[Marxistindia] Central Committee Communique

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05 November 2024

Central Committee Communique

 

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met from
November 3-5, 2024 in New Delhi. It has issued the following communique:

 

Election Commission should Take Action

 

The utterly communal speeches being made by BJP leaders led by the Prime
Minister and Home Minister in the Jharkhand election campaign are a clear
violation of the model code of conduct as well as the guidelines issued by
the EC to all political parties. The Prime Minister in his speeches has
directly targeted the Muslim community vilifying members of the community as
"ghuspetias".  He has gone so far in his communal and hate filled speeches
as to make the charge that "those people are taking away your (adivasis)
bread and your daughters". The clear attempt is to drive a wedge between
communities and to garner votes.  It is condemnable that the EC has not
taken suo moto notice of such speeches.  It is as if the Prime Minister and
Home Minister who has made similar speeches are above the law. We demand
that notice be issued to the Prime Minister, the Home Minister as well as
other BJP leaders making communal speeches. These include the Chief Minister
of Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union Minister Shiv Raj Chauhan

 

Assembly Elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand

 

In Maharashtra, the CPI(M) is fighting two seats as part of the seat sharing
with the Maha Vikas Aghadi. These are both tribal seats: Dahanu (ST) in
Thane-Palghar district, where the candidate is the present MLA Vinod Nikole.
The second seat is in Kalwan (ST) in Nashik district where the candidate is
five time MLA and runner up in the last election J.P.Gavit. In addition, the
CPI(M) is fighting a third seat in a friendly contest which is the Solapur
City Central seat in which the candidate is veteran leader and three time
MLA Narasayya Adam. 

 

In Jharkhand, in the absence of any initiative from the JMM which is leading
the INDIA bloc for discussions with the CPI(M), the Party has decided to
fight nine seats in the state which include five ST seats and one SC seat.
In the other seats, the Party will support the candidate best placed to
defeat the BJP and its allies.

 

Assault on Rights of MNREGA Workers

 

In the name of digitalisation, there is an all-out attack on the rights of
the rural poor as seen in the dreadful plight of MNREGA workers. A detailed
recent study has shown that in the last two years as many as eight crore
registered workers were deregistered and denied benefits of work,  in
violation of the law. In this year's budgetary allocations the allocation
for MNREGA was severely cut as a percentage of GDP. This tech-centric
approach combined with cuts in budgetary allocations is nothing but an
assault on the legal rights of the rural poor families to a guaranteed 100
days of work a year. Earlier this year the Standing Committee of Parliament
had recommended an increase of workdays to at least 150 days a year and also
an increase in budgetary allocations. The Central government should
implement these recommendations.

 

Fertiliser Shortage

 

Abject failure in planning for the Rabi season in having adequate opening
stocks of DAP has created a huge shortage and crisis for farmers. As against
34.5 lakh tonnes imported during April to September in 2023, this year only
19.7 lakh tonnes were imported during the same period. There has also been a
fall in domestic production. On October 1, 2024 merely 15-16 lakh tonnes
were in stock as against the recommended 27-30 lakh tonnes; this is while
the estimated demand from mid-October to mid-December is about 60 lakh
tonnes. 

 

Farmers are hit by shortages of DAP and also Urea, MoP etc. and they are
reportedly having to pay about Rs.300-Rs.400 more than the Government fixed
MRP of DAP i.e., Rs 1,350 per 50-kg bag. Rather than accept the failure and
take urgent corrective measures, the Government is in a denial mode and
indulging in propaganda on nano-urea and nano-DAP whose efficacy is
questionable.

 

India requires expansion of domestic manufacturing of Urea and DAP. The main
problem is the rise in prices of fertilizers due to decontrol, and
administering input prices is critical. Presently only Urea prices are
administered and that has resulted in higher use of urea vis-a-vis other
fertilizers. 

 

Preparations for Party Congress

 

The Central Committee discussed and adopted a Political Review Report
regarding the implementation of the political-tactical line formulated at
its last Party Congress held in April 2022. This will form the basis for the
Draft Political Resolution  for  the 24th  Party Congress to be held in
Madurai from April 2 to 6, 2025. The Central Committee also finalised the
state-wise quota of delegates for the Party Congress  who are to be elected
by the forthcoming state conferences.

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee office

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