Report

The workers of SAMAJ Automotive Co. held a demonstration in Uttarakhand town of Rudrapur on 21 July against illegal retrenchment by the company management. The protest was called by SIDCUL Shramik Samyukt Morcha, an umbrella organisation of various unions in that industrial area. They will hold a bigger protest on 28 July when their protest completes 100 days.

Protests and sit-ins were organised across the country on July 21 by CPIML, AIPWA, AISA and various progressive organisations and citizens groups against the violence in Manipur and criminal silence of the Modi-Biren double engine government. Condemning the acts of sexual violence against women and impunity provided to perpetrators by the government, the protesters demanded resignation Home Minister Amit Shah and Manipur CM N Biren Singh.

All India Agricultural and Rural Labour Association (AIARLA) and MNREGA Mazdoor Sabha held protests on 11 July against forced evictions of poor and dalit families being done on the pretext of various government schemes in Bihar. AIARLA leader and CPIML Politburo member Dhirendra Jha said that bulldozers will not be allowed to rampage the poor households in the state, on the contrary, the time is now ripe to enact a law to guarantee Housing as a constitutional right for everyone. He demanded an increase in the allocation of PMAY to Rs. 5 lakhs.

The ASHA and ASHA Facilitators in Bihar are on an indefinite strike since 12 July for their long pending and unfulfilled demands. The main demands include recognition of their work as workers or employees and increase in wages which should not be termed as ‘reward’, to Rs. 10000 per month. They are also demanding disbursal of pending amount of Rs. 1000 per month from April 2019 to November 2020.

A dalit Shivnath Ram in Muzaffarpur was murdered for drinking water and Rajkumar Mahto in Saran district of Bihar was killed by castiest forces because his mother refused to clean the house of an upper caste person. In both cases the Bihar police and administration is recalcitrant in taking stern action against the culprits. The CPIML will soon meet the Chief Minister to demand immediate action.

Surprisingly, Bihar hasn't had a state SC/ST Commission since the last 7 years. The BJP when in the government in the state had shut it down. This scenario has led to more than 20000 cases of atrocities against the scheduled caste members pending. The CPIML has raised this issue inside the state Assembly demanding to immediately constitute the SC/ST Commission.

The CPIML Legislative group in Bihar addressed a press conference on 15 July after the conclusion of the monsoon session of the state Assembly. This was addressed by legislative group incharge Rajaram Singh, deputy leader Satyadev Ram and Chief Whip Arun Singh.

The successful second conclave of Opposition parties in Bengaluru and the emergence of a new coalition with the acronym INDIA have clearly rattled the Modi regime. The desperation to put up a parallel 'alliance' show in Delhi on the same day by discovering and manufacturing new parties from all corners of India showed the growing nervousness of the regime.

On July 5, 2023, a state-level team of CPI(ML) visited Jalalpur in Saran district, where a brutal incident of mob lynching took place on June 28 in Bihar’s Saran district. The investigating team met the family members of the 55 year old Mohammed Zahiruddin who was killed by the mob and got detailed information about the incident.

The third state convention of Insaaf Manch, Bihar was successfully concluded in Patna on 25 June 2023 with resolve to take forward the campaign of justice against the ongoing feudal, patriarchal and communal attacks on dalits, women, minorities and people belonging to weaker communities suffering from all kinds of injustice and atrocities.