In response to a All India call by the CPI(ML), protest demonstrations were held across the country on 1 August against the imperialist bullying of U.S. President Donald Trump and the shameful complicity of the Modi government.
In Parliament, CPI(ML) MPs Raja Ram Singh and Sudama Prasad staged a protest within the premises, condemning the Modi regime’s capitulation to U.S. pressure. Holding banners and addressing the press, the MPs declared that the government’s inaction was an affront to the Indian people. Comrade Raja Ram Singh said that “this government has quietly surrendered to American diktats. We are here to tell both Trump and Modi: India will not be bullied, India is not for sale!”
In West Bengal, large-scale protests were organised in several locations, where demonstrators opposed the imposition of 25% tariffs on Indian exports by the United States. CPI(ML) activists and citizens denounced the Modi government’s failure to respond, calling it a betrayal of India’s sovereignty and economic self-reliance.
Protesters carried placards and banners bearing the slogans “India is Not for Sale” and “Reject Trump’s Tariff Tyranny”, asserting that the silence of the Indian government in the face of such foreign aggression reflects dangerous submission to imperialist interests.
Similar protests were witnessed in several other states. In Jharkhand, demonstrators gathered in Ranchi, while in Bihar, districts such as Rohtas, Arwal, and Jehanabad saw mobilisations. Demonstrations also took place in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and other states.
