Sunday, October 6, 2013

Left parties to hold rally in Bangalore on October 8

State units of Left parties are jointly holding a public rally in Bangalore on Tuesday to project their alternative programme for addressing people’s issues and exposing the “real face” of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. 

Addressing presspersons State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxists), G.V. Srirama Reddy, State secretary CPI P.V. Lokesh, and G.R. Shivashankar, State president, All India Forward Block, said CPI (M) Politburo member Brinda Karat and CPI leader D. Raja would address the rally to be held at Freedom Park. 

Left parties have adopted a 10-point policy platform and have requested all democratic and secular forces to join them. The alternative programme of the Left parties include implementation of land reform measures, remunerative prices to farmers as recommended by the M.S. Swaminathan Commission Report, stepping up of public investment for infrastructure and setting up of manufacturing and other industries, Mr. Lokesh said. 

Neo-liberal agenda
Mr. Reddy said there was hardly any difference between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi when it comes to economic policies, as both have neo-liberal economic agenda.
 
Lad issue
Demanding the resignation of Minister of State for Infrastructure Santosh Lad, whose company is facing charges of illegal mining, he said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who carried out a padayatra from Bangalore to Bellary demanding a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into illegal mining, should drop Mr. Lad from his ministry on moral grounds. 
(Courtesy : The Hindu)

Maharashtra State Joint convention of DYFI and SFI

Preethy Sekhar (Secretary, DYFI Maharashtra state committee)

Maharashtra State Joint convention of DYFI and SFI against acute unemployment and rampant commercialization of education calls for state level agitation.
The convention decided on a plan of action to mobilize youth and students in a big way in the movement. The campaign will start in campuses, town centres and villages in the month of October followed by district / taluka level rallies in early November. A state wide rally will be held in Mumbai on 29th and charter of demands will be submitted to state government. 
From December onwards sustained agitations will be organized across the state on specific demands. The struggles will be directed against various authorities considering the level of authority at which the specific demand can be achieved. Later, volunteers from all districts will gather once more to the state capital -this time for a sustained agitation at state head quarters of government departments and PSUs.
The convention also decided to prepare a draft urban employment guarantee bill for Maharashtra state with the help of pro-people economists, retired administrative officers and legal experts. 
DYFI and SFI in Maharashtra are determined to mobilize youth and students in a big way to put up a militant resistance against commercialization of education and policies creating unemployment.
The convention was attended by Com. Ashok Dawle, CPIM Maharashtra state secretary, Com. V Sivadasan All India Secretary, SFI.