[Marxistindia] Left parties statement

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Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation

Revolutionary Socialist Party

All India Forward Bloc

 

December 23, 2024

Press Release

The leaders of the Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India
(Marxist), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation,
Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc met in New Delhi on
December 22, 2024.  They have issued the following statement after the
meeting:

Amit Shah should Resign

The meeting noted that consequent to the disrespectful and derogatory
comments on Dr. B. R. Ambedkar by the Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, in the
Rajya Sabha, there has been widespread anger and protests across the
country.  However, neither Amit Shah nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi are
willing to own up the responsibility and take remedial action.  

The Left parties, therefore, decided to continue with the ongoing protests
and have decided to jointly organize a protest day on December 30.  The
nationwide protest day will demand the resignation of Amit Shah as the Home
Minister.

Simultaneous Elections: Assault on Democracy and Federalism

The Left parties unequivocally opposed the `One Nation, One Election'
proposal, which has now been introduced through two Bills including a
Constitutional amendment Bill in Parliament.  The proposed amendments to the
Constitution are a direct assault on the federal structure and the rights of
State legislatures and the people who elect them. It is a recipe for
centralization and truncating the will of the people by arbitrary reduction
of the five-year term of legislatures.

The Left parties will conduct a countrywide campaign against the `One
Nation, One Election' scheme.

The Left parties also demanded the withdrawal of the amendment to the
Conduct of Election Rules whereby the right of public inspection of
electronic documents such as CCTV camera and video footage is annulled.

United Left Intervention

The meeting decided to step up Left intervention on political and people's
issues in the coming days. For this, regular meetings of the Left parties
will be held to project the Left policies and promote joint actions.

Sd/-

D Raja

General Secretary, CPI

 

Prakash Karat                                    

Co-ordinator, Polit Bureau, CPI(M)


 

Dipankar Bhattacharya

General Secretary, CPI(ML) Liberation

 

 

Manoj Bhattacharya                                 

General Secretary, RSP

 

G. Devarajan

General Secretary, AIFB


 

 

 

 

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