Statement on Maoist Attack in Sukma

In the latest chapter in the war waged between the State and the Maoists in Dantewada, a Maoist attack at Sukma district of Chhattisgarh has claimed the lives of 15 security personnel and 1 civilian. Such sensational actions, symptomatic of the Maoists’ exclusively militaristic strategy, are utterly futile as a response to the burning questions...

CPI(ML) Statement on the 2014 Lok Sabha Election Outcome

The outcome of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections shows an overwhelming countrywide rejection of the Congress and UPA and a decisive majority for the BJP and the NDA. The BJP and NDA clearly emerged as the biggest beneficiaries of the widespread mass anger against the UPA misrule and non-performance marked by massive corruption, price-hike and...

Resolutions Adopted at Jan Vikalp Rally At Conclusion of CPI(ML)’s 9th Congress

1. UPA, NDA and all ruling class parties are busy pushing the neoliberal pro-corporate and pro-imperialist policies and covering up people’s questions with leaders’ faces. These Governments have ruined the country and imposed a huge burden on common people. At the conclusion of its 9th Congress, the CPI(ML) through this massive People’s Alternative Rally calls...

CPI(ML)’s 9th Congress Concludes With a Massive Rally for a ‘People’s Alternative’

CPI(ML) Elects Its New Central Committee and Polit Bureau The CPI(ML)’s 9th Congress concluded on April 7, 2013 with a massive ‘People’s Alternative Rally’ at the Vidhan Sabha Maidan at Ranchi. The rally called for a people’s political alternative to the UPA-NDA model of pro-corporate and anti-democratic governance. Late at night on April 6, the...

Stop Israeli war crimes in Gaza!

Asia-Pacific Left Joint Statement In the past week, Israeli military forces have escalated their offensive on the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes have increasingly targeted houses, civilian-populated areas and civilian facilities in the Gaza strip. Israeli warplanes have destroyed a number of houses while their residents were inside, without any prior warnings, killing and wounding many...

Chhattisgarh Government and Central Government are implicated in the Spiral of violence in Chhattisgarh

The CPI(ML) expresses concern over the attack in Chhattisgarh yesterday, allegedly by CPI(Maoist), that has claimed 27 lives. This incident is the latest in a spiral of violence in Chhattisgarh. Only one week ago, 8 adivasis including 3 children between the age of 10-15 were killed in CRPF firing in what was first projected as...

Resolutions Adopted By All India Left Coordination

The All India Left Coordination (AILC) held a meeting on 6th July 2013 in Delhi, attended by representatives of constituent parties. The resolutions adopted at the meeting are as below: 1. The AILC expressed condolences at the flood calamity in Uttarakhand, and resolved to intensify the efforts to collect and disburse relief to the survivors...

CPI(ML) Statement on the Fodder Scam Verdict

It has taken 17 years for the CBI and the judiciary to give their verdict on the fodder scam. Even though belated, it is a vindication of the people’s protracted struggle against corruption in Bihar and will inspire the ongoing struggle against mega scams and the plunderous corporate-politics nexus. The conviction of two former Bihar...

CPI(ML) General Secretary Visits Muzaffarnagar Relief Camps

Demands Central Intervention Under Article 355 to Ensure Rehabilitation and Justice A CPI(ML) team led by the party General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya visited relief camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts on 8 January 2014. The team also included party Politburo members Swapan Mukherjee and Kavita Krishnan, Delhi State Secretary Sanjay Sharma, and Vice-President of AIKM...

CPI(ML) Purnea Candidate Pankaj Singh to File Defamation Case Against Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) for Falsely Alleging Case of IPC Section-373 (Buying minor for purposes of prostitution)

The CPI(ML) Liberation today condemned the report released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW) on criminal cases against candidates based on their affidavits. The CPI(ML) Liberation found from press reports on 21 April that the ADR report had stated that the party’s Purnea candidate Pankaj Kumar Singh had...

Statement on the FYUP Programme and DU VC’s Autocracy

DU VC’s Autocracy Is Not Equal To University’s Autonomy The Future of 2.7 lakh Undergraduate Aspirants Can No Longer be Left in Uncertainty DU Visitor, MHRD, UGC Must Act Decisively to Save DU and Start Admission Process immediately Under 3 Year Programme Since last year, March 2013, the teachers and students of DU had been...

Statement on Rail Budget

The Modi Government’s first Rail Budget is a step in the direction of handing over the precious national asset of Indian Railways over to private interests and FDI – at the cost of the common passenger and the health of the Railways in general. 99% of Indian passengers demand safety, amenities, affordability and adequate availability...

Statement on Union Budget 2014-15

The Modi Government’s first Union Budget has continued and severely intensified the offensive on common people and benefits to corporations that marked the previous UPA-II regime. The Budget has opened the floodgates of disinvestment of PSUs to the tune of 43000 cr, with FDI being increased to 49% in defence, insurance and e-commerce.The Budget is remarkably...