CPIM DECLARES CANDIDATES FROM TRIPURA

Left Front is Tripura announced the name of candidates for the forthcoming loksabha elections. Com. Jitendra Chowdary will be contesting from Tripura East and Com. Sankar prasad Dutta will be contesting from Tripura West. Both are CPIM candidates. The announcement was made after the conclusion of the CPIM State Committe.

Left Front West Bengal declared candidates for Lok sabha elections 2014

 

West Bengal Left Front today have declared its list of candidates for the upcoming

LokSabha elections 2014

 

Constituency No. & Name                    Party         Name

 

1. COOCHBEHAR (SC)                         AIFB               Dipak Kumar Roy

2. ALIPURDUAR (ST)                           RSP                 Monahar Tirkey

3. JALPAIGURI (SC)                           CPI(M)            Mahendra Kumar Roy

4. DARJEELING                                CPI(M)            Saman Pathak

5. RAIGANJ                                      CPI(M)            Md. Salim

6. BALURGHAT                               RSP                 Bimal Sarkar

7. MALDAHA UTTAR                   CPI(M)            Khagen Murmu

8. MALDAHA DAKSHIN               CPI(M)            Abul Hasnat Khan

9. JANGIPUR                                    CPI(M)            Muzaffar Hossain

10. BAHARAMPUR                         RSP                 Pramathes Mukherjee

11. MURSHIDABAD                       CPI(M)            Badarudzza Khan

12. KRISHNANAGAR                     CPI(M)            Dr. Santanu Jha

13. RANAGHAT (SC)                      CPI(M)            Archna Biswas

14. BANGAON (SC)                         CPI(M)            Dr. Debesh Das

15. BARRACKPUR                          CPI(M)            Subhasini Ali

16. DUM DUM                                 CPI(M)            Dr. Asim Dasgupta

17. BARASAT                                   AIFB               Dr. Murtaza Hossen

18. BASIRHAT                                  CPI                  Nurul Huda

19. JAYNAGAR (SC)                        RSP                 Subhas Naskar

20. MATHURAPUR (SC)                         CPI(M)            Rinku Naskar

21. DIAMOND HARBOUR                       CPI(M)            Dr. Abul Hasnat

22. JADAVPUR                                    CPI(M)            Dr. Sujan Chakraborty

23. KOLKATA DAKSHIN                        CPI(M)            Dr. Nandini Mukherjee

24. KOLKATA UTTAR                           CPI(M)            Rupa Bagchi

25. HOWRAH                                     CPI(M)            Sreedip Bhattacharya

26. ULUBERIA                                   CPI(M)            Sabiruddin Mollah

27. SREERAMPUR                              CPI(M)            Tirthankar Roy

28. HOOGHLY                                  CPI(M)            Pradip Saha

29. ARAMBAG (SC)                           CPI(M)            Shakti Mohan Malik

30. TAMLUK                                     CPI(M)            Sk. Ibrahim Ali

31. KANTHI                                      CPI(M)            Tapas Sinha

32. GHATAL                                     CPI                  Santosh Rana

33. JHARGRAM (ST)                          CPI(M)            Dr. Pulin Behari Baskey

34. MEDINIPUR                                 CPI                  Probodh Ponda

35. PURULIA                                    AIFB               Narahari Mahato

36. BANKURA                                   CPI(M)            Basudeb Acharya

37. BISHNUPUR (SC)                         CPI(M)            Susmita Bauri

38. BARDHAMAN PURBA (SC)             CPI(M)            Iswar Chandra Das

39. BARDHAMAN DURGAPUR              CPI(M)            Sk. Saidul Haque

40. ASANSOL                                   CPI(M)            Bangsha Gopal Choudhury

41. BOLPUR (SC)                             CPI(M)            Dr. Ramchandra Dom

42. BIRBHUM                                   CPI(M)            Dr. Kamre Elahi

 

In 42 seats 26 candidates are fresh and first time contenders in the LokSabha elections.

12 candidates belong to the Muslim Minority section.

6women candidates.

13 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates.

CPIM FIRST LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR LOK SABHA POLLS RELEASED

CPI(M) released the first list of candidates for 24 Lok Sabha seats spread across in 12 states and a Union Territory. The party has fielded its Assam State Secretary Uddhab Barman from Barpeta, Khemraj Chetry from Tejpur and Rejamond Ali from Silchar in Assam.

Comrades Singhjibhai Katara would contest from Dohad (ST) in Gujarat, Phool Singh Sheokand from Hisar, Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria Sirsa (SC) and Master Sher Singh from Bhiwani Mohindergarh all in the state of Haryana.
 

Com. Kushal Bharadwaj would contest from Mandi and Jagat Ram in Shimla (SC), of Himachal Pradesh.

