PB Statements

Union Budget 2021-22: A Colossal Betrayal of the People

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 1THE union budget 2021-22 is a betrayal of the people caught in the double crisis of pandemic and recession. It is a classic illustration of the Modi government’s unshakeable commitment to promoting the interests of a handful of big business houses at the expense of increasing distress and misery for the working people. This is reflected in the refusal of the government to increase public expenditure notwithstanding its bombastic claims.

Withdraw this Inhuman Blockade of Kisan Protests by Delhi Police

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 3THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the measures taken by the Delhi police to prevent the supply of water, food and other essential commodities sent by people of nearby states to reach the farmers who are in the midst of a heroic unprecedented protest demanding the repeal of the agri-laws.What is worse is that Delhi government, which is supplying water to the kisans, has been stopped from delivering the water tankers of the Delhi Jal Board.  This is a corporation directly under the De

Repeal Farm Laws

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on January 27THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) hails the mammoth tractor parade organised by farmers’ unions on the Republic Day.  Over a lakh of tractors participated with many lakhs of farmers peacefully moving on the agreed routes for the parade.In all states in the country, similar parades and other actions of solidarity took place in a big manner.  This struggle emphatically reiterated that these farm laws must be repealed and the MSP must be legislated as the legal right of all farmers in the country.The Pol

Hailing LDF Victory in Kerala

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on December 16, 2020THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) congratulates and salutes the people of Kerala for giving the Left Democratic Front in Kerala a big victory in the local body elections.  The LDF has won a big majority in all three tiers of the panchayats.

Huge Success of Countrywide Protests

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued  the following statement on November 26THE Polit Bureau congratulates the working class, peasantry and agriculture workers all over the country for observing very successfully protests against the anti-national, anti-people policies of the central government, particularly large scale privatisation and loot of national assets, abrogating labour laws and new agri laws. The call of the central trade unions was for a nationwide general strike today.

Central Agencies Acting as Political Arm of BJP Govt

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 19THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the manner in which the Enforcement Directorate and other central investigating agencies are being misused to destabilise the democratically elected LDF government in Kerala and targeting the chief minister of the state.The central investigations into the gold smuggling case under the UAPA over the allegation that the money received through such smuggling was being used for anti-national activities is instead being used t

Another Stimulus Package Announced: No Significant Increase in Expenditures

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 13YET another ‘stimulus’ package has been announced by the central government without any significant hikes in government expenditures or direct cash transfers to the people.The central government boasts of a total of 15 per cent GDP constituting the stimulus, combined with the earlier three announcements.  The reality is that the sum total of direct extra governmental expenditures is, by liberal estimates, Rs 3,72,295 crores or a mere 1.9 per cent of the GDP.  This is a measly stimulus compared to

Economy in Doldrums

CPI(M)  Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on November 12THE Reserve Bank of India has now officially confirmed the severe slowdown of the Indian economy and said “India has entered a technical recession in the first half of 2020-21 for the first time in its history”.After the GDP plummeting by 23.9 per cent in April-June quarter, it has now further fallen by 8.6 per cent on top of this in the quarter ending September 2020.This continuous contraction of the GDP is destroying lives, livelihoods, pushing crores of our people into poverty, hunger and deprivation.

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