West Bengal Left Front will Observe 72 hours Sit-in Demonstration

THE Left Front will hold sit-in demonstrations from June 25-27 protesting the terror against the Left Front activists unleashed by the goons backed by the ruling party and attack on democratic rights as well as the livelihood of the common people of the state. The programme will highlight unprecedented attacks on democratic and constitutional rights of the people in the state.

A Horror Story from Garbeta

WEST BENGAL witnessed another cruel version of terror, perpetrated jointly by the Trinamul Congress and the state police. The murder of CPI(M) activist Saidul Bhuian and the aftermath resembles a horror story.
Saidul Bhuian of Tildanga Aima Damodarpur in Garbeta in West Midnapore was forced to leave his home three years back when the TMC came to power in the state. Hundreds of families in Garbeta and adjoining areas faced the same fate. His family was also forced to stay in Midnapore town in a terrible situation.

West Bengal State Committee Reviews Election Results

THE CPI(M) West Bengal state committee has thoroughly reviewed the election results in its two day meeting on June 2-3. CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat, along with Polit Bureau members Sitaram Yechury and Manik Sarkar were present in the meeting.

Defend the Party, Left in West Bengal

THE brutal violence against the CPI(M) and the Left Front in West Bengal is continuing after the Lok Sabha elections. For about fifteen days after the polling ended on May 12, there have been widespread attacks targeting the CPI(M) workers and Left Front supporters in various districts. A report of such attacks is published in this issue of People’s Democracy.

CPI(M) Submits Memo to EC

PREOCCUPATION with VIP constituencies should not be an excuse for the Election Commission to fail in its constitutional duty of ensuring a free and fair poll in the last phase of the polls in West Bengal. Addressing a press conference at the Party headquarters in New Delhi on May 11, 2014, after meeting the Chief Election Commissioner, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Sitaram Yechury said that the Commission is concentrating too much of its energy on one single constituency. He was alluding to Varanasi from where Narendra Modi is contesting.

West Bengal Left Front Appeals for Greater Unity

LEFT Front Chairman Biman Basu, in a statement issued on May 16, admitted that this result was not expected. He said, the state administration and police have worked for the ruling party. The ruling party unleashed terror, and the corporate media too unleashed a campaign. Despite that the people and the Left Front activists have courageously fought in the elections.

Left Parties Protest against Terror & Rigging

HUNDREDS of people turned up for a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on May 14, in response to the call given by the Left parties to register their protest against the widespread violence, terror and rigging in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

Red Flag Needed in these Uncertain Times Barrackpore Fights Back

THESE ‘coolie lines’ are mini-India. Not that ‘mini’ though, hundreds living in shanty rooms, busy local markets, life tuned to working hours of the jute mills, growth and decline of the jute economy. You can hear overlapping of Hindi of Samastipur, Odishi of Keonjhar, Telugu of Nellore, Urdu and slashing Bengali at the same time. ‘Coolie’ is a term, the legacy of which dates back to the opening of a series of jute mills beside the river Ganges by British entrepreneurs in Barrackpore.

Modi- Mamata Mock Fight

THE false encounter between Narendra Modi and Mamata Banerjee has attracted the media attention in West Bengal. Modi in his public meeting in Srirampur sharply criticised TMC supremo inviting sharper reactions from the TMC. On the face of it, this exchange was bitter; in its essence it was politically complimentary to each other. While Modi tried to channelise strong anti- TMC current in the state away from the Left parties by strong rhetoric, Mamata Banerjee found a suitable target to deflect the attention from the exposure of scams in her regime.

CPI(M) Submits Memo to EC on Widespread Rigging in West Bengal Polls

A delegation comprising of CPI(M) Polit Bureau members Sitaram Yechury and S Ramachandran Pillai met the Election Commission of India and submitted the following memorandum on the widespread rigging in the third phase of elections in West Bengal on April 30, 2014.THERE has been large-scale rigging and violence in the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha held in West Bengal on April 30, 2014. This has completely distorted the process of conducting free and fair polls.

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