Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Gaza https://elections2014.cpim.org/tags/gaza en Gaza Attack: Government Stand Pro-Israeli https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/gaza-attack-government-stand-pro-israeli <div class="field field-name-field-social field-type-addthis field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style " addthis:title="Gaza Attack: Government Stand Pro-Israeli - Communist Party of India (Marxist)" addthis:url="https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/gaza-attack-government-stand-pro-israeli"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="standard"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_"></a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://elections2014.cpim.org/sites/default/files/gaza.jpg" width="259" height="194" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-07-17T00:00:00+05:30">Thursday, July 17, 2014</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="line-height: 1.538em;">Press Statement</strong></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:</div><div align="center">&nbsp;</div><div>With the ongoing attack on Gaza which has led to the death of 220 Palestinians including 40 children, it was expected that the Modi Government would condemn the Israeli aggression and demand a halt to the attack. Instead of this, the government has adopted a dubious stand which condones the unjustified Israeli aggression.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>First of all the Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement which equated both sides as responsible for the violence. Following this, when in the Lok Sabha members of the opposition parties demanded that the government condemn the Israeli violence in Gaza, it refused to do so. Subsequently, in the Rajya Sabha where the violence in Gaza was listed for a short duration discussion, the government refused to conduct this discussion. The External Affairs Minister stated that India has diplomatic ties with both nations and any discourteous reference to any friendly country would affect relations. This is a specious and misleading stand. The BJP government should know that Palestine is an occupied territory and not an independent nation. The effort to gloss over Israel’s aggression and occupation of Palestine is condemnable.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Modi Government is going back on the longstanding position of India regarding Palestine and is adopting a pro-Israeli stance which is unacceptable. The Polit Bureau demands that the Government take a categorical stand opposing the continuing Israeli aggression which has killed innocent civilians.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gaza" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/modi-government" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Modi government</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/foreign-policy" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Foreign Policy</a></div></div></div> Thu, 17 Jul 2014 05:42:50 +0000 murali 3699 at https://elections2014.cpim.org https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/gaza-attack-government-stand-pro-israeli#comments Condemn Israel's War on Gaza https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/condemn-israels-war-gaza <div class="field field-name-field-social field-type-addthis field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style " addthis:title="Condemn Israel&#039;s War on Gaza - Communist Party of India (Marxist)" addthis:url="https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/condemn-israels-war-gaza"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="standard"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_"></a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-16T00:00:00+05:30">Friday, November 16, 2012</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><!--break--> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><b>Press Statement</b></div> <div> </div> <div> Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and S. Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India have issued the following statement:</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div align="center"><b>Condemn Israel's new war on Gaza</b></div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>We strongly condemn the renewed military attacks on Gaza. More than 250 strikes have been launched against Gaza in the last 48 hours, killing 18 Palestinians and injuring over 150. Those killed include Hamas military chief Ahmad Jaabari and 4 children. This aggression is similar to the last war that Israel had launched on Gaza in December 2008 in which 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.</div> <div> <br /> The 1.7 million people of Gaza continue to remain under a brutal siege, with the Israeli stranglehold affecting even basic necessities such as food and medicine. Reports available indicate that hospitals are running out of medicine. Power and water supplies have been cut to the Gaza residents.</div> <div> </div> <p>We call upon the Indian government to condemn the Israeli aggression on Gaza. India must also suspend immediately its military ties with Israel, as India's huge arms purchase helps to subsidise the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gaza" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Israel</a></div></div></div> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:22:17 +0000 murali 1523 at https://elections2014.cpim.org https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/condemn-israels-war-gaza#comments PB Communique https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/pb-communique-13 <div class="field field-name-field-social field-type-addthis field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style " addthis:title="PB Communique - Communist Party of India (Marxist)" addthis:url="https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/pb-communique-13"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="standard"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_"></a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-06-06T00:00:00+05:30">Sunday, June 6, 2010</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><!--break--><p>.</p> <p><strong>The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) met in New Delhi on June 5 &amp; 6, 2010. It has issued the following statement:</strong></p> <p><strong>Lift Blockade of Gaza </strong></p> <p>The Polit Bureau expressed its strong condemnation and outrage at the attack by Israeli armed forces on the flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza. Nine people were killed and many others injured in this attack on international waters. Israel behaves like a rogue State in enforcing the blockade of Gaza.</p> <p>It is highly regrettable that the UPA government has not even condemned Israel by name for this attack in the statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs and confines itself to regretting the loss of lives and the use of force. The Polit Bureau demands that the Government of India work actively with other countries to get the blockade of Gaza lifted. The Polit Bureau reiterates that India should stop all military and security collaboration with Israel as long as it remains in illegal occupation of Palestinian and Arab territories.</p> <p><strong>West Bengal Municipal Polls &amp; its Aftermath </strong></p> <p>The Polit Bureau heard a preliminary report on the elections to 81 municipal bodies in West Bengal in which the CPI(M) and the Left have suffered losses. The West Bengal State Committee will conduct a review of the elections on the basis of which necessary political and organizational steps can be taken to win back the confidence of those sections of the people who have moved away from the Party.</p> <p>The Polit Bureau strongly condemns the attack launched by the Trinamul Congress and its allies in various parts of West Bengal after the result of the municipal election. So far five activists and supporters of the CPI(M) have been killed in Birbhum, Mushirabad and Bankura districts. There have been attack on the houses of CPI(M) supporters and other places too.