Statement

LEFT parties of Jharkhand have welcomed the Hemant Soren government’s petition in the Supreme Court to stop commercial mining. Left parties issued a joint press release on 21 June that this is a step in the direction of preventing the loot of mineral resources, water, forests and land by corporate houses protected and abetted by the Central government.

New Delhi, 16 June

THE remarks made by the Supreme Court on reservation in connection with the Tamil Nadu NEET PG exam are against the fundamental spirit of the Constitution. The Supreme Court has said that reservation is not a fundamental right. This remark is unfortunate, as the concept of reservation was done for the protection of rights of socially and educationally backward sections. Reservation is not something given as charity and cannot be subjected to such a remark.

THE CPIML has expressed outrage at the consistent painful deaths of migrant workers due to hellish conditions in Shramik trains which also reached late for as many as 10 days in scorching heat and without food and water. The Modi government has crossed all limits. It seems as if such conditions are deliberately being created. The country will never forgive Modi for this crime against humanity. These are not deaths; these are murders.

LEFT parties and organizations along with many prominent persons have raised the issue of sorry plight in quarantine centers inadequate pandemic control measures in Uttarakhand and have sent a letter to the CM of the state. They have prominently raised following issues.

NOW we all know that contact tracing and testing is very important for preventing the spread of COVID-19. The testing is not being increased in proportion with the rate at which COVID positive cases are increasing in India which is now a 7th place in the world in total number of cases. The increase in COVID positive cases in Lockdown-4 is said to be much higher than the rate of testing.

AICCTU will strongly oppose the amendments to the Bihar Industrial Planning (Standing Orders) Manual 1947 as reported by daily newspapers quoting the Labor Department. AICCTU has consistently opposed the Modi-Nitish governments’ decision to increase working hours from 8 to 12, abrogation of labor laws in 7 States and enslavement of workers. AICCTU will continue to oppose these anti-worker policies relentlessly.

ON the one hand the Central government play the farce of showering petals on doctors and other health workers who are risking their lives in the frontlines of the battle against Corona; on the other hand, they are not arranging even the most basic of safety equipment for them. Moreover, instead of encouraging them, they are threatening doctors and other health workers, which is extremely condemnable. The government must do concrete work instead of hypocritical shows.

CPIML has expressed deep grief at the death of 26 migrant workers and sympathy with those injured in road accidents at Auraiya and Agra while they were trying to return home. The government is squarely responsible for the deaths and proper compensation should be paid to the families of the deceased and the injured as well as free and proper medical treatment for the injured.

Leaders of eight political parties have addressed a letter to the President of India demanding the immediate release of opposition leaders and human rights activists and calling for an end to a politics of vendetta against protesters and political dissenters.