Definite progress in fight against Maoists: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

CPIM Polit Bureu member and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday said there has been definite progress in the fight against the “politics of terror” of the Maoists in the State.

Describing the Communist Party of India (Maoist) as a “terrorist outfit” that resorted to “killing, terror and plunder,” Mr. Bhattacharjee said that “people shall not surrender to this politics of terror.”

He also alleged that the Trinamool Congress was using the left wing extremists to kill leaders and supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and convert the Jangalmahal region into a “killing field” where “the Trinamool Congress will eventually hoist their flag.”

Asked if he would also describe the Trinamool Congress as a terrorist organisation because of its alleged support to the Maoists, Mr. Bhattacharjee said: “They are supporting a terrorist organisation and in certain areas are also indulging in terrorist activities...However, on the whole we have not declared them a terrorist organisation [as per law].”

He said that over the past couple of months there had been discernible progress in the political struggle in the Maoist-affected Jangalmahal region, and that it would continue.

He was speaking at the release of a book titled “Maoism – Ideological decay, Political decline” by Nilotpal Basu, a member of the Central Committee of the CPI(M).

Criticising the politics of the Maoists, Mr. Bhattacharjee said that their activities would only provide an impetus to reactionary forces. The support that the Trinamool Congress had received from them was an example of this, he added.

Mr. Bhattacharjee said despite claims made by Maoists, their ideology had no connection with the beliefs of Mao. He said the book challenged the conviction of the Maoists that “they will be able to seize power through the murders they are committing.”

He said the Maoists had been able to gain control over a certain region, not because poor people and the Adivasis resided there, but because the area was inaccessible. “It is difficult for us to intervene in that region and easier for them to find hiding places there.”

(Source : The Hindu)

Left parties to hold protest against anti-labour policy of Tamilnadu government on October 21

Accusing the DMK government of adopting anti-labour and trade union policies, the CPI and CPI (M) on Thursday said they would jointly hold a demonstration in Chennai on October 21 to highlight these issues.

A statement issued by CPI State secretary D. Pandian and CPI (M) secretary G. Ramakrishnan alleged that instead of holding talks with trade union leaders representing 13,000 contract workers, the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) had entered into an agreement with the Labour Progressive Federation affiliated to the ruling party.

“Now the NLC management is imposing the agreement on all workers and using the police to suppress the agitation of the contract workers.” They said in the Foxconn factory at Sriperumbudur, the management had suspended 23 workers.

CITU leader A. Soundararajan and others were arrested for demanding a ballot to elect trade union representatives.

“Trade union rights are being denied in multi-national companies in the State and the government also connives with the management in anti-labour activities,” they alleged.

Secret ballot should be held in all companies to elect trade unions for representing workers.

SFI sweeps Hyderabad Central University

SFI led Secular alliance triumphs at (Hyderabad Central University) by a thumping majority. SFI had forged an alliance with ASA (Ambedhkar Students Association). SFI and ASA jointly fought the communal organisation ABVP.

The candidates who won under SFI-ASA panel are :
1 . President- Mukesh Kumar( Majority- 872)
2. General Secretary- Nagesh (Majority-951)
3. Joint Secretary - Shyam Krishna (Majority-1018)
4. Cultural Secretary- Indira Priyanka( Majority-840)
5. Sports Secretary- Uday Kumar(Majority-940)
Vice president was elected without voting(EC rejected Opposition's candidature)

All the school board members and councillors were from SFI-ASA leaving ABVP without any post. This shows the strength of secularism and this marks the end of communal forces in Hyderabad Central University. ABVP has been ruling for the last 3yrs apart from 6month rule of SFI. ABVP union was virtually a Gunda union.In this year itself they beaten SFI cadres 4 times( in March,june,july and recently in september). ABVP has attacked dalit students in these periods. ABVP have been playing dirty politics by charging baseless allegations against Senior leaders of SFI.They have been surrendering to HCU administration regarding fees hike and basic amenities.

The SFI campus president, Parameshwarudu said the victory was against broader communal forces on the campus and also against the education reforms being brought in by the Central government. “In fact, the elections were fought on these two planks,” he said.

Addressing the students,SFI unit Sec Com paramesh said it is the victory of secularism and against the communal incidents happened all across India in the last decades and he also warned the central government not to go ahead with commercialisation and privatisation of the education sector. This thumping victory is indeed the victory of students in the campus and the victory of secularism all over India.

(Source : KK@HCU)