Report

As the battle for justice in the RG Kar Medical college rape and murder incident intensifies, the state of West Bengal is witnessing continuous mobilisations and protests. On September 2, 2024, a citizen's march was organised from Moulali to Dharmatala, in which hundreds of people joined calling for gender justice. CPIML General Secretary Comrade Dipankar Bhattacharya, along with several leaders and activists from students-youth, working class and women organisations, Queer and LGBTQIA+ movements and civil society groups participated in the march.

CPIML LIBERATION State level cadre meet was held at Vijayawada on 24 August 2024. Comrades Harinath, Arjun Rao and MP Ramdev presided over the meeting. A paper on the political situation in the wake of NDA in power in the state was discussed. Comrade Bangar Rao proposed a detailed plan for the state towards the mass political convention on 9 November to be addressed by the party General Secretary.

AISA – RYA State level workshop was held on 23 August, 2024 at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. State President Vemanna, State Secretary Nagaraju, State Leaders Anil, Nagarjuna, Sarayu, Devi, K Nageswara Rao, Lova Kumar were part of the Presidium.

The CPIML State Secretary B Bangarrao delivered the inaugural speech and emphasised on countering the communal forces under the BJP in the state should be nipped in the bud.

AIARLA held a protest on 23 August 2024, as part of its countrywide campaign, in Rayagada at the District Collector's office and handed over a memorandum with 14 demands.

CPIML activists came out in large numbers in support of the Bharat Bandh called on 21 August against the sub-categorisation of SC/ST quota and issue of creamy layer after the Supreme Court verdict in this regard.

‘Ensure People’s Rights, Fulfil Your Promises’, CPIML’s Haq Do, Vada Nibhao campaign mobilised lakhs of Bihar poor towards the block headquarters to remind Nitish government to fulfil its own promises and guarantee the constitutional rights of the people in the state. More than 250 block offices were gheraoed on 22-24 August in all districts of the state.

The battle for justice in the horrific RG Kar Medical College rape and murder intensifies in West Bengal and across the country. The roar is getting louder and the issue of continued violence against women has once again come to the forefront. A female doctor trainee was raped and murdered on August 9 at a seminar room on the 4th floor of the emergency ward of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata.

On August 12, a 14-year-old Dalit girl was raped and murdered in Bihar's Muzaffarpur. The criminal inaction and silence of the BJP-JD(U) government in this case have sparked widespread protests by CPI(ML), AIPWA, and Insaf Manch, as battle rages across the country for gender justice and an end to violence against women.

A fact-finding team from the CPIML visited the site of the recent tragic stampede at Siddheshwar Temple on Barabar Hill in Jahanabad district on August 12, 2024. The incident, which occurred during the Sawan festival, resulted in the death of seven and injuries to 28 others.

CPIML and other left parties have strongly condemned the attempts by the BJP led state government and right wing-forces in Rajasthan to stoke communal polarisation around the recent school stabbing incident in Rajasthan’s Udaipur city. In the incident, in which a student at a government school in Bhatiyani Chauraha attacked his schoolmate, who later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. In the wake of this incident, a joint meeting of left parties in Udaipur city was held on August 18.