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After causing mayhem in Nalanda just a few days ago, poisonous liquor has once again taken a ghastly toll, this time in Saran. Death due to spurious liquor has now become a common phenomenon. How many such deaths will it take to open Nitish Kumar’s eyes and awaken him?

On 19 January 2022 an enquiry team led by CPIML Darauli MLA Satyadev Ram visited both the villages and inquired into the entire whole incident. The enquiry team comprised Satyadev Ram, Ram Kumar Mahto, Brijendra Mishra and Jeevnandan Ram.

Under their public health campaign, a CPIML-AISA-RYA team inspected various wards, blood banks, testing centres etc at Sadar Hospital, Ara for 6 consecutive days.

The purpose of this hospital inspection was that the government should increase the basic facilities in government hospitals and increase the health budget so that all the poor can get treatment in government hospitals instead of having to go to private clinics.

On 20 January, people’s movements all over Odisha observed Dhinkia Solidarity Day - a statewide protest against the Modi and Naveen government in support of villagers of Dhinkia village in Jagatsinghpur District, who are facing a brutal police crackdown for protesting the forcible acquisition of more than thousands hectares of land for a project of the Jindal Company.

CPIML leader Bahadur Singh Jangi filed his nomination from the Lalkuan Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand on 21 January 2022 as joint candidate of the left parties. Speaking on the occasion, CPIML Uttarakhand Secretary Raja Bahuguna said that the need of the hour for Uttarakhand is to defeat the BJP and build an effective Left opposition because Uttarakhand is also suffering from the destruction inflicted across the country by double-engine BJP governments.

An adivasi woman was gangraped in broad daylight at Jhadol Tehsil 60 km from Udaipur District. The AIPWA fact-finding team that visited the spot learned that the victim was walking through a path in the fields to catch a bus from her in-laws' place to go to her parents' house. Just then 3 persons came there on a motorcycle and the driver of the motorcycle left after dropping the other two at the spot. These two persons dragged her to a lonely spot, beat her up, raped her, tore her clothes, snatched away her mobile and throttled her.

CPIML organized statewide protests in Uttar Pradesh on 7 January 2022 to demand arrest of the persons who spread communal venom through hate speeches in ‘Dharm Sansads’ and to ban such events that harm democracy, secularism and our Constitution. A memorandum was sent to the President with these demands. The kind of speeches that were made at the so-called Dharm Sansad in Haridwar on 17-19 December 2021 were an open call to spreading hate and communal violence.

On 3 January, the birth anniversary of Savitri Bai Phule, the country's first woman teacher, social reformer and revolutionary, her struggles were remembered in the CPIML legislative party meeting and a pledge was taken to carry forward the struggle against the consistent attacks that are being made against education, girls, and the weaker sections.

The CPIML legislative party has started preparing to effectively take on the Nitish government, which that has failed on every front, in the coming budget session. A meeting of the legislative party was held at the residence of Deputy Leader Satyadev Ram on January 3. Legislative party in-charge Rajaram Singh was also present at the meeting along with MLAs legislative party leader Mehboob Alam, Satyadev Ram, whip Arun Singh, Virendra Prasad Gupta, Rambali Singh Yadav, Sandeep Saurabh, Manoj Manzil, Amarjit Kushwaha and Gopal Ravidas.

The state conference of Andhra Pradesh was held on 18th and 19th of December on the occasion of Com. Vinod Mishra’s 23rd Martyrdom Day. The conference began with paying tributes to Comrade Vinod Mishra. The conference was inaugurated in an open session by the General Secretary Com Dipankar. The representatives of Left parties greeted the conference.

A 7 member presidium led by Comrade Harinath conducted the conference proceedings.

Left parties--CPIML, CPI-M, CPI and Forward Bloc--organized statewide protests in Uttar Pradesh on 28 December 2021 on demands including curbing inflation, providing employment for youth, repeal of 4 labour codes, dismissal of MoS Health Ajay Mishra Teni responsible for the massacre of farmers in Tikonia, ending oppression of adivasis, dalits, minorities and women, arrest of hate speech makers at the Haridwar religious conclave and establishment of rule of law.