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CPI(ML) Lok Sabha MP from Karakat (Bihar) Comrade Raja Ram Singh, a Standing Committee Member on Labour, Textile, and Skill Development, has written to Labour Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, condemning recent statements by corporate leaders advocating excessively long working hours. Raja Ram Singh highlighted remarks by L&T Chairman SN Subrahmanyan, who reportedly lamented being unable to enforce Sunday work, and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, who suggested a 70-hour work week to boost productivity.

Hundreds of displaced Manjhi families staged a one-day protest at Buddha Statue Chowk in Patna on January 13, demanding resettlement after being forcefully evicted from their homes. The protesters raised slogans, criticizing the BJP-Nitish government for failing to provide housing to the poor while displacing marginalized communities in the name of "Smart City" development.

The following statement on the recent UGC Draft Guidelines 2025 was issued by All India Students’ Association (AISA) on January 13, 2025:

CPI(ML) Mithilanchal in-charge Dhirendra Jha strongly condemned the police oppression of protesters during Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Pragati Yatra in Samastipur district in Bihar on January 13. He called on the government to abandon its repressive policies and respect the demands of students-youth.

Condemning the arrest of CPIML and other leaders en route to a loan waiver conference in Uttar Pradesh’ Kushinagar, party state secretary Sudhakar Yadav said that the BJP government under CM Yogi Adityanath is running a police state. He denounced the police's actions as a direct assault on democracy and freedom of expression, likening the crackdown to an undeclared emergency.

Condemning the rising crimes and attacks against Dalits under BJP-Yogi regime in Uttar Pradesh, CPI(ML) State Secretary Sudhakar Yadav, quoting the report of the party's fact finding team, said on January 12 said that that three Dalits have been murdered in Raebareli within a week. A six-member team led by state committee member Vijay Vidrohi visited the incident sites and met the victims' families and gathered information about the incidents.

The All India Lawyers Association for Justice (AILAJ) is deeply shocked by, and unequivocally condemns, the murder of young freelance journalist Mukesh Chandrakar. Mukesh, a native of Chattisgarh, had gone missing on the 1st of January, 2025. Two days later, on the 3rd of January, his body was found dumped in a septic tank on the property of a contractor, whose corrupt dealing he had reported on and exposed earlier. The contractor is currently said to be absconding.

A delegation of MLAs from the INDIA Alliance met the Governor of Bihar in Patna on January 6, raising concerns over grave irregularities in the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) examination process, procedural and institutional errors, and the government crackdown on protesters. The delegation submitted a memorandum addressing these critical issues.

In the pre-budget consultations held on 6th January 2025 with the finance minister, a united platform of ten Central Trade Unions (CTUs) submitted a joint memorandum to the outlining a series of demands to address rising unemployment, safeguard workers' rights, and reverse policies that favour corporate interests over public welfare. The unions warned that the continuation of the current regime's anti-worker policies would lead to escalating inequality.

A Sahara Victim’s Conference was held January 5 at IMA Hall in Patna, demanding the release of funds for nearly 3 crore Sahara investors whose hard-earned savings remain stuck due to massive Sahara fraud. The conference witnessed the participation of thousands of investors who have been tirelessly fighting to reclaim their money and formation of Sahara Victims’ Struggle Front to intensify their struggle.