CPIM demands judicial enquiry into police firing in Paramkudi

CPI(M) State secretary G. Ramakrishnan said a sitting judge of the Madras High Court should conduct the inquiry. G Ramakrishnan said the. In a statement, Com G. Ramakrishnan termed the arrest of John Pandian as an act of immaturity. “Two dalit boys were killed by some casteist forces in order to scare the dalits. In this tense situation, thousands of people were gathering to visit the memorial of Imanuel Sekaran in Paramakudi. The arrest of John Pandian only shows the immaturity of the police”, he said. He asked the government to take steps that would restore the people's confidence and arrest those who were behind the murder of Palanikumar.

Mr Ramakrishnan demanded an inquiry commission and sought action against the errant police officials. He also sought a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of the deceased.

TNUEF Flayed police firing on dalits

Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front strongly condemns the police firing on Dalits at Paramakudi in Ramanathapuram district and Chintamani in Madurai on Sunday who went to attend the guru puja of Dalit leader Immanuel Sekaran.

In a statement issued its president P. Sampath said that it is a usual event where tens and thousands of Dalits gather to pay homage to Immanuel Sekaran who died fighting for the rights of Dalits. This year just a day before the anniversary a Dalit school student was murdered by a group belonging to the dominant caste and this murder had sparked tension in Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga and Virudhunagar districts. 

When the situation is tense and at a time when people gather in such huge numbers, it was not at all wise on the part of police to have arrested the Dalit leader John Pandian which had indeed resulted in protests at various places. TNUEF demanded that the Tamil Nadu government should institute a judicial enquiry and conduct a thorough enquiry on the whole incident of police firing. The government should announce a compensation of Rs.5 lakh as compensation and provide better treatment for the injured. The front also said that the government should take immediate steps to prevent atrocities and violence against Dalits in the State.

Protect transport workers: CITU

Secretary of All India Road Transport Workers Federation affiliated to CITU and former Kerala State Minister Elamaram Karim called for a comprehensive legislation for the welfare of transport workers at national level.

Addressing a meeting after inaugurating the Kurnool district Motor Workers Union office (which was named after comrade Basheer)  on Sunday, he described motors workers as unprotected class and highly vulnerable section in the country. He said the Central government failed to look into the problems and working conditions of the people working in the transport sector while only a few States made some Acts for the welfare of transport workers.

Mr. Karim called upon the CITU activists to start their work taking up street as a unit rather than concentrating at macro level. He said the CPI (M) had strong base in Kerala and the party lost the previous election with only a razor thin majority.

Left Front Urges People to Warn Government Through the By-Elections

Dr. Nandini Mukherjee is the Left Front nominated CPI(M) candidate at the Bhawanipore assembly constituency. Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Jadavpur University, Dr. Nandini Mukherjee has been in the teaching profession for 20 years. She did her BE from Shibpur B. E. College in 1987, her ME from JU in 1991, and her PhD from the University of Manchester with a Commonwealth Scholarship. Afterwards she returned to India and continued teaching at Jadavpur University. She is a state and national level leader of the Free Software Movement against imperialist monopoly in the digital world. She is associated to Left politics since her student days. She is associated with FOSET, AIPSO and the Teacher's movement in Bengal. She is an elected representative of the teachers in the Executive Council of Jadavpur University.

Subid Ali Gazi is the Left Front nominated CPI(M) candidate at the Basirhat (North) assembly constituency. The seat was won by Mustafa Ben Kashem of the CPI(M) during the May Assembly elections, but became vacant following unnatural death of Kashem. Subid Ali Gazi, a retired school teacher, has been closely associated with peasant movement and biri workers’ movement.

He was elected in all three tiers of Panchayat. He was first elected in Gram Panchayat in 1978 and shouldered the responsibility of upopradhan till 1983. Then he was elected as the Sabhapoti of Hasnabad Panchayat Samity for two consecutive terms. He is a member of North 24 Parganas district committee of CPI(M). The by-election in both the constituencies will be held on 25 September. The counting of votes will be done on 28 September. The election certainly has no impact on change of Government but for the common people who are in a terrible condition due to price rise surely it is a golden chance to warn the Government. The first hundred plus days of this new Government has given birth of some fundamental questions. Though it is a very short period but the direction is amply clear. The period has already showing flashback of semi fascist terror of 1970s. Even the Mamata worship of mainstream media could not suppress that the reality and demand of Mamata Banerjee are absolutely asymmetrical. Singur case, Gorkhaland issue, Maoist problem in the state and issues related to the minorities - everywhere the untruthful stand of TMC is being unmasked.

Democratic rights of the people are under severe threat. The martyrs’ list is becoming longerevery day. The new Government could not even prepare a budget. Callousness of the new Government became naked in their inability to help the people during recent flood. The new Government is also trying to bypass all the legislative rules and conventions. The CM has openly declared that she would give preference to the students’ front cadres of her party who will participate in her forthcoming students’ brigade. In such a backdrop the by-election is extremely important. CPI(M) has urged the people to utilize the opportunity to warn the Government that they did not approve these misdirected activities in the name of change.