The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met on May 22-24, 2026, in HKS Surjeet Bhavan, New Delhi and issued the following Communique:
Assembly Election Results: The Central Committee (CC) had a preliminary discussion on the political, organisational and ideological reasons behind the recent election results.
The state committee of Keralam is already in the process of collecting opinions from various levels of the Party to understand the reasons for the setback. All these opinions will be discussed threadbare in the state secretariat and state committee meetings that will be held from June 5-8, 2026 in Thiruvanantapuram. A team of Polit Bureau members will attend these meetings. On the basis of these discussions, corrective measures for the identified weaknesses will be undertaken, taking into confidence the entire Party.
In West Bengal, all the Party units will meet and submit their opinions to the state committee, which will meet and finalise the review by the end of June. Tamilnadu and Assam too will undertake similar exercises.
The re-entry of the Party in West Bengal legislature is a positive development. A Party comrade won from Mahe, Puducherry as an independent. The CC thanks the people of all these states who have voted for the Party and its allies. The Party will remain in the forefront in taking up peoples’ issues, conduct struggles in defence of their rights and oppose all forms of authoritarian, and Hindutva-Corporate onslaughts. All the elected legislatures will raise the issues of the people and continue to lead the struggles against the anti-people, Hindutva-corporate policies.
The CC expects the newly formed Tamilaga Vettriga Kazhagam (TVK) government led by Thiru C. Joseph Vijay in Tamilnadu to govern in accordance with their declaration to protect the Constitution, its federal principle, secularism and democratic rights of the people.
A broad feature of these election results is the consolidation of Hindutva communal forces in the society and their assumption of power in West Bengal. Though the BJP could only win nominal number of seats in Keralam and Tamilnadu, their spread is a major concern.
The victory of the RSS-BJP in West Bengal and its return to power in Assam are a matter of deep concern for all secular, progressive and democratic forces. The CPI(M) will be in the forefront to defend peoples’ rights and ensure that communal harmony is protected.
The Central Committee will meet in the later half of July 2026 and on the basis of all the state reviews, it will carry out a thorough review of the results. Rectification of the identified weaknesses will be immediately undertaken from top to bottom.
INDIA Bloc: The growth of right-wing forces necessitates the unity of all Left, progressive, secular, and democratic forces. The attitude of the Congress towards other opposition parties is not helpful in building the unity of secular forces in a united fight against the RSS-BJP, which is the need of the hour. The CC condemns the baseless allegations that the ‘CPI(M) had a deal with the BJP’, made by senior leaders of the Congress against our Party during the Kerala Assembly elections. These malicious comments were made against the CPI(M) – a committed fighter against