Condemn the Terrorist Attack on Uri Army Camp
Govt Must Shun Jingoist Rhetoric and Ensure Actual Security for Army and Strategic Bases New Delhi, 18 September. The CPI(ML) condemns the terrorist attack at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir that has claimed the lives of 17 Indian soldiers, and extends condolences to the families of the soldiers who have been killed. The attacks at...
CPI(ML) Politburo Member Comrade Swapan Mukherjee Cremated Today
New Delhi, 7 September 2016 Leaders and activists of many Left parties, trade unions and democratic organizations, as well as teachers, workers, and students paid homage to Comrade Swapan Mukherjee, CPI(ML) Politburo member and noted leader of the trade union movement, before his funeral. Comrade Swapan had passed away on 6 September of a sudden...
Comrade Swapan Mukherjee Is No More
New Delhi, 6 September 2016. The CPI(ML) Central Committee is deeply shocked and grieved to announce the untimely demise of CPI(ML) Politburo member Comrade Swapan Mukherjee. He suffered an unexpected heart attack and passed away suddenly around 4.15 am this morning at a comrade’s home in Chandigarh, where he had gone for a meeting. Comrade...
Dalit Activists of Dadri Subjected to Police Harassment
Victimisation Continues for Daring to Stand Up against Caste Oppression New Delhi, 2 September. CPI(ML)’s Dalit activists including Comrade Brahm Jatav, Comrade Vikas and Comrade Bhuvanesh of Ramgarh villge, Dadri are being held in the police station on trumped up charges in Dadri, Gautambuddh Nagar District of UP. They were picked up from their...
BUDGET 2016 : A Budget of Betrayal
Arun Jaitley doesn’t Address the Burning Issues Facing The Common People and The Indian Economy New Delhi, 29 February 2016. The budget presented today by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley does not address the burning issues facing the common people and the Indian economy, while blaming “an unsupportive global environment, adverse weather conditions and an obstructive...
Defend JNU, Defend Democracy
Release Arrested Students, Withdraw Sedition Charges CPIML strongly condemns the arrest of the JNUSU President and the bid to arrest several JNU student leaders, as well as the debarring of eight student activists from academic activities in JNU. This crackdown is nothing but a pre-planned war by the Modi Government against campus democracy and the...
Punish BJP, ABVP leaders and University Authorities Responsible for Suicide of Dalit Research Scholar Rohit Vemula
Punish BJP, ABVP leaders and University Authorities Responsible for Suicide of Dalit Research Scholar Rohit Vemula The suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohit Vemula in University of Hyderabad (UoH) is nothing short of institutional murder. Rohit Vemula was one of the five Dalit research scholars and activists of Ambedkar Students’ Association (ASA) who had been...
CPI(ML) Condemns the Murder of Renowned Kannada Scholar Prof MM Kalburgi
New Delhi, 31 August. CPI(ML) condemns the murder of renowned Kannada scholar and ex-Vice Chancellor of Hampi University, Prof MM Kalburgi. Prof Kalburgi was shot dead at his residence in Dharwad. Prof Kalburgi, 77, had been the target of abuse and threats by the RSS outfits like Bajrang Dal because of his rationalist views and...
CPI(ML) Statement on Jingoistic Rhetoric Around Myanmar Operation
The jingoistic rhetoric and posturing by the Modi Government as well as sections of the media in the wake of the Indian Army’s recent Myanmar operation is extremely irresponsible and harmful to India’s interests as well as to peace in the Soth Asian neighbourhood. The ambush that claimed the lives of 18 Indian soldiers in...
CPI(ML) Statement on General Budget 2015
Arun Jaitley’s first full-fledged budget is full of sops for the rich while the common people have been burdened with more taxes and cuts in social sector spending. The budget continues to shower benefits and exemptions on the corporate sector, but in spite of major decline in global oil prices, no relief has been extended...
Statement on Rail Budget
Prabhat Kumar, Politbureau member For CPI(ML) Liberation The 2015-16 Rail Budget of the Modi Government is going to hurt the pockets of the citizens, by the back door. In spite of the fall in international crude oil prices, the Budget has shown no corresponding fall in rail fares. Instead, hikes in freight rates are going...
Women Do Not Want Big Brother Watching Them
AIPWA Strongly Condemns the Move to Install CCTVs in Railway Coaches and Public Places Kavita Krishnan, Secretary, AIPWA The AIPWA strongly condemns the Rail Budget announcement of the move to install CCTV cameras in railway coaches and women’s coaches in suburban railways. We also oppose the ongoing use of CCTV cameras in Delhi Metro as...
Statement on Trilokpuri Communal Violence
A team of CPI(ML) Liberation activists visited the affected areas of Trilokpuri and other areas of East Delhi on 26th October. The CPI(ML) observed in the course of the visit that there was no long-standing communal tension in the area. Rather, there were a couple of inconsequential drunken brawls of the kind that often happen...
Resolutions Adopted At Ghadar Centenary Convention
1. This Convention calls upon the people of India to celebrate 2013 as the centenary year of a glorious chapter in our freedom struggle: the great Ghadar movement. It was a unique agitation that emerged from the Indian, mainly Punjabi, immigrant community in North America and spread back to India with a heroic passion to...
Resolutions Adopted by All India Left Coordination, July, 2013
The All India Left Coordination (AILC) held a meeting on 6th July 2013 in Delhi, attended by representatives of constituent parties. The meeting expressed condolences for departed Left leaders: Comrades Jagjitsingh Lyallpuri, Comrade Satyapal Dang of CPI, Com. Saudamini Katre of LNP(L), Comrades Kala Tamang and Bhim Sher Thapa of the CPRM, and Comrade Brij...