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RANCHI: CPI(ML) national general secretary Deepankar Bhattacharya on Wednesday said that though the country would observe Independence Day on August 15, people do not have freedom of speech and economic independence.
He was speaking at the concluding event of the Sankalp Saptah (Resolution Week) held jointly by the CPI(ML) and the Marxist Coordination Committee at Loyala school premises in Ranchi. Both the parties observed Sankalp Saptah from July 21 to July 28.
Bhattacharya said that unity among the Left parties was necessary to rid the country of NDA rule. He added that the present state government in Jharkhand must execute policies that are radically different from the previous BJP-led dispensation.
CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat
RANCHI: CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Thursday demanded that the Union government set up a judicial inquiry into the death of social activist Fr Stan Swamy. She said the agitation over the incident would intensify if their demand was ignored.
While addressing a ‘Raj Bhawan March’ organised by the CPI, CPI(ML), CPI(M) and the Marxist Coordination Committee (MCC), Karat said Swamy was sent to jail as a part of a conspiracy to suppress the opposition voices. She added that he died due to lack of treatment for his illnesses.
Notably, Karat told media persons that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Swamy last October without evidence on the pretext of further investigation but did not question him once till June. Describing Swamy’s custodial death as a criminal act, she said the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), under which Swamy was arrested, should be scrapped.
Ranchi/Jamshedpur/Ramgarh/Gumla/Sindri: Vehicular movement across the state, particularly along the national highways, suffered on Saturday because of the three-hour chakka jam from 12pm-3pm called by various farmers’ unions and supported by the ruling coalition government, Left parties and members of different rights groups against the new farm laws.
In Ranchi, Congress MLA and state agriculture minister Badal Patralekh led the bandh by staging a sit-in at Booty More along the Ranchi-Hazaribagh stretch of NH-33. Workers of JMM, RJD, Left parties and others, too, blocked the streets here. At Piska More, Namkum and other entry points to the city witnessed similar scenes as trucks and buses were forced to halt. Patralekh said the protests will intensify until the Union government repeals the laws.