Profound Grief at the Death of Shri Pranab Mukherjee

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 31THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its profound grief at the death of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former president of India.Pranab Mukherjee was one of India’s leading political figures who contributed in various capacities as an elected member of parliament and serving as a senior minister in many governments for many decades, before being finally elected as the president of IndiaHe maintained cordial relations with political parties across the board and often played th

Centre Must Pay GST Dues to the States

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 28THE union finance minister’s admission at the GST council’s meeting yesterday that the central government is unable to pay the state governments’ their dues for this financial year, 2020-21, is atrocious. The GST revenue shortfall for the states is estimated at a whopping Rs 2.35 lakh crores. Telling the states to borrow from the RBI to bridge this gap is obnoxious. The central government is legally bound to fulfil its obligations of payment of GST dues.

Indian Economy in Severe Recession

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 1THE data released by the government yesterday shows the total devastation of the Indian economy that began much before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged. A 24 per cent fall in the GDP growth rate is phenomenal and unprecedented.

Reschedule JEE-NEET Examinations

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 27THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) is firmly opposing the move to unilaterally push the conduct of JEE-NEET examinations for admission to professional courses across the country.

Set Up JPC: Probe FB-BJP Nexus

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 17THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the role of global social media behemoth, Facebook, as exposed by the Wall Street Journal, particularly the functioning of its India policy chapter. Facebook is not following its own laid down policy against communal hate content.This confirms the overall apprehensions over the Facebook’s activities across its three platforms: WhatsApp and Instagram. A stinging exposure by New York Times in 2018 revealed its questionable practices.

Verdict on Prashant Bhushan: Display of Intolerance

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 17THE verdict of the three-member bench of the Supreme Court holding senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt of court is unfortunate and uncalled for.

Kozhikode Airport Accident & Idukki Landslide

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 8THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its grief at the Air India Express accident in Kozhikode airport which has resulted in the death of 19 passengers and crew members and injuries to 123 others.

Ayodhya: Don’t Play with Religious Sentiments

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on August 3THE CPI(M) had all through maintained that the Ayodhya dispute must be resolved either through a mutually acceptable negotiated agreement between the contending parties, or, through a court verdict. The Supreme Court had given its verdict and paved the way for the construction of the temple.

Solidarity with the People of J&K

The Left parties – Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party – have issued the following statement on August 3.AUGUST 5, 2020 marks one year of the abrogation of Article 370, the dissolving of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the caging of the people of J&K.Last year, the Modi government made many tall promises about what this move would accomplish and how it would benefit India and the people of J&K.

Protest against Centralisation, Communalisation & Commercialisation of Indian Education

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements on July 29:THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly denounces the union cabinet decision to unilaterally impose a New Education Policy and rename the ministry of human resource development.Education is in the concurrent list in our constitution. It is a gross violation by the central government to impose a New Education Policy unilaterally bypassing all the objections and opposition recorded by various state governments. A new policy of such a nature needs to be discussed in the parliament. This was assured b

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