Condemn US President Trump’s Declaration of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
US President Trump’s declaration that his administration recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and plans to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a bid to confer legitimacy on Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine. This decision has rightly received condemnation from around the world, including from...
Read MoreWelcome the Victory of Left Alliance in Nepal
The CPI(ML) Central Committee warmly congratulates the Left Alliance (alliance between CPN-UML and CPN Maoist) of Nepal for its victory by a comfortable majority in the Parliamentary Elections in Nepal. These results are especially significant, given that these are the first elections to be held in Nepal under the newly...
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Countrywide Protests Against Horrific Killing of Mohammad Afrazul in Rajasthan
On 6 December 2017, Mohammad Afrazul, a 45 year old man was brutally hacked and burnt in Rajsamand in Rajasthan. While the killer committed the horrific act, the killing was filmed and the video uploaded on the internet. The video showed the killer declaring that he killed to save a...
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Protests Across the Country on 25th Anniversary of Babri Demolition
Protests were held countrywide marking the 25th anniversary of Babri Masjid demolition on 6 December. Demands for the punishment to the perpetrators were reiterated while pledges were taken to combat corporate-communal fascist forces. In Delhi left parties organized a ‘Nyaay March’ against communal hatred and violence starting from Mandi house...
Read MoreCPI(ML) Demands Administrative Ban on Bajrang Dal’s ‘Shaurya Diwas’
CPI(ML) Bihar State Secretary Com Kunal said on 5 December that the administration should without delay ban the Shaurya Diwas Yatras proposed to be taken out by the Bajrang Dal and Hindutva forces on the anniversary of the Babri demolition. This ban becomes even more urgent and necessary in view...
Read MoreCPI(ML) Condemns Harassment of Left Activists by Yogi Govt in UP
In a statement released by CPI(ML) Uttar Pradesh, state secretary Com. Sudhakar Yadav has said that Yogi Govt is harassing Left activists in Uttar Pradesh. From Mirzapur to Pilibhit, CPI(ML) activists including women leaders in many districts, who are working among tribal people and farmers, and hailing from dalit, tribal...
Read MoreBhagalpur Bandh against Protection to Criminals
Hundreds of activists and supporters came out on the streets for the Bhagalpur bandh called by the CPI(ML) on 30 November 2017 against the growing number of crimes and killings, feudal repression, and the protection given to killers and rapists by the Nitish government in Bihar. A rally was taken...
Read MoreProtest March against Khanpur Rape and Murder
A young girl was raped and murdered in Khanpur as a result of the police colluding with the accused against whom a report had been filed for molestation on 22 September 2017 at the Samastipur SDO Court. Outraged by this incident of rape and murder, students under the leadership of...
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Campaign in Uttar Pradesh for the Release of Bhim Army Convenor
CPI(ML) held demonstrations in front of District HQs in Uttar Pradesh on 5 December, eve of Dr Ambedkar’s death anniversary, to demand the release of dalit youth leader and Bhim Army Convener Chandrashekhar Ravan jailed in Saharanpur under the NSA. A memorandum was submitted to the President demanding the immediate...
Read MoreEviction of Poor in Champaran
CPI(ML) Bihar State Secretary Kunal said on 3 December 2017 that the Nitish government is imposing the law from British times in Champaran. On the one hand he plays the hypocritical drama of a Champaran Satyagraha; on the other, he is hell bent on evicting the poor from the Betiya...
Read MoreProtest Against Rape and Murder of Girl Child in Hisar
Against the brutal rape and murder of a six-year-old girl child in Hisar, Haryana on 8th December, a protest was organised on 12 December at Haryana Bhawan, New Delhi. The protest was organised by several women’s organisations, students’ organisations and other progressive groups including AIDSO, AIDWA, AIDMAM, AIMSS, AISA, DYFI...
Read MoreObituary : Comrade Shankar Joshi & Comrade Ratan Singh Danu
Comrade Shankar Joshi Comrade Shankar Joshi, 48, died of cancer on December 2 in Bindukhatta, Nainital. Com Shankar Joshi joined the CPI(ML) as a young man in the decade of the 80s. He played an important part in the militant land struggle for the settlement of Bindukhatta. He was always...
Read More25th Anniversary of Babri Masjid Demolition: The Struggle For Justice Continues
The wounds inflicted on India’s secularism and democracy by the demolition of the Babri Masjid 25 years ago are still raw. And the ongoing push by the BJP Governments and its agents to construct a temple where the mosque once stood is rubbing salt into those wounds. The findings of...
Read MoreObituary : Comrade Khudan Mallick AND Com. Motilal Ram
Comrade Khudan Mallick Naxalbari movement’s legendary leader comrade Khudan Mallick died on 29 November in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital where he was admitted after a lung infection. A very popular peasant organiser, he was also in the CPI(ML)’s delegation which visited China in September 1967. Red Salute to...
Read MoreMarch in Nalanda Marks Eve of Babri Masjid Demolition Anniversary
The Insaf Manch held a candle light march in Nalanda on 5 December to mark the eve of the 25th Anniversary of the Babri Masjid Demolition and the death anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar. On the route of the march, street corner meetings were also addressed. The participants in the...
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Public Meeting on The Issues of Rations and Toilets in Samastipur
On 5 November, the CPI(ML) held a public meeting at the Dalit settlement near Motipur Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society (PACS) in Tajpur panchayat in Samastipur district of Bihar, on the problem of rations and toilets. Workers’ leader Rajdev Prasad Singh presided over the meeting and it was conducted by Brahmdev Prasad...
Read MoreCPI(ML) condemns attack on Teachers by Chhattisgarh Government
The contract teachers in Chhattisgarh have waging a relentless battle for their rights since November. On the 13th day of the movement, the Raman Singh government far from addressing their just demands launched an all out attack on the teachers and arrested thousands of teachers who were trying to reach...
Read MoreMarch for Justice at Devaria
Brijesh Chourasiya was shot to death by criminals in July 2017 at Sohanpur village, Bankata Thana, Devaria district in Uttar Pradesh. The police at Bankata Thana tried their best to suppress the matter under pressure from those in power, but heavy public pressure forced them to register a case under...
Read MoreFarmers’ Struggle in Koderma
A one-day dharna was held at the Block HQs of Jainagar, Domchanch, Markachho and Koderma Sadar Blocks of Jharkhand on 28 November 2017 under the banner of the All India Kisan Mahasabha on the following farmers’ demands: paddy purchase centre at every Panchayat in each Block; timely supply of fertilizers...
Read MoreAISA Takes out Students’ Rights March in Daltonganj
The AISA Palamu unit took out a students’ rights march on 31 October 2017 at Daltonganj against the Jharkhand government’s 70% to 90% scholarship cuts, the increasing incidents of rape and violence against women students, and the pushing out of Palamu’s students and youth through the ‘domicile policy’. The march...
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