma, Pappu Bhardwaj, Farooq Khan, Swaran Singh and Nanu Prasad raised issues related to Badarpur region. These include removing the stay on declaring Mithapur and Jaitpur wards as ‘F’ zone instead of the ‘O’ zone of Delhi’s Master Plan. The delegation urged upon the LG to reverse this decision.

A CPI(M) delegation met the chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal on October 21 and discussed some immediate and urgent issues. The delegation led by Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member,  comprised of state secretary KM Tiwari, and secretariat members Asha Sharma, Anurag Saxena, Ravindranathan, Neelgagan Singh and Maya.