Manipur: CPI leader along with workers came out on the streets

 Sat 28 July 2023 15:26 from WhatsApp 

Stop violence & Dismiss Manipur govt. immediately–Brar 

Mohali: 28 July 2023: (Kartika Singh//The Comrade Screen):: 

While the whole country is worried about the violent incidents in Manipur, the eyes of the whole world are focused on this matter. The greatness of India and the honor of women, on which we all were proud, has been degraded before the world with the news of these incidents. November-84 lasted for three days but the series of Manipur continues from the month of May. 

Along with writers, artists and trade unions, political leaders are also in the fray against the elements responsible for these violent incidents. For this protest, senior and militant leader of CPI, Bant Singh Brar has come out on the streets along with his colleagues. Continuing this protest campaign, strong protest and anger was also expressed in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office, Mohali today. Fellow princes and other leaders had also arrived with their companions. Despite the bad weather, CPI comrades raised their voice against this oppression.

Protest by Communist Party of India (CPI), Chandigarh and Mohali was an open expression of anger with grief on Manipur incidents. This protest was held in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mohali against the atrocities on minorities, in which many trade union members, women's organizations, writers, intellectuals, students and a large number of women participated. During this Protest, companions Devi Dayal Sharma, Raj Kumar, Vinod Chugh, Brij Mohan, Gurnam Singh, Jatinderpal Singh, Karam Singh Vakil, Mahinderpal Singh, teacher leaders Ranjit Kaur, Surjit Kaur Kalra, Aman Bhogal, Manjit Kaur Meet, Sukhpal Hundal, Pritam Singh Hundal, Balkar Sidhu, Dildar, Prince Sharma, Kamaljit Singh, Baljit Singh, Gurdial Singh, Gurmeet Singh and Bhupinder Singh also addressed. 

The speakers strongly condemned the violence against minorities and women in Manipur terming it as unfortunate. CPI state secretary comrade Bant Brar said that Manipur government has miserably failed to control riots and insecurity and this government has no right to continue in power. Therefore, it should be dissolved and President's rule should be imposed immediately. 

He also demanded that immediate steps should be taken to remove this anti-people government to restore peace and ensure safety of minorities and women by pacifying communal harmony as usual. Making serious allegations on this whole development, CPI leaders said that this double engine government is deliberately spreading communal riots. First Gujarat suffered and now Manipur is burning. Don't know tomorrow which state's peace law will burn in this communal fire? He urged the people of the country to be aware and recognize the two forces of the people. 

He said that the Bhagwant Mann government of Punjab should also immediately support the flood affected Punjabis and give proper and fair compensation to the flood affected Punjabis. At the end, thanks were given to the friends who came and Karam Singh Vakil conducted the stage in his literary style.

CPI Condemns Farcical FIR against Annie Raja

 Tuesday 11th July 2023 at 04:05 PM

She was leading the NFIW’s Fact Finding Team

New Delhi: 11th July 2023: (Karthika Singh//The Comrade Screen Desk)

CPI Condemns Farcical FIR against Annie Raja and other members of NFIW’s Fact Finding Team. The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on July 11, 2023):

The Communist Party of India strongly condemns the FIR filed against Annie Raja, General Secretary NFIW and member of National Executive of CPI, Nisha Sidhu, National Secretary, NFIW and leader of CPI in Rajasthan and Deeksha Dwivedi, independent lawyer, who were part of the NFIW led fact-finding team to Manipur. The FIR filed at Imphal on 8th July 2023 is clearly vindictive and malicious without any element of truth in it. This invocation of criminal proceedings against reputed women leaders is a clear indication of the abuse of power by the local component of the ‘double engine government’. The CPI views the criminalization of the democratic process of fact-finding as an assault on constitutional ethos. The double-engine government of BJP seems keen on escaping all manners of transparency and accountability to the citizenry of this country.

The CPI also condemns various other malicious FIRs against tribal students’ organizations and their functionaries, rights activists and intellectuals like Prof. Kham Khan Suan Hausing of the University of Hyderabad. The ruling dispensation remains true to its fascist drive by attempting to crush dissent, criticality, dialogue, and even the very right to speech.

For almost three months now, the state of Manipur is undergoing severe crisis and instability with an unprecedented loss of life and property. While several factors are at play in the current situation that are exacerbating the violence, the most glaring and unacceptable one is the absolute State apathy and inaction. The silence of the Prime Minister and incompetence of the incumbent chief minister stand antithetical to all Constitutional values. The action as well as the inaction of the governments in the current crisis displays the RSS-BJP combine’s pro-corporate agenda. The experiences of Gujarat are before us of how these right-wing forces in power have made use of the fissures in society to push through with their divisive anti-people policies.

The CPI and the democratic forces will stand up before any kind of intimidation and fight legally and politically to uphold truth and justice.