[Marxistindia] Left Parties Letter to PM

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Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India (ML)-Liberation

Revolutionary Socialist Party

All India Forward Bloc

09 May 2025

 

 

Press Release

 

The following leaders of the Left parties-M. A. Baby, General Secretary,
(CPI(M)), D. Raja, General Secretary,  (CPI), Dipankar Bhattacharya, General
Secretary,  (CPI(ML)-Liberation), Manoj Bhattacharya, General Secretary,
(RSP), and G. Devarajan, General Secretary,  (AIFB)-have jointly addressed a
letter to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today.

 

We are herewith releasing the text of the letter for publication. 

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

____________________________________________________________________

 

To

 

Shri Narendra Modi ji

Honorouble Prime Minister

Government of India

 

Dear Prime Minister,

 

We, on behalf of the five Left parties of the country, Communist Party of
India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M), Communist Party of
India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and
All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), write to you to put an immediate halt to the
extra-judicial killings in the region around Chhattisgarh in the name of
Operation Kagar. There are reports that several senior Maoist leaders are
currently in the custody of the security forces. We demand that they should
all be produced in court and dealt with as per the rule of law.

The Adivasis in the region have long been complaining about the
militarisation of the region which has completely disrupted normal life. The
Adivasi rights enshrined in the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution are being
systematically violated and the forests and minerals of Chhattisgarh are
being subjected to indiscriminate corporate exploitation with disastrous
implications for environmental stability and livelihood of the local people.
We urge upon you to stop this militaristic approach that treats the Adivasis
with unmitigated hostility. 

This hostility is being seen even after death, with the government refusing
to hand over dead bodies to their families, denying them their right to give
a dignified farewell to their family members.

The Maoists have repeatedly urged the government to consider their appeal
for dialogue. Unfortunately, the union government and the BJP-led
Chhattisgarh state government have chosen not to pursue a solution through
talks. Instead, they are following an inhuman policy of killings and
annihilation.

The statements made by the union Home minister, reiterating the deadline and
the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister's assertion that there is no need for talks,
reflect a mindset unwilling to resolve issues through dialogue. The
government should not be intransigent and celebrate the taking of human
lives against the spirit of the law of the land and principles of democratic
governance.

Many concerned citizens and political parties, in spite of having differing
views, have already appealed to the government to respond to the Maoist
declaration of unilateral ceasefire and initiate a dialogue to resolve all
issues. We reiterate the appeal and urge upon you to stop the extra-judicial
killings and violence with immediate effect and order an impartial judicial
enquiry.

 

Thanking you,

Your sincerely,

S/d                                                      S/d
S/d

MA Baby                                  D Raja
Dipankar Bhattacharya

General Secretary                      General Secretary            General
Secretary 

CPI(M)                                      CPI
CPI(ML)- Liberation 

 

S/d                                                                   S/d

Manoj Bhattacharya                         G Devarajan

General Secretary                                General Secretary

RSP                                                     AIFB

 

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