CPI(M) Polit Bureau met on August 18, 2025 and issued the following communiqueThe Polit Bureau expressed condolences on the death of more than a hundred people who died in the recent natural disasters in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.PM’s Independence Day Speech: The Polit Bureau strongly condemned the reference to the RSS in the Independence Day address of the prime minister. Through this, Modi is attempting to legitimise the RSS, which played no role in the India’s freedom struggle.