Statement

With only a few weeks for the decisive 2024 General elections, Central Committee of CPI(ML) Liberation has launched a country-wide Jan Sankalp Abhiyan (Mass Pledge Campaign) with an appeal to ‘ We, the People of India.’ 

CPI(ML) condemns the custodial killing of three civilians belonging to the Bakarwal Gujjar community, who along with others were picked up by the Army after a militant ambush on an army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on December 21.  Mohammad Showkat, Safeer Hussain and Shabir Ahmad succumbed to injuries inflicted on them apparently through custodial torture. Five other detained civilians were hospitalized due to injuries. The Sarpanch of Topa Peer village and relatives have identified them in the alleged video of torture doing the rounds on social media.

As the Modi government attempts to impose the draconian new penal codes – the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, thousands of transport workers across the country have embarked on protests and strikes since January 1. The new criminal laws, which will have far reaching consequences on people’s liberty and rights were passed on December 20 by a parliament amid the large scale suspension of majority of opposition MPs. 

CPI(ML) Bihar State Secretary Kunal has demanded immediate arrest of the accused in case of murder of 14-year-old dalit girl Sundari Kumari on December 20 in Chainpur Nagar Panchayat in Kaimur district of Bihar. A Fact finding team headed by District Secretary Vijay Yadav found that Sundari Kumari was murdered by 50-year-old Ramavatar Yadav, a influential farmer who is known for being a bully and goonda. The accused brutally assaulted Sundari and her classmate for plucking green gram leaves from his farm.

The Supreme Court, today, in upholding the abrogation of Article 370 and denying the special status of Jammu and Kashmir has failed to hold the executive accountable for this egregious constitutional violation. Indeed, the Supreme Court has let down the Constitution and the faith that the people repose in it. 

As far back as 1979, a Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court in Hargovind Pant v. Raghukul Tilak [1979 AIR 1109] had held that the Governor “…is not amenable to the directions of the Government of India, nor is he accountable for them for the manner in which he carries out his functions and duties. He is an independent constitutional office which is not subject to the control of the Government of India.

Rattled by the unity of the people against the anti-poor and anti-worker regime, the Modi-BJP establishment is playing dirty tricks, said CPI(ML) Liberation General Secretary Com. Dipankar. He was expressing serious concern over the phone-hacking attempts against opposition MPs and leaders of INDIA alliance.

Tata Motors claims that a three-member tribunal has awarded it a compensation of Rs 765.68 crore with 11% interest per annum calculated from September 1, 2016 till the time of recovery for the aborted and abandoned Nano factory project of Singur. The money is to be recovered from the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC).

CPIML strongly condemns the detention in Jammu of more than 30 activists of civil society organisations, trade unions and CPIML including party’s Jammu district secretary Subhash Mehta in 20 November late night to stop them from assembling in a demonstration on 21 October which was organised to express solidarity with the Palestinian people. Subhash Mehta (a septuagenarian) and others were forcibly taken from their homes to the police station in the dark of night. Com. Nirdosh Uppal, Central committee member of CPIML was put under house arrest.