Marxistindia Digest, Vol 1216, Issue 1

[Anil Chandran]

marxistindia
news digest from cpi(m)


Today's Topics:

   1. Hear Our Farmers' Voice: Stop Repression (news from the cpi(m))
   2. Complete Solidarity with the Ongoing Kisan Struggle
      (news from the cpi(m))


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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 16:14:12 +0530

November 28, 2020
Press Statement
The undersigned leaders of the several political Parties have issued the
following joint statement:
Hear Our Farmers' Voice: Stop Repression
Braving severe repression, teargasing, heavy water cannoning, roadblocks,
police barricades and digging up the national highways surrounding Delhi
akin to waging a 'war' on our farmers, tens of thousands of farmers have
successfully reached the National Capital of Delhi. We salute their
determination and courage in this massive protest demanding the withdrawal
of the retrograde anti-Kisan agri laws.
The Central Government was forced to relent and reverse its earlier decision
of preventing our Kisans from reaching Delhi to peacefully voice their
protest and allocated them a place to assemble. This ground, however, is too
small for the tens of thousands that have reached Delhi. We the undersigned
demand that a larger ground like Ram Lila Maidan or similar must be allotted
for this peaceful protest and all necessary arrangements must be made for
their stay and food.
We reiterate our opposition to these new agri-laws that threaten India's
food security, abolish MSP, destroy Indian agriculture and our farmers-
'Annadatas'. The Central Government must adhere to the democratic process
and norms and address the concerns of the protesting farmers.

(Sharad Pawar)                      (T.R. Baalu)
(Sitaram Yechury)

President, NCP                   Treasurer, DMK            General
Secretary, CPI(M)

(D. Raja)                                (Manoj Jha)
(Dipankar Bhattacharya)
General Secretary, CPI         M.P., RJD                    General
Secretary, CPI(ML)

(Debabrata Biswas)
(Manoj Bhattacharya)
General Secretary, AIFB
General Secretary, RSP

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:41:11 +0530

November 30, 2020

Press Statement

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist
Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), Revolutionary Socialist Party and All
India Forward Bloc have issued the following statement:

Complete Solidarity with the Ongoing Kisan Struggle

The Left parties extend their complete support to and solidarity with the
huge protests by the farmers of the country. Lakhs have converged around
Delhi demanding the withdrawal of the Agri laws, passed in the parliament in
a brazen anti-democratic manner, and the Electricity (Amendment) Bill.

Braving intense repression and in the midst of severe cold wave conditions,
lakhs of kisans have reached Delhi. However, they are not being permitted to
come to Parliament, as announced earlier, to present their demands.

The Left parties call upon all their units in the country to coordinate and
organise joint solidarity protest actions in multifarious forms appropriate
to the concrete local situation. The calls given by the kisan organisations,
agricultural labour organisations and trade unions must be supported.

The Left parties demand that the Prime Minister and the Central government
accede to the demands of the protesting farmers for safeguarding Indian
agriculture, our food security, remunerative returns to kisans, prevent
artificial food shortages and rise in prices of essential commodities.

Sd/-


Sitaram Yechury
D Raja

General Secretary, CPI(M)
General Secretary, CPI





Dipankar Bhattacharya
Debabrata Biswas

General Secretary, CPI(ML)
General Secretary, AIFB





Manoj Bhattacharya
General Secretary, RSP

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