he Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in
New Delhi on January 21 and 22, 2014. It has issued the following
statement:
Curb Price Rise:
LPG Cylinders
The
CPI(M) and the Left parties have been protesting against the exorbitant
rise in the price of unsubsidized gas cylinders and the ceiling on
subsidized gas cylinders of nine per year. Protests against this price
rise were held in various parts of the country. In Kerala alone in 1400
places CPI(M) leaders began indefinite hunger strike from January 15.
As a result, the UPA government has now increased the number of subsidized cylinders per household to twelve per year.
However,
the oil companies continue to insist on Aadhar linkage for the supply
of subsidized gas cylinders and payment of the full market price for the
cylinder on delivery and reimbursement later.
The
Polit Bureau demands the scrapping of the Aadhar linkage and the
delivery of the twelve cylinders at subsidized rates, as earlier. Aadhar
linkage is also illegal in the light of the fact that there is no legal
basis for Aadhar identification.
West Bengal
The
Polit Bureau expresses serious concern at the number of gang-rapes and
crimes against women in West Bengal. This has been exemplified by the
horrific double gang rape of a sixteen year old girl at Madhyagram and
her subsequent murder. West Bengal has registered the highest number of
crimes against women in the country in the years 2011-12.
The
Polit Bureau condemned the callous attitude and the failure of the
Trinamul Congress government to take swift action against the culprits
and effective steps to curb such crimes against women.
The
ruling TMC continues with its rampage against democratic rights. All
elected bodies and institutions are being subverted. Currently elections
are being held to the college unions. Out of the 222 college union
elections held so far, in most of them students of organisations opposed
to the ruling party’s student organisation were not allowed to file
nominations. Only in 36 colleges were they able to do so partially.
The
Polit Bureau strongly condemned the murder of Saifuddin Mollah, a 25
year old SFI leader who was brutally beaten to death by TMC goons in
Baruipur in South 24 Parganas.
Given the notorious
record of the ruling party in rigging elections and preventing voters
from casting their votes, the Election Commission should take special
measures to ensure a fair and peaceful election.
Kerala
The
Special Additional Sessions Court has given its verdict in the T.P.
Chandrasekharan murder case. Originally 76 persons were accused in the
case. Of these many were discharged in the course of the trial.
Now
in the verdict announced, out of the 36 accused, 24 have been acquitted
and 12 have been found guilty. Among those acquitted are Party leaders
like P. Mohanan, a district Secretariat member of Kozhikode and another
area committee secretary. This shows that the charge leveled of
conspiracy by Party leaders has been proven to be false.
The Kerala State Committee will take appropriate decision after going through the judgment.
Lok Sabha Election
The
Polit Bureau discussed the preparations for the Lok Sabha election. It
approved the seats to be contested in a number of states. The PB also
heard the report about the talks for electoral understanding with the
non-Congress secular parties in certain states.
Central Committee Meeting
The
Polit Bureau decided to hold the next meeting of the Central Committee
on March 1 & 2, 2014. The election manifesto of the Party will also
be finalized in this meeting.
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