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Bihar Government Must Drop Its Stubborn Stance, Accept the Demands of Bihar Public Service Commission (#BPSC) Candidates!
CPI(ML) Extends Support to the December 30 Road Blockade Called by Students and Youths!
CPI(ML) condemns the brutal police repression against protesting BPSC aspirants!
CPI(ML) MLA Sandeep Saurabh Writes to CM, Demands Re-Examination!

CPI(ML) State Secretary Kunal has strongly condemned the repressive and stubborn attitude of the government towards the ongoing movement of BPSC candidates. He has demanded that the government take their demands seriously and immediately cancel the PT examination. CPI(ML) will extend its full support to the chakka jam on December 30, organized by students and youths.

Meanwhile, MLA Sandeep Saurabh has written to the Chief Minister, demanding the cancellation of the BPSC PT examination. He highlighted that in this digital age, the argument that irregularities occurred at only one examination center is absurd. Around 1,200 candidates were present at the Bapu Examination Center. Why should only these 1,200 candidates be re-examined? This would provide them additional time, which is unjust to other candidates. Therefore, the entire examination should be canceled and conducted again. The entire exam process has been marred by irregularities and corruption.

पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री डॉ.मनमोहन सिंह को श्रद्धांजलि

नई दिल्ली, 28 दिसम्बर 2024.

डॉ. मनमोहन सिंह एक मृदुभाषी और शायद अनायास बने कॉंग्रेस के प्रधानमंत्री जो अल्पसंख्यक समुदाय से बने एकमात्र प्रधानमंत्री थे, जिन्होंने दस साल तक एक स्थिर गठबंधन सरकार में शासन चलाया, के रूप में याद किए जाएंगे. एक आर्थिक प्रशासक के तौर पर, पहले पीवी नरसिम्हा राव के वित्तमंत्री के तौर पर और फिर यूपीए सरकार के प्रधानमंत्री के तौर पर डॉ सिंह आर्थिक और विदेश नीति के क्षेत्र में कई बड़े बदलावों के वाहक बने, जिसमें नेहरूवादी काल की मिलीजुली अर्थव्यवस्था से खुले बाजार की नव-उदारवादी अर्थव्यवस्था में, और गुटनिरपेक्षता की नीति से अमेरिका के रणनीतिक साझेदार के तौर पर भारत का संक्रमण हुआ.

यूपीए—1 सरकार के दौर में उल्लेखनीय वाम समर्थन के साथ ग्रामीण रोजगार गारंटी कानून और वनाधिकार कानून जैसे कई प्रगतिशील कानून आए, जिनके कारण जबरदस्त अमीरपरस्त, कॉरपोरेटपरस्त नीतियों के माहौल के बीच गरीबों के लिए कुछ सुरक्षा घेरा बना. यह अजीब विरोधाभास है कि मनमोहन सिंह सूचना के अधिकार (आरटीआई) कानून जैसे नागरिक पक्षधर उपायों के लिए याद किए जाएंगे तो साथ ही ऐसी कार्यवाहियों के लिए भी जिन्होंने नागरिक स्वतंत्रता का उल्लेखनीय रूप से क्षरण किया. भारत-अमेरिका परमाणु समझौते के बाद लगातार दूसरे कार्यकाल में सत्ता में वापस आने के बाद उनकी सरकार ने यूएपीए में संशोधन और छत्तीसगढ़ में ऑपरेशन ग्रीन हंट की तरफ कदम बढ़ाए, सिंह ने स्वयं भी नक्सलवाद को सबसे बड़ा आंतरिक खतरा बताया जबकि फासीवादी सांप्रदायिक जहर और हिंसा पूरे देश में फैल रही थी.

2014 तक आते-आते यूपीए सरकार ऐसे बड़े भ्रष्टाचार के आरोपों के घेरे में आ गयी- जो कभी सिद्ध नहीं हो पाये, वहीं बेलगाम नव-उदरवाद के पक्षकारों की ओर से मनमोहन सिंह पर नीतिगत पक्षाघात के आरोप भी लगे. कॉरपोरेट इण्डिया और आरएसएस ने इस अवसर का इस्तेमाल सांप्रदायिक नरसंहार व न्यायेत्तर शासन के गुजरात मॉडल को अखिल भारतीय स्तर पर लागू करने के लिए किया. तब से देश सतत फासीवादी हमले के साये तले कराह रहा है जो अपने साथ अभूतपूर्व किस्म का क्रोनी पूंजीवाद, संविधान पर निरंतर हमला और नागरिकों के अधिकारों का क्षरण लिए हुए है.

पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री के तौर पर मनमोहन सिंह ने प्रमुख रूप से आर्थिक कुप्रबंधन के मसलों पर बोलना जारी रखा. राज्यसभा में नोटबंदी पर उनकी टिप्पणी, जिसमें उन्होंने इसे भारी तबाही, संगठित लूट और कानूनी डकैती का खुला मामला बताया था. आज भी उनके शब्द गूंज रहे हैं क्यूंकि अर्थव्यवस्था नोटबंदी, जीएसटी और लंबे अनियोजित लॉक डाउन के लगातार प्रहारों से अभी भी उबर नहीं सकी है.

जब हम संविधान और भारतीय गणतंत्र की 75 वीं वर्षगांठ की ओर बढ़ रहे हैं, राष्ट्र मनमोहन सिंह को ऐसे प्रधानमंत्री के रूप में याद रखेगा, जो नेहरू की आर्थिक और विदेश नीतियों से तो अलग हट गए लेकिन विविधता, धर्मनिरपेक्षता और संघवाद के संवैधानिक उसूलों को बुलंद रखने के मामले में नेहरूवादी विरासत के दृढ़ हिमायती बने रहे. भाकपा(माले) डॉ. सिंह के परिजनों, उनके सभी मित्रों व प्रशंसकों के प्रति हृदय की गहराइयों से संवेदना प्रकट करती है.

— केन्द्रीय कमेटी, भाकपा (माले) लिबरेशन

Condolence Statement on the Demise of Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh

28 December 2024

Dr Manmohan Singh will be remembered as a soft-spoken and rather accidental Congress Prime Minister, the only Prime Minister from a minority community till date, who presided over ten years of stable coalition rule. As an economic administrator and then first as Finance Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao government and finally as the Prime Minister of the UPA government, Singh was instrumental in effecting major shifts in both economic and foreign policy spheres, marking India's transition from the Nehruvian era of mixed economy to open market neo-liberalism and from non-alignment to strategic partnership with the United States.

The first phase of UPA government with significant Left backing also saw a series of progressive legislations like the Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Forest Rights Act that sought to create some safety net for the poor in an otherwise overwhelmingly pro-rich and pro-corporate policy environment. Paradoxically Manmohan Singh will also be remembered for both pro-citizen measures like the Right to Information (RTI) Act as well as for a series of actions that significantly eroded civil liberties. Back in power for a second successive term after the Indo-US nuclear deal, his government presided over the amended UAPA and Operation Greenhunt in Chhattisgarh, with Singh himself labelling Naxalism the greatest internal security threat to India even as fascist communal venom and violence spread across the country.

By 2014 the UPA government had come under the cloud of charges of mega corruption – which remain unproved - and advocates of unbridled neo-liberalism also accused Manmohan Singh of policy paralysis. Corporate India and the RSS were ready to seize the opportunity and replicate the Gujarat model of communal carnage and extra-judicial governance on the all-India plane. The country has since been reeling under a relentless fascist onslaught marked by unprecedented levels of corrupt crony capitalism, systematic subversion of the Constitution and erosion of rights of citizens.

As a former Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh of course continued to speak out primarily on issues of economic mismanagement. The comments he made about demonetisation in the Rajya Sabha, calling it a monumental disaster, a brazen case of organised loot and legalised plunder, continue to resonate as the economy has never really overcome the serial blows of demonetisation, GST and prolonged unplanned lockdown.

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the coming into force of the Indian Constitution, and the foundation of the Indian republic, the nation would remember Manmohan Singh as a Prime Minister who while departing fundamentally from the economic and foreign policies of Nehru remained a steadfast champion of the Nehruvian legacy in upholding the constitutional principles of diversity, secularism and federalism. CPI(ML) extends heartfelt condolences to Dr Singh’s family and all his friends and admirers.

- Central Committee, CPI(ML) Liberation

Change in Conduct of Election Rules Government's Attempt to Throttle Electoral Transparency

The CPIML strongly condemns the Union government’s unilateral amendment to Rule 93(2)(a) of the Conduct of Election Rules, which effectively curtails public access to crucial election-related documents. This amendment represents a deliberate assault on the principles of electoral transparency and democratic accountability, raising serious concerns about the ruling dispensation’s intent to subvert democratic institutions.

This move comes just days after the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on December 9, directed the Election Commission to provide videography, security camera footage, and copies of documents related to votes polled at a polling station during the recent Haryana Assembly elections to advocate Mehmood Pracha. Rather than ensuring greater transparency considering such judicial directives, the government has chosen opacity, signaling its disregard for accountability.

This knee-jerk reaction by the government suggests that it is attempting to hide something at a time when concerns are being raised across the country about the conduct of elections and the conspiracy behind the push for a so-called One Nation, One Election (ONOE).

The CPIML also points out the troubling parallels between this amendment and the government’s previous actions to undermine transparency, such as the now-scrapped electoral bond scheme. This scheme legalized anonymous and opaque political funding, creating avenues for unaccountable money to influence elections while favouring the ruling party. The government is once again attempting to cloak critical aspects of the electoral process in secrecy, raising serious questions about its commitment to free and fair elections.

