Report

Comrade Vasudev Tanti from Badhi Sir village falling under Chanan block, Lakhisarai in Bihar was closely associated with the party from 1980s. He passed way on November 6 due to age related issues. 

On November 5, the 7th Bihar State Conference of All India Agricultural Rural Labour Association (AIARLA) was organised in Bettiah, Champaran with a massive anti-war rally calling for an end to Israel’s genocidal War against Palestinians. The rally from the Baba Saheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar statue to conference auditorium witnessed participations of thousands of rural workers and locals called for an immediate ceasefire. 

As part of the four-day (November 7-10, 2023) joint Left call demanding immediate cease-fire in Gaza and asking the Modi government not to endorse the US-Israel genocidal campaign which has already killed more than 10,000 Palestinians, at least 4,000 of them children and 2,000 women, a public meeting in solidarity with Palestine was held today at HKS Surjeet Bhawan, Delhi. The Palestinian Ambassador to India also addressed the meeting along with leaders of the Left parties.

On October 30, under the banner of Footpath Vendors' Sanyukt [United] Sangharsh morcha, a protest was march organised to Patna Municipal Corporation headquarters against the rampant eviction of vendors from the city in the name of smart city, metro project and beautification.

Hundreds of Rasoiya Workers (Kitchen Workers under Mid Day Meal Scheme) under the banner of Bihar State School Rasoiya Association (affiliated to AICCTU) and other unions embarked on a protest march in Patna, Bihar on October 31 for their working class rights. Com. Saroj Choubey General Secretary of Rasoiya Association, we demand that the Bihar government should immediately take steps to address the demands of the  Rasoiya, who have been working for years on pittance.

The Eco Garden of Lucknow again became witness to a strong protest by Rasoiya (part time honorarium cooks at government schools) workers of Uttar Pradesh who are struggling against paltry wages, which are also not paid on time. Earlier in September, similar protest of ASHA workers was organized at same venue against the government apathy towards the workers who are backbone India's welfare scheme system. 

The incidents of police atrocities in the name of enforcing prohibition continue to go unabated in Bihar. In a recent incident in Hulasganj block in Jehanabad district, a two-year-old girl Fulmanti Kumari died due to injuries sustained in police violence against her mother on October 22, 2023. 

Condemning the incident, CPIML Bihar State Secretary Com. Kunal said that it a matter of great concern that police force is using the prohibition law to attack the lives and livelihood of poor. 

Comrade Prakash, 54, popularly known as Prakash Sathi, died of kidney failure in Nainital on 19 October. A member since the 80s, he joined the movement in his mid-teens during a peasant struggle held in Dhauladevi block of Almora district. Then onwards he remained committed to the party and the people. He came to Nainital during his youth for a livelihood and ran a small dhaba and tea stall which soon turned into a joint for intellectual and political discussions for many shades of activists, workers and university students.

Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) organized Bihar-wide demonstrations against harassing consumers through electricity bills. and with the demand of free electricity up to 200 units, banning prepaid meters, settling inflated electricity bills through special camps at the Panchayat level and other demands.  Demonstrations were organized at the electricity offices of various districts in the state.

Large number of Allahabad University students came out in streets on 20 October demanding the arrest of Chief Proctor Rakesh Kumar Singh who wielded lathis on Vivek Kumar, Campus President of All India Students Association, for peacefully protesting the revengeful suspension of students from the university. Students held a mass meeting at Ishwar Sharan Gate after a demonstration.