Left Parties finalise seat-sharing deal in Bihar

 

Leaders of the Left alliance (CPI-ML, CPI, and CPM) completed the seat-sharing deal on 130 assembly constituencies . The leaders of the left parties talking to the reporters in, in Patna on September 23, 2010, they said negotiations were on for 60 more seats.T he three major Left parties CPI CPIM and CPI(ML) have decided to contest 200 of the 243 assembly seats together in the state.

CPI state secretary Badri Narayan Lal said that, this is for the first time the three parties had decided to fight the assembly elections jointly. He said seat-sharing agreement had been reached on 130 seats, while talks were on for another 30. Rest of the 40 seats would be left for smaller Left parties and other like-minded people, he added.

CPI(ML) state secretary Nandkishore Prasad said out of 130 seats that had been finalised, CPI(ML) would contest 78, CPI 32 and CPM 20.. Prasad lambasted the ruling NDA for all-round corruption and alleged loot in social welfare schemes, rising inflation and opportunistic politics and said that the main agenda of the Left in the coming election would be land reforms, sharecropping, police-bureaucracy raj, unemployment, agriculture and industrial development. He said until land reforms are implemented properly in the state, development is not possible.

CPI M state secretary Vijaykant Thakur said, "We have decided to fight the election together so that a unified attack on feudal forces could be launched." Thakur said the Left would expose the JD(U)'s secular credentials in the poll campaign, as it has helped the BJP gain ground in the state. He also came down heavily on the congress stating its wish to make inroads into the state's political arena would remain a distant dream.

CPIM will be contesting from Bhibhoothipur Sitting Seat)(Samasthipur Dist), Loukaha, Phulpera (Madhubani Dist) Mothihari, Pipra (East Champaran Dist) Kudhni (Muzhapharpur Dist) Sasaram,(Rohathas Dist) Chatharpur (Supol Dist) Purnea, Beghusarai, Kagadia, Saharsa. In the remaining two seats decesion will be taken in two days. The names of the three major Left candidates would be released by September 27 or 28.


CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat was in Patna on September 8. Karat had a day-long meeting with leaders on the party's poll preparedness and seat sharing arrangements with two other left parties.

CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan was in Patna on September 22 to review his party’s preparedness for the poll said left parties in Bihar (CPI, CPM, CPI-ML (Liberation) will fight Bihar assembly election on common manifesto. CPI has floated its slogan one vote, one note and support for the forthcoming Bihar Assembly election.

The Elections to the Bihar assembly will be held on October 23.

DYFI Tamil Nadu State conference begins in Kovai

DYFI Tamil Nadu State conference began on Friday in Coimbatore. Com P Sreeramakrishnan National President of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) inaugurated the delegate session of the congress.
Capitalist economies across the world are ruining the future and prospects of the developing and poor nations, said P. Sreeramakrishnan, on Saturday. He was speaking on the Inaugural Session of DYFI State Conference being held in Coimbatore since Friday. Mr.Sreeramakrishnan said that the fall of the US economy was a result of the anti-capitalist sentiments prevailing world over.

Mr.Sreeramakrishnan said that the capitalist economies always favoured only giant companies whereas China was in favour of the industries by the people irrespective of the profile of the company.

Accusing the Prime Minister of being a supporter of the United States of America, Mr.Sreeramakrishnan accused the Union Government of enabling back door entry of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in insurance, higher education, banks and retail trade killing the Indian trade and industry. In India, education is affordable today only for the affluent sections.

While FDI through door is being encouraged, the shares of the Public Sector Industries worth several crores of rupees are being sold at throwaway price.

Owing to a freeze on appointments in Indian Railways, the existing staff members are being made to work overtime and the overstretching leads to accidents every day.

He said that growth rate was without employment and pointed out that service sector that accounted for 65 per cent of the growth had only 17 per cent employment, while agriculture that contributed only 17 per cent for growth had 54 per cent employment.

Referring to Commonwealth Games-related issues, Mr.Sreeramakrishnan commented that Commonwealth was becoming “Congress Wealth”. The projected expenditure for Commonwealth had already increased manifold at the time of actual spending. Works worth crores of rupees are crumbling down every day.

On The Jammu & Kashmir Proposals

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

The eight-point proposal announced by the Central Government for Jammu & Kashmir is a step in the right direction. However, it is insufficient. More needs to be done to instill confidence among the people and to help restore peace and normalcy.

While the announcement of the release of young men in jail for stone-pelting, review of detention under the Public Safety Act and compensation for the families of those killed are welcome, it is necessary to provide for compensation for those injured in police firings and for the rehabilitation of those permanently incapacitated.

There has to be a change in the police methods of tackling protesters indulging in stone-throwing. The promise to review the location of bunkers in Srinagar city and the proclamation of Disturbed Areas should be done expeditiously. It should not remain only a promise. Finally, the group of interlocutors for initiating a dialogue should be primarily political in nature. It is only a political exercise which can help initiate a dialogue and sustain it.