Marxistindia Digest, Vol 1141, Issue 1

[Anil Chandran]

marxistindia
news digest from cpi(m)

Today's Topics:

   1. Hold Justice Muralidhar's Transfer in Abeyance
      (news from the cpi(m))
   2. CPI(M) leaders letter to Arvind Kejriwal (news from the cpi(m))

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:52:34 +0530
February 27, 2020
Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

Hold Justice Muralidhar's Transfer in Abeyance

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) notes with concern the midnight transfer of
Justice S. Muralidhar to Punjab and Haryana High Court from his present
position as the third senior most judge of the Delhi High Court.

This transfer is part of a recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium,
which was protested against by the Delhi High Court Bar Association for
well-argued judicial-administrative considerations. Post haste
implementation appears to be a selective response for what unfolded in the
Delhi High Court yesterday.  The fact remains that the Bench headed by
Justice Muralidhar called the bluff of the Delhi police in trying to shield
the hate speeches of top BJP leaders in Delhi in the course of the Delhi
assembly election and after.

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) urges the Government that in these times of
acute confidence deficit, the transfer order must be kept in abeyance to
reinforce the confidence of the people in the judicial system of the
country. 

(For CPI(M) Central Committee office)
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 17:31:19 +0530

February 27, 2020
Press Release

Smt. Brinda Karat, Member, Polit Bureau of CPI(M) and Shri K. M. Tewari, Secretary, Delhi State Committee of CPI(M) have written the following letter to Shri Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi. We are herewith releasing the text of the letter for publication.
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Dear Shri Kejriwal ji,

We write to assure you of our Party?s cooperation in efforts to bring peace and communal harmony to Delhi. We have started a house to house campaign with an appeal which we are enclosing. We are fully aware of the constraints under which you work because of the fact that the Delhi police is under the jurisdiction, not of your Government, but the Central Government.

Nevertheless we do believe that certain steps can be additionally taken by your Government. We request you to urgently convene an all party meeting in Delhi to decide how we can unitedly ensure communal harmony and peace in the Capital.

In this context, video images in the public domain of an AAP councilor standing on the roof of his house while petrol bombs and stones are being thrown by people on the roof in his presence, are extremely disturbing. Immediate action must be taken against him by the police. Shri Sanjay Singh, MP  has made a welcome statement that no one involved in violence should be spared regardless of political colour or religion. It would also send a strong message to the people of Delhi if you as the head of AAP also took action against him at the organizational level. It would be an example also for those political leaders who are straining every  nerve to defend the hate speeches and actions of their partymen.

With regards,

Sd/-
(Brinda Karat)                                                              (K.M.Tewari)
Member, Polit Bureau                       Secretary, Delhi State Committee, CPI(M)


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