KOZHIKODE TO HOST 20TH CPI (M) CONGRESS

THE historic city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is going to host the 20th party congress of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist) in April next year. Meeting in AKG Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, the Kerala state committee of the CPI (M) selected Kozhikode as the venue for the next all-India congress. Earlier the Central Committee meeting, held in Hyderabad in June 2011, had decided to hold the party congress in Kerala.

This is the fourth time Kerala is going to host a party congress. Earlier, Palghat was the venue of fourth congress of the united party in 1956; Kochi hosted the eighth party congress in 1968 (after the reorganisation of the party in 1964) and Thiruvananthapuram was the venue of the thirteenth party congress held in the 1988-end.

According to another decision of the state committee, the Kerala state conference of the party will be held at Thiruvananthapuram in the second week of February next year.

It may be noted that Kozhikode played a significant role in the history of India. It was in 1498 that Vasco Da Gama, a Portuguese merchant sailor, landed in Kappad, a natural port at a stone’s throw from the city that was then the capital of Malabar. This event is marked as a milestone in the five hundred years long history of European colonisation in India. From then onward, the Portuguese merchants turned into invaders but they also suffered severe setbacks at the hands of the local kings and sea warriors like Kunhali Marakkars, who was the captain of Zamorine’s naval force. The legacy of this anti-colonial fight was continued by the city’s people during the fight against Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Courtesy: People’s Democracy

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MAOIST-TMC VIOLENCE IN WEST MIDNAPUR VILLAGE

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement January 8, 2011.

THE tragic loss of lives and injuries to several in the Netai village under Binpur block, West Midnapur district of West Bengal, on January 7 is a result of the violent politics indulged in by the Maoist-Trinamul combine. It should be recalled that earlier on December 16, 2010 when seven workers including a woman gram pradhan of Forward Bloc were brutally murdered in Jhalda in the Purulia district by Maoists, the TMC did not even issue a statement to condemn the killings, showing their complicity in the crime. This combine has sought to drive out Left cadre from the Jangal Mahal area, using brutal methods in which over 122 tribal activists of the CPI(M) have been killed, hundreds of homes burnt and thousands driven out of the area. People’s resistance in many areas has led to an improvement in the situation which is not to the liking of this combine. It is reported that on January 7, in a pre-planned move, efforts were made to violently attack those families of the CPI(M) who had returned to the village and those waiting in the displaced peoples camp to return, resulting in the violence in which precious lives were lost.

It is essential for the Home Minister Shri Chidambaram, instead of issuing partisan statements, to ensure that his cabinet colleague, Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee, break her party’s links with the Maoists which is the single biggest factor responsible for the present situation.

MAOIST-TMC VIOLENCE IN WEST MIDNAPUR VILLAGE

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following statement January 8, 2011.

THE tragic loss of lives and injuries to several in the Netai village under Binpur block, West Midnapur district of West Bengal, on January 7 is a result of the violent politics indulged in by the Maoist-Trinamul combine. It should be recalled that earlier on December 16, 2010 when seven workers including a woman gram pradhan of Forward Bloc were brutally murdered in Jhalda in the Purulia district by Maoists, the TMC did not even issue a statement to condemn the killings, showing their complicity in the crime. This combine has sought to drive out Left cadre from the Jangal Mahal area, using brutal methods in which over 122 tribal activists of the CPI(M) have been killed, hundreds of homes burnt and thousands driven out of the area. People’s resistance in many areas has led to an improvement in the situation which is not to the liking of this combine. It is reported that on January 7, in a pre-planned move, efforts were made to violently attack those families of the CPI(M) who had returned to the village and those waiting in the displaced peoples camp to return, resulting in the violence in which precious lives were lost.

It is essential for the Home Minister Shri Chidambaram, instead of issuing partisan statements, to ensure that his cabinet colleague, Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee, break her party’s links with the Maoists which is the single biggest factor responsible for the present situation

Courtesy: www.pd.cpim.org/

CPI (M) ON STRUGGLE AGAINST DISINVESTMENT

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi from May 5 to 7, 2010. It issued the following statement.

The Central Committee extended its full support to the public sector employees who are struggling against disinvestment of shares in enterprises such as the BSNL, Coal India etc. The CPI (M) calls upon all sections of the people to oppose the government’s short-sighted policy of disinvestment and privatization of the public sector.

Source: People’s Democracy dated 16-05-2010