Left Parties played a significant role in giving Tamil, Classical status

CPIM Polite Buro Member Sitaram Yechury said that the Left parties had played a significant role during the previous tenure of the United Progressive Alliance in fighting for classical language status for Tamil. Left parties also played a significant role in giving Kannada and Telugu the classical status earlier. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Engum Tamil, Ethilum Tamil’ (Tamil everywhere, Tamil in everything) held as part of the World classical Tamil conference in Coimbatore . Tamil language continued to develop unlike other classical languages such as Latin because it had maintained its liveliness by being constantly being spoken among people he added. He said the 'universality' of Tamil would enrich the civilisation and oneness of the country.He urged Karunanidhi to take steps to document and preserve for the future generation the tradition of Tamil, its folk arts and village habits. Chief Minister Sri Karunanidhi Presided over the function. CPI national secretary Com D Raja also spoke on the occasion.

CITU DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PETRO PRICE HIKE

CITU activists under the leadership of its senior leader and Vice President MK Pandhe held a protest demonstration and burned the effigy of the UPA II government at the busy ITO centre in New Delhi against the steep increase in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas and not even sparing kerosene. Several office bearers of CITU including Swadesh Dev Roye, Dipankar Mukherjee, Hemalata, Kashmir Singh Thakur, Shdha Bhaskar and S Punyavathi, working committee members including AR Sindhu, Amitava Guha and large number of CITU members from Delhi participated in the demonstrations.

Addressing the gathering, Pandhe severely condemned the insensitive attitude of the UPA II government towards the sufferings of the common people. In stead of controlling the rising prices, the UPA II government has increased the prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and kerosene which would further increase the prices. He also criticised the decision of the government to link the prices of petroleum prices to international prices. He warned that this would further result in the price rise. Pandhe demanded the government to immediately withdraw the hike and also the decision to link the prices of petroleum products to international prices. He told that such demonstrations were being held all over the country and if the government did not withdraw its decision, CITU, along with all the other trade unions would intensify the struggle.

Left front calls Tripura Bandh on Monday

The Left Front called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Tripura on Monday to protest the hike in prices of petroleum products.

A press statement issued by the Left Front said the bandh was called by the Left Front committee, CITU and other frontal organisations of the front to protest the decision of the UPA government which is "anti-people and a cruel attack on people" and would lead to further inflation.

"The UPA government imposed the burden of hike in the prices of fuel when the country was facing 17 per cent hike in the prices of foods and other essential commodities," the statement said.

The ruling CPI(M) and its frontal organisations like DYFI and SFI today organised processions and squatting in different parts of the state to protest the hike in petroleum products.

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Protests over fuel price hike

There was a huge protest over the hike in the price of petroleum products across the district. At Sangareddy, the CPM leaders led by party district general secretary Ch. Ramulu held a protest on the main road by pulling a car with ropes. Later, an effigy of the Union government was burnt

Protesting the hike in the prices of petroleum products, the activists of CPI (M) burnt the effigy of the Union government at Telangana crossroads in Mahaboobnagar. Several speakers including Kille Gopal, district Secretary of the party, criticised the UPA government for increasing the prices of petroleum products once again. They said that common people were already facing much hardships in purchasing the essential commodities and the latest increase will add fuel to the fire. They demanded the government to roll back the prices immediately. 

 Incensed over the reported decision of the Central government to hike the prices of fuel, kerosene and cooking gas, the activists of  CPI (M) organised protest demonstrations in the Nalgonda Town. The CPI (M) activists, led by the party district secretary N Narasimha Reddy, staged a novel demonstration with empty LPG cylinders from the party office to the clock tower centre in a symbolic protest against the price hike.  Activists of CPI(M) staged dharnas and burnt effigies at different places in Rajahmundry and Kakinada on Friday evening protesting against hike in prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas by the Centre.

CPI((M) workers staged dharna at Bhanugudi Centre in Kakinada and Nandam Ganiraju Centre in Rajahmundry. They burnt an effigy of the Union Government and raised slogans against the Petroleum Minister and the Central Government. CPI(M) leaders said the UPA government had miserably failed in keeping its election promises and chose to levy heavy burden on lower and middle class people by hiking prices of fuel. It also failed to check spiralling prices of essential commodities. They said even vegetables, pulses, sugar, tea powder were not in the reach of common man.

CPI (M) leaders took out a rally and burnt an effigy of the government at Raghavaiah park on Bandar road in Vijayawada. They said that instead of providing relief to the common man, the UPA government was hell bent on taking the prices of petrol and diesel to new heights, “which clearly shows their anti-people policy.” The move will have far-reaching effect on common man's life. Stating that the hike in the prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG would have impact on the prices of essential commodities already ruling high, the CPI (M) city committee took out a protest rally on Friday evening.

The hike was the fourth since the UPA came to power for the second time and the 18 th in the last six years, CPI (M) Visakhapatnam district secretary Ch. Narsinga Rao said addressing the rally. He accused the government of not taking any alternative measures suggested by the CPI (M) and toeing the line of the oil companies. Reducing the quota of kerosene and increasing the price was a big burden, he added. The Left parties will launch a State-wide protest on Monday. CPI (M) city secretary K. Lokanadham and party leaders B. Ganga Rao, M.Jaggu Naidu, V.S. Padmanabha Raju, R. Bhagyalakshmi and Araku Valley ZPTC Killo Surendra participated.

(Courtesy : The Hindu)

CPI(M) slams Andhra Government on malaria fevers in Agency area

The State Government has once again failed to control malaria, jaundice, fevers and other diseases in the Visakha Agency and instead of providing relief to the Girijans it is lethargic and indifferent while the Minister for Tribal Welfare P. Balaraju is trying to play down the situation, CPI (M) district committee said here on Friday.

As many as 56 deaths were reported during June so far and 1,243 cases of malaria have been registered in the 12 out of 33 PHCs of the area but Mr. Balaraju claimed that only 125 cases have been registered. The Minister should tour the Agency to understand the situation, CPI (M) district secretariat member and Paderu division secretary M. Satyanarayana, Araku Valley ZPTC Killo Surendra, district committee members P. Appalanarsa and M. Narsinga Rao Padal said at a press conference. The State Health Minister was also not concerned about the Girijans, they alleged.

Survey

The CPI (M) conducted a survey in the 11 mandals of the Visakha Agency from June 17 to 20 and found that malaria would spread further if the Government failed to take action. malathion

(Courtesy : The Hindu)