Jyotin Soren from Rajmahal (ST), Rajinder Singh Munda  from Ranchi in Jharkhand.

CPIM Karnataka State Secretary Srirama Reddy and Com Yadav Shetty would fight from Chikballapur and Mangalore constituencies in Karnataka.

Akhilesh Yadav (Gwalior), Lata Bharbore (Jhabua-Ratlam (ST)) in Madhya Pradesh, Ladak Kharpade (Palghar (ST)), Hemant Waghere (Dindori (ST)), Tanaji Jaybhave (Nashik) in Maharashtra, Ali Kishor Patnaik (Berhampur) in Odisha, Balbir Singh Jadla (Anandpur Sahib) in Punjab, Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon (Ludhiana), Hiralal Yadav (Varanasi), Nafeesuddin (Moradabad), Shiv Prasad Deoli (Tehri) in Uttarakhand and Muneer (Lakshadweep) are the other candidates.

The draft of the election manifesto of the party was discussed the meeting, which also authorised the Polit Bureau to finalise the manifesto and issue it at the appropriate time.

Girijana Garjana to make Government act: CPI(M)

To make the Government solve many important and long-pending problems of Girijans, the district committee of the CPI(M) is organising Girijana Garjana at Araku Valley on March 6 in which party's polit bureau member Brinda Karat will participate. State secretariat members M. Babu Rao, who is a former MP, and Ch. Narasinga Rao will also participate.

Girijans in Visakha Agency are still plagued with problems like lack of protected drinking water, roads, power and houses while the Forest Rights Act, NREGS, pattas for podu lands etc. were yet to be implemented by the Congress Government which was in power for the last 10 years, Mr. Narasinga Rao said at a press conference he addressed along with district secretary K. Lokanadham here on Tuesday.

The CPI(M) leaders said local Ministers and people's representatives of the Congress had failed to improve the lot of Girijans in spite of being ruling party members. They had more concern for themselves than for Girijans, Mr. Narasinga Rao said. The Girijan Ministers of the ruling party had done little for their people even as the threat of bauxite mining in the Agency still loomed large. Not issuing pattas in the areas where bauxite mining was proposed was an indication of Government's intention to take up bauxite mining. Permission for laterite mining was being given through backdoor method, the CPI(M) leader said.

The FR Act came into effect nine years ago but individual rights were given only over 36,000 acres and 3400 acres for community rights while four lakh acres of land was available to be given to 1.25 lakh families.

(courtesy : The Hindu)

DYFI Dakshin Kannada District Conference

The Democratic Youth Federation of India urged youths to support candidates representing the Left parties or those from the third alternative that the Left parties support in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

Addressing a public meeting at the end of two day district DYFI meeting on Monday, DYFI district president Muneer Katipalla said both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party were two sides of the same coin. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi — whom he described as prime ministerial candidates from the two parties — were being backed by corporate entities. Kannada actor Chetan said the youth should continue their fight till equality was achieved in society. There should be no barriers of caste, creed and language. “All languages are ours. Efforts should be made to grow it.” He recalled the contribution made to literature from Beary, Konkani, Tulu and Malayalam. “If we accept these languages, we will grow,” he said.

DYFI State president M.L. Bharatraj and CITU district secretary Vasanth Achary also spoke. In a meeting of the district DYFI held in Kolya, Mr. Katipalla was unanimously re-elected as the district unit president. The names of the other office-bearers of DYFI elected were Dayanand Shetty (Secretary), Jeevanraj Kuttar (Treasurer), Ashok Shetty Chemugudde (vice president), B.K. Imtiyaz (vice president) and Pramila K. Shatinagar (vice president).

(courtesy : the hindu)

11 Parties Declaration

Joint Declaration

 

The country is going to the polls again to elect the 16^th Lok Sabha.  This is the occasion for the people of India to decide the future direction of the Indian Republic. 

 

Five years of the UPA-II government have led to all-round problems and suffering for the people.  Economic growth has slowed down which was already skewed in favour of the rich; unprecedented price rise has caused havoc to the lives of the people; farmers have faced acute distress; youth face unemployment and bleak prospects; lakhs of adivasis, dalits and minorities have faced loss of livelihood; women have faced unprecedented insecurity  and violence; corruption has become the byword for the ruling establishment.

 

It is time for a change and to throw out the Congress from power.

 

The BJP, which claims to be the alternative, has no policies different from that of the Congress. Their record in the states where they run governments on corruption and economic policies underline the fact that they are the twin of the Congress and the other side of the same coin. Moreover, they represent an ideology which spells divisiveness, disunity and communal disharmony which will endanger the secular-democratic fabric. 

