All considered, the French Left have become much stronger and have all to play for.
...., although the French Left generally are looking stronger and more capable at the local level than they have done for a long time.....Looks like commie propaganda vehicles never get tired of kissing *sses.
Reacting to the statement made by External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha earlier in the day, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury told a press confrerence here: “The government knows what our stand is on nuclear deal. The statement of the External Affairs Minister is not a single focus statement.”
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday said there was no political consensus on the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal and the UPA government should not proceed with the pact.
In a statement, the Polit Bureau said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s statement in the Lok Sabha referred to the negotiations with the International Atomic Energy Agency and in relation to the nuclear deal.
The Polit Bureau said:
Though the Left parties have forced the UPA government to review its decision to proceed with the civilian nuclear deal with the U.S., the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) on Friday said the danger was far from over and the Left could not lower its guard.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday criticised the Maharashtra government for its “delay in arresting Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray” and staged a “social amity” dharna at the Azad Maidan here.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday condemned the incidents of violence against north Indians in Mumbai and other places in Maharashtra, saying parochial tendencies were posing a grave threat to the unity and integrity of the country.
Reiterating his party’s resolve to forge a third alternative in the country, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said that the third front would be founded on the three principles of consistent opposition to communalism, agreement on a common minimum programme and a firm commitment to an independent foreign policy and pro-people economic policies.
The Left will ask the United Progressive Alliance Government not to conclude the India-U.S. nuclear deal with the Bush administration, which would turn lame duck in a few months. “We would like the Government of India to initiate a comprehensive talk with the new administrative dispensation that would come to power in the U.S. after the coming presidential elections,” CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat said on Monday.
Declaring that the Left would continue championing the cause of minorities, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat has called upon Church authorities in Kerala to be ready for an open dialogue with his party and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government on issues of concern to them.
“The Congress is one party which encourages extremists. When Rajiv Gandhi was Prime Minister, he encouraged extremist forces in Tripura to destabilise the Left Front government. In the last Assembly elections we saw the Congress forging an alliance with the INPT. We told the Congress leaders that what their party is doing in Tripura is detrimental not only to Tripura but also to the entire country. The INPT is not an ordinary political party. It is backed by extremist forces and it is only a mask of extremists. We are not worried. We are sure that the people of Tripura will defeat the Congress-INPT alliance,” said Mr. Karat while addressing a State level election rally here organised by the ruling Left Front of the CPI(M), the CPI and the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP).
He accused the Congress of adopting “double standard” ...
To borrow from Marx’s ironic observation, drawing from Hegel, history repeats itself, “the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.”
Mr. Karat said in an article in the latest issue of the party organ People’s Democracy.
Mr. Karat said the Congress harped on all other problems except the central one — the danger posed by the Hindutva platform.
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said the State Government had sanctioned recruitment of 4,000 constables.
He said a major security threat faced by West Bengal was left wing extremism in the districts of Purulia, Paschim Medinipur and Bankura. The three border districts were the worst affected by Maoist activities.
Compared to other states, West Bengal had witnessed less violent activity from the left wing extremist (LWE) groups. However, a front organisation of the LWE activists named the Gana Pratirodh Manch had carried out propaganda against the acquisition of land at Singur and a new area of Maoist activity was discovered recently in and around Nandigram.
The West Bengal government had to abandon the plan to set up a chemical hub in Nandigram owing to opposition from a section of the local people but that will not affect flow of investments for the industry, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said here on Thursday.
The balance of forces in the world is such that it would be impetuous to split the Left. We are faced with a world power that has demolished one state (Iraq) and is now threatening another (Iran). This is not the time for division when the basis of division no longer appears to exist.
The editorial “The challenge of Nandigram” (Nov. 12) stood out for its courage, clarity and purpose. While most of the mainstream media preferred to go with the tide, singing and dancing to the tune of the very perpetrators of the Nandigram tragedy, The Hindu took an ethical stand.
Had it not been for The Hindu, I would not have known that thousands of Left Front sympathisers were living in relief camps for months after fleeing the region following attacks on their families and livelihood by the Trinamool Congress-led BUPC; that the democratic institutions had not been allowed to function; that 15,000 children were prevented from taking pulse polio doses; that the Union Home Minister took over 15 days to send the CRPF; that there was no cause for violence after the West Bengal Chief Minister announced in February that there would be no chemical hub; that the Governor forgot his constitutional obligation; and that I had for some time been naively following the media, forgetting the maxim — read between the lines.
Over 600 Dalits and Muslims have been killed in Nandigram, most of them in the last week, claimed Dalit activist Dr Udit Raj, quoting a report from the West Bengal unit of the Indian Justice Party and the All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations.
In a press release, Dr Udit Raj claimed this was the reason why the media and social activists were kept out of the area.
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http://www.hindu.com/2007/11/12/stories/2007111259681200.htm
The allies of CPI(M) were more critical of that party than CHINDU.
Actually, ganashakti may not do a better job than this.
The commies are getting a (heavy) dose of their own medicine and no
wonder they find themselves in a fix. More than the "Challenge of
Nandigram", the Chief seems to be desperately searching for the
"Villains of Nandigram".
And he has a bagful: "The Central government, which depends on the
Left for survival" ; the Governor, who "does not seem to have learnt
any lessons" and who is "speaking out of line" ; the Maoists who "have
resumed their armed campaign of terror" ; Mamata Banerjee
"ever-willing to give chaos a chance" and who is "saying that her
party would paralyse West Bengal indefinitely" etc. etc.
The poor Governor, who has been previously hailed by Chindu for his
"secular" credentials, now takes a severe whipping by the Chief (more
than half the editorial has been alloted to deride this Gandhi). And
finally as a saving grace, the suggestion to CPM to "restrain its
cadre from any campaign of reprisal".
Posted by Anonymous to The Chindu at November 11, 2007 10:20 PM
What Yechury said on reservation for Muslims
... CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury wrote in an editorial in the coming issue of People’s Democracy
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury on Thursday said his party favoured an amendment to the Constitution for including religion as a criterion for providing reservation benefits."Secular" CPM wants "secular" to be removed from our constitution. What do you think are the chances that Chindu will condemn this in an editorial?
Now there were two ‘Indias’ — one that was shining and the other suffering. If the gap between the two had to be narrowed, the condition of Muslims had to be improved.How to identify muslims? Sitaram Yechury comes out with the brilliant idea - all suffering people in India are muslims.
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