</p> <p>The Polit Bureau appeals to all democratic forces to condemn such violence which is a blatant violation of minimum democratic norms. The Central Government should look into the role of its own Cabinet Minister in inciting such violence.</p> <p><strong>Kerala Situation </strong></p> <p>The Polit Bureau noted that various communal and caste forces are being mobilized against the CPI(M) and the LDF government. These forces are sought to be consolidated behind the Congress-led UDF. The increasing intervention of religious and communal bodies in politics does not augur well for the secular polity in Kerala.</p> <p>The CPI(M) will conduct a vigorous campaign against the interference of sectarian and communal forces in the political affairs of the state.</p> <p><strong>Prices of Petroleum Products </strong></p> <p>There are reports that the government is considering a further increase in the prices of petrol, diesel and other petroleum products. This will be totally unwarranted and impose a crushing burden on the people in view of the continuing increase in food prices and inflation. The Polit Bureau warns the government not to increase the prices of petroleum products.</p> <p><strong>Food Security Legislation </strong></p> <p>Despite the declaration of the Prime Minister a few months ago that the “worst of food inflation is over”, the food inflation rate continues to remain extremely high at over 16.5 per cent. This signifies the utter failure of the UPA in checking price rise. The Government is stubbornly refusing to reverse the neoliberal policies causing price rise. Even today, the buffer stocks of over 4 crore tonnes of foodgrains are rotting in Government godowns. Yet these stocks are not being used to restore the huge cut in foodgrains allocations to the States for APL sections who have been wrongly excluded from the public distribution system.</p> <p>In this context, the CPI(M) opposes the present approach of the UPA Government on the Food Security Bill, which seeks to provide legal sanction to the exclusion of vast sections of the people from the PDS based on the flawed poverty estimates. This will be even worse than the current situation where the States can move towards a universal PDS combining their own schemes with central allocations. The Government is not interested in expanding the right to food for the food insecure population. It is calculating the numbers of poor to restrict the beneficiaries in order to save resources and restrict food subsidy. The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) reiterates its demands for a universalized system of PDS with at least 35 kg of foodgrains allocation per family at a maximum rate of two rupees a kilo.</p> <p>The Left parties are holding a Convention on July 1 in New Delhi to take up this issue.</p> <p><strong>Ranganath Mishra Commission Report </strong></p> <p>The Polit Bureau demanded that the UPA government table the Action Taken Report on the recommendations of the Ranganath Mishra Commission. The recommendations pertain to reservation in jobs and education for minorities on the basis of their social and educational backward status. There has been undue delay in acting upon the report and this should be taken up in the monsoon session of Parliament.</p> <p><strong>Maoist Violence </strong></p> <p>The Polit Bureau condemned in the strongest terms the derailment of the Gyaneshwari Express in West Midnapore district of West Bengal which resulted in the deaths of 149 passengers and injuries to many more. The sabotage of a passenger train indulged in by elements of the Maoist-PCAPA combine is a terrorist act directed against innocent people. This exposes the true face of the Maoists. Firm action should be taken against such elements to deter such violent attacks in the future.</p> <p><strong>IPL Affairs </strong></p> <p>The CPI(M) had earlier pointed out the wide ramifications of the IPL affairs which involve large-scale money transactions and illegal activities in the name of a cricket. The manner in which the BCCI and the IPL body have conducted the bids and the franchising have raised a host of issues. The matter cannot be disposed off with some routine enquiries conducted by the agencies under the Finance Ministry. What is required is a full-fledged probe. This should be done by a Joint Parliamentary Committee.</p> <p><strong>Extended Meeting of the CC </strong></p> <p>The Polit Bureau discussed the outline of a draft document for the extended meeting of the Central Committee to be held in August. The PB will meet again on July 3 and 4 to finalise the draft to be presented to the Central Committee.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pb-communique" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">PB Communique</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/municipal-elections" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Municipal Elections</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/maoist-violence" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Maoist violence</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/kerala" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Kerala</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/ipl" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">IPL</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gaza" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/food-security-bill" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Food Security Bill</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/extended-cc-meeting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Extended CC meeting</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bengal" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Bengal</a></div></div></div> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 08:46:02 +0000 murali 1276 at https://elections2014.cpim.org https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/pb-communique-13#comments Israeli Attack Condemned https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/israeli-attack-condemned <div class="field field-name-field-social field-type-addthis field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style " addthis:title="Israeli Attack Condemned - Communist Party of India (Marxist)" addthis:url="https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/israeli-attack-condemned"><a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_google_plusone" g:plusone:size="standard"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_twitter"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_email"></a> <a href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300" class="addthis_button_"></a> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-date field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2010-05-31T00:00:00+05:30">Monday, May 31, 2010</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><!--break--><p>On the night of May 30, the Israeli armed forces illegally attacked a flotilla of six ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza in international waters. At least 15 international activists have been killed and many injured. The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns this unprovoked and criminal attack.</p> <p>About 700 activists from a number of countries are on the six ships. They were aiming to take 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which has been under relentless siege for almost three years now.</p> <p>The attack on the flotilla in international waters, 65 km off the Gaza coast again shows the complete contempt that Israel has for international law or international opinion. Attacking ships in international waters and killing its passengers is a brazen act of piracy and must be treated as such by the international community.</p> <p>The CPI(M) calls upon the Government of India to condemn this dastardly attack. India must also work actively with other countries from the non-aligned nations in the UN and other bodies to force Israel to lift the illegal siege of Gaza.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/gaza" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/flotilla" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">flotilla</a></div></div></div> Mon, 31 May 2010 10:50:30 +0000 murali 1275 at https://elections2014.cpim.org https://elections2014.cpim.org/content/israeli-attack-condemned#comments