 

The BJP and the communal forces must be defeated and prevented from coming to power.

 

There has to be an alternative to the Congress and the BJP – an alternative which has a democratic, secular, federal  and pro-people development agenda.

 

We, the leaders of 11 parties, responding to the people’s urge for relief from the growing burdens, have resolved to work together for:

 

(i)               Strengthening the democratic framework ending corruption and ensuring accountability in government.

 

(ii)            Establishing a firm secular order which recognizes the plurality and diversity of our society.

 

(iii)          Providing a people-oriented developmental path which addresses the concerns of inequality, social justice, farmers’ interests, minorities and women’s rights.

 

(iv)          Reversing the centralizing model at the Centre; creating a true federal system so that all states’ rights are assured, including special category status for states who deserve it.

 

We urge other secular-democratic parties and forces to join our endeavour.

 

We appeal to all sections of the people, all citizens to extend their support to our parties and the principles we have set forth.

Left rally in Hisar

The toiling masses shall here to strengthen the red flag to strengthen their position in politics. This is also important for raising our issues in parliament for which we are fighting every day in streets. This was reinforced by the speakers one after the other in the rally attended by thousands of people in Hisar. The rally was organized jointly by CPI(M) and CPI.

Sitaram Yechury, Polit Buero Member of CPI(M) and MP while addressing the rally said that people today needs better future, better education and health, condition of agriculture need to be improved and youth today wants employment.He said that Haryana today has become a model of loot by the corporate and repression of workers and toiling people. Repression of workers of Maruti  Massacre is a living example of this. He said that India is a country of young people and our youth is in forefront world over. But in India only 12% youth reach college today.  He said that natural resources of our country are ruthlessly looted today. 51 persons of our country today own 1/3 of GDP while over 80 crore people live below Rs. 20 per day.  

Today there two countries in our India. We have to change this situation as everyday 3 children die of hunger, 73 % of women are anemic, peasants are resorting to suicide and youth is forced to remain unemployed. Com. Sita Ram said that there used to be three ‘Lals’ in Haryana but today the toiling masses ned to be strengthen the real red flag.

Today there is much hue and cry on corruption. The fight of Left Parties against corruption and their honesty needs no certificate. Their have been 8 Chief Minister of Left Parties and not even a single has any change of corruption. Today also Manik Sarkar, the Chief Minister if Tripura, is the poorest CM as per the records of election commission of india he said that india today needs an alternative to the congress and BJP who are serving the interests of corporate capitals. He said that tune of “ NAMO” and “RAGA” needs to be change     

Addressing the rally CPI national leader, Amarjit Kaur, said that communists had made great sacrifices in the freedom struggle. After independence also the communists are fighting for the rights toiling masses and have been successful in making policies for them.

Comrade Inderjit Singh, state secretary of CPI (M), said that there is a need of change in policies of state and country. Major political parties in Haryana are not taking up issues of common masses like peasants, agricultural workers contract and casual workers, industrial workers, scheme workers and women etc. There is rampant corruption in recruitment transfers. Less of posts are lying vacant in govt. departments. He said that time has come when the people who are raising these issues our street need to be sent to the parliament and assembly.

He declared that CPI (M) and CPI will be contesting 5 parliament seats in Haryana. The candidate include Phool Singh Sheokand from Hisar, Ram Kumar Bahbalpuria from Sirsa, Master Sher Singh from Bhiwani, Mam Chand Saini from Karnal and Arun Kumar Advocate from Ambala. Both the parties have appeared the public of the state to send the candidate of Left Parties in parliament who are real veinguard of the toiling masses.

The rally was also addressed by Com. Nilotpal Basu, central seacretarat member of CPI (M), Surender Malik, Pardeep Singh, Dayanand Poonia, Jagmati Sangwan, Com. Daryav Singh Kasyap state secretary of CPI and others.

Bifurcation Bill: Undemocratic Methods

The Andhra Pradesh Bifurcation Bill has been adopted in the Lok Sabha in an undemocratic way violating all norms and procedures. 

The division of the first linguistically re-organised state in India  is a vitally important issue.  But no debate took place on the Bill and it was adopted in the din by  a “voice vote”.  The demand for a discussion made by some opposition parties was denied.
All this was done in collusion between the Congress and the BJP.  As the major opposition party, even though it is in favour of bifurcation, it was the BJP’s elementary responsibility to demand that a proper debate take place on the Bill.  However, it chose to go along with the Congress party’s violation of all parliamentary norms.  The switching off of the live telecast of the proceedings in the House was a surreptitious move to prevent the people from seeing the undemocratic spectacle.

The way the UPA government has conducted itself in the matter poses a threat to democracy and the federal principle.

ANTI-PEOPLE INTERIM BUDGET : CITU

The interim budget, presented by the Finance Minister Chidambaram today, is a political gimmick to camouflage its continued thrust of pro-corporate economic regime and anti-people bias.

In the run up to the forthcoming general elections, the Finance Minister seeks to project so called “aam admi” orientation by comparing the present expenditures/allocations on health, education and other developmental heads with the figures of ten-years back. By doing so the FM seeks to cleverly hide the truth that in the successive budgets of UPA-II Govt, the budgetary pro-people allocations were not deliberately spent aiming to contain the fiscal deficit. Even in the current year (2013-14), central plan outlay on rural development head has been cut drastically by Rs 5792 crore; in irrigation and flood control by Rs. 800 crore; in transport by Rs 24,359 crore; social services by Rs 28,640 crore and industry & minerals by Rs 11,843 crore; and also the central plan outlay was cut for the Health & Family Welfare Ministry Rs 7000 crore, Education (Human Resource) Ministry by Rs 4000 crore and Social Justice & Empowerment Ministry by Rs 1000 crore. Over all cut in central plan outlay was Rs 66,000 crore only to contain fiscal deficit to 4.6% and claiming credit for stabilizing the economy! All these expenditure would have contributed to income and employment generation to common people.

How the Govt, which is so focused on containing fiscal deficit could continue to allow pilferage in national exchequer by keeping due corporate tax and income tax from the corporate-big business lobby unrecovered? The tax-dues is to the tune of Rs 5.10 lakh crore as in December 2013. These dues are over and above the tax concessions granted to them on “revenue-foregone” account of around Rs 2.8 lakh crore only on account of corporate and income tax. The Govt laments on fiscal deficit only squeeze expenditure on peoples’ welfare.

The interim budget contains nothing on relief to the working people who generates GDP for the country and revenue for the national exchequer keeping the national economy afloat. The written statement of the Prime Minister in the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference that the demands of the trade unions were “unexceptionable” and the demands like universal coverage of social security benefits and national minimum wage “are in advance stages of consideration”, found no reflection in the budget reducing the prime minister’s statement to mere sound-bites. Despite assurances on different occasions no relief has been announced for the scheme workers who are not even getting minimum wages.

The budget’s major focus remains on further concessions to corporate and big-business lobby, both domestic and foreign, through tax concessions on the plea of promoting investment. Investment can expand only with expansion of market through increasing purchasing power of people. But, market can no way be expanded by squeezing developmental and welfare expenditures with ongoing gloom and widening poverty, further burdened by increasing food inflation. It was rather necessary to contain non-essential imports by raising import duty to contain current account deficit and also to boost the domestic industries. But Budget refused to take a call.

The UPA-II Govt ‘s blind approach to run the economy only by pampering corporates, both 

domestic and foreign, is bound to aggravate the gloom and crisis further. This is clear from the very fact that despite sizable growth in agricultural GDP by 4.6%, over all GDP cannot be estimated beyond 4.8 as the non-agricultural sector is in the midst of stagnation heading for decline. Complete reversal of the present economic policy regime is the only way if the country and the people are to advance.

CITU denounces the anti-people interim budget of the UPA-II Govt and calls upon the working people to heighten their struggle for reversal of the anti-people policy regime.

Kisan March to Parliament

Hundreds of peasants from the States neighbouring Delhi marched to Parliament on 18^th February demanding remunerative prices for their produce, settlement of arrears of Sugarcane Farmers, against dilution of APMC Act and other related matters. A delegation including Basudeb Acharia, Saidul Haque, Hannan Mollah, Amra Ram and others submitted a detailed Memorandum to the Agriculture Minister (copy attached) after the March.

 

The Parliament March was addressed by Hannan Mollah, General Secretary, AIKS, Amra Ram, President AIKS, K.Varadharajan, Vice-President, AIKS, S.Ramachandran Pillai, Vice President, AIKS, D.P.Singh, President U.P. Kisan Sabha, Harpal Singh, Secretary, Haryana Kisan Sabha, Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon, Secretary, Punjab Kisan Sabha, Dulichand, Secretary, Rajasthan Kisan Sabha and Jaswinder Singh, President, M.P. Kisan Sabha. Vijoo Krishnan, AIKS Joint Secretary made the introductory remarks and welcomed the gathering. P.Krishnaprasad, AIKS Finance Secretary made the concluding remarks.

 

Basudeb Acharia, Chairperson, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and leader of CPI(M), Lok Sabha, C.P.Narayanan, M.P, K.N.Balagopal. M.P, CPI(M), Rajya Sabha, addressed the Parliament March. Khagen Das, M.P, Ramchandra Dome and Saidul Haque, M.P, CPI(M) Lok Sabha also joined in solidarity.