We call on the Election Commission of India (ECI) to uphold its constitutional responsibility to ensure public trust and transparency in the electoral process. Instead of enabling such regressive changes, the ECI must take proactive steps to ensure accountability and transparency.

The CPI(ML) demands the immediate repeal of this anti-democratic rule amendment and urges all democratic forces to unite in defence of transparency, accountability, and the people's right to scrutinise their electoral system.

#Elections #ElectionRules

Joint Statement by Left Parties | December 23, 2024

The leaders of the Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc met in New Delhi on December 22, 2024. They have issued the following statement after the meeting:

Amit Shah should Resign:
The meeting noted that consequent to the disrespectful and derogatory comments on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar by the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, in the Rajya Sabha, there has been widespread anger and protests across the country. However, neither Amit Shah nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi are willing to own up the responsibility and take remedial action.

The Left parties, therefore, decided to continue with the ongoing protests and have decided to jointly organize a protest day on December 30. The nationwide protest day will demand the resignation of Amit Shah as the Home Minister.

Simultaneous Elections: Assault on Democracy and Federalism:
The Left parties unequivocally opposed the `One Nation, One Election’ proposal, which has now been introduced through two Bills including a Constitutional amendment Bill in Parliament. The proposed amendments to the Constitution are a direct assault on the federal structure and the rights of State legislatures and the people who elect them. It is a recipe for centralization and truncating the will of the people by arbitrary reduction of the five-year term of legislatures.

The Left parties will conduct a countrywide campaign against the `One Nation, One Election’ scheme.

The Left parties also demanded the withdrawal of the amendment to the Conduct of Election Rules whereby the right of public inspection of electronic documents such as CCTV camera and video footage is annulled.

United Left Intervention:
The meeting decided to step up Left intervention on political and people’s issues in the coming days. For this, regular meetings of the Left parties will be held to project the Left policies and promote joint actions.

Sd/-
D Raja
General Secretary, CPI

Prakash Karat
Co-ordinator, Polit Bureau, CPI(M)

Dipankar Bhattacharya
General Secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation


Manoj Bhattacharya
General Secretary, RSP

G. Devarajan
General Secretary, AIFB

The country will not tolerate such an attack on the Constitution and Ambedkar's legacy!
Amit Shah must resign!
Modi government must apologize!

#Simultaneouselections | Driving this project of course is the Sangh-BJP scheme of over-centralisation of power and systematic weakening of India's diverse culture, plural politics and federal framework. By clubbing all elections together, the Modi government seeks to rob elections of their distinct contexts and limit the political choices of the people.

Federal India offers the most vibrant opposition and determined resistance to the Modi government's Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan paradigm as can be seen from the growing cultural and political churnings in states beyond the Hindi heartland (as well as increasingly within it). 'One Nation, One Election' is a formula to curb those churnings and subject democratic India to the imperial designs of a fascist regime.

This design is of a piece with the whole of range of attempts going on in the spheres of law, governance and constitutional architecture to reduce empowered citizenship to loyal subjecthood and enslave India in a fascist straitjacket. India must defeat this design by all means.

- Editorial, ML Update Vol. 26, No. 37 (http://cpiml.net)

🔴 One Nation One Election/ Simultaneous Elections Bill Undermines the Basic Spirit of Democracy and Federalism : CPI(ML)
🔴 Govenment Must Immediately Withraw the Constitution Amendment bill!

‘One Nation, One Election’ (#ONOE) / #SimultaneousElections is undemocratic,and this pet idea of the BJP undermines the basic spirit of democracy and federalism that constitutes the lifeblood of the Constitution. Today, in the name of ‘One Nation, One Election’ the BJP wants to set the political clock back and enforce a regimentation of the polity through constitutional amendments.

Assembly and Parliament elections have their own specific contexts as do the panchayat and municipal elections. Clubbing elections together for logistical considerations will mean stripping Assembly elections of their autonomous domain and making them subordinated to the central context. The assumption that holding simultaneous elections would make for logistical convenience and financial savings is not backed by any credible study or analysis of election expenses or logistical arrangements. Furthermore, as per the Law Commission’s 2018 draft report on simultaneous elections about 3586 crores was the cost incurred by the ECI on the 2014 elections (para 2.10). To put this in perspective, since the BJP came to power at the Centre in 2014, the Union government has spent ₹3,260.79 crore on advertising in electronic media and ₹3,230.77 crore on advertising in print media. If money is truly to be saved, the scope clearly lies elsewhere. Expenditure cannot be made a prime consideration in pursuing the core principles of democracy.

In a bid to justify the wide-ranging amendments to the Constitution to facilitate simultaneous elections, the entire ONOE proposal attempts to play down the right to vote, and the right to elect in Indian jurisprudence. Parliamentary democracy, multi-party system and free and fair elections are all part of the basic structure of the Constitution.

-- CPI(ML) Liberation