CPIM to contest in 18 seats to Karnataka Assembly Election

CPIM Karnataka State committee has decided   to  contest  from 18 constituencis for the coming Assembly elections. Vidhana Sabha election, will be held on May,5th’2013. CPIM has decided to support CPI candidates in their constituencies. The party had not decided on extending support to candidates in constituencies where they were not contesting.

The CPI(M) would field candidates from Bagepally, Gouribidanur, Chintamani, Bangarpet-kgf), Gulbarga Rural, Mangalore, Mangalore south, Belthangady, Malvalli, Hospet, Kampli, Kanakagiri, Kundapur, Bainduranakal, Doddaballapur, Krishnarajpura, Tumkur, Chickballapur. he constituencies are;  Mangalore South, Mangalore and Belthangadi. Some of the candidates have also been announced. 

Vasantha Achary

Krishnappa Salian

Adv B M Bhat

The Dakshina Kannada district committee of the party has taken a decision to field candidates in three constituencies and will decide soon on supporting able candidates in other constituencies. The party's state secretariat members Vasantha Achari, BM Bhat and Krishnappa Salian will file nominations for Mangalore City South, Belthangady and Mangalore constituencies respectively.

Vasantha Achari, who is an advocate, is the state secretary of CITU, the trade union of CPI(M). He is the general secretary of Motor Transport and Engineering Workers Union and state secretary of Karnataka State Building and Other Construction Workers Federation.

BM Bhat, who is also an advocate, is the state vice-president of CITU. He is the president of Belthangady Taluk Beedi Workers Association and the state vice-president of Karnataka State Building and Other Construction Workers Federation.

Krishnappa Salian is the district vice president of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha.

Arrest of Raghavulu and other left leaders in Andhra Condemned

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

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns the arrest of its Polit Bureau Member and Andhra Pradesh State Secretary, B.V. Raghavulu and other Left leaders in Hyderabad

Ten Left parties in Andhra Pradesh had jointly given a call for protest against the exorbitant hike in the electricity charges in the state. This hike comes in addition to the burdens being imposed on the people through the hike in prices of all essential commodities. The hunger strike protest continued for five days when the Andhra Pradesh legislative Assembly was in session. As soon as the assembly session ended, the Andhra Pradesh government cracked down on the protesting leaders, who are currently in hospital.

Such brutal attacks on popular protests against the burdens being imposed on the people will not be tolerated.