Com. Charan Singh Virdi, Secretary, Punjab State Committee, CPI(M) has issued the following statement to the press here today :
The State Committee of Communist Party Of India ( Marxist ) met here in State Headquarters of the party from August 12-14, 2014 presided over by Comrade Ranvir Singh virk.
Comrades S. R. Pillai , Polit Bureau Member and Nilotpal Basu , Central Secretariat Member made report on International and National situation and other decisions of the Central Committee.
The State Committee reviewing the political
situation in the state has concluded that the Akali-BJP coalition
government of Shri Parkash Singh Badal is continuing on its anti people
path with added cruelty . It has got passed the draconian bill – named “
The Punjab prevention of damage to public and private property bill
-2014 “, which scuttles the fundamental rights guaranteed to the people
in Article 19 of our constitution. Its budget for the year 2014-15 is
totally adhoc , non developmental and anti people.
Shiromani Akali
Dal ( Badal ) has precipitated the issue of formation of separate
Gurdwara Committee in Haryana to divert and digress the attention of the
people from misdeeds and and anti people policies of the Akali-BJP
government in the state. All sections of people are fed up with the
policies of the government . Government employees, peasants, unemployed
youth, trained teachers khet mazdoor , anganwadi workers and transport
workers are agitating for settlement of their demands.
The state
committee concretised the campaigns and struggles programme of various
calls given by the central committee. It has been decided to conduct
struggles against FDI in railways, insurance, defence production and
against disinvestment of public sector shares. The state committee has
also decided to launch a struggle against dilution of labour laws by the
Modi led NDA government. The party will take up a political and
idealogical campaign against the offensive of the Hindutava forces and
all forms of communalism and the efforts to communalise the education
system and text books. Party will will make efforts to rally all
democratic and secular forces against the Hindutava forces and
communalists of all other hues. The party will launch struggles against
price rise of essential commodities, demanding universalisation of the
PDS ( Public D istribution System ) and curb on futures trading in food
items and essential commoditie
The state committee called upon its
various units to spare no effort for making the state level joint
programme of four left parties against the draconian law passed by the
Punjab Assembly and other burning demands of the people. All the units
have been directed to hold joint protest demonstrations all over Punjab
from 2-5 September, 2014.
The state committee passed a
resolution condemning Israel for attack on Gaza in which 1300 innocent
people including women and children have died. The committee noted with
concern the departure of NDA government from established pro Palestine
Indian foreign policy. It appealed to all democratic and peace loving
forces to support the Palestinian cause.
The state committee has
decided to hold its state conference from 23-25 January, 2015 in run up
to the All India 21st Party Congress being held at Visakhapatnam (
Andhra Pradesh ) in April, 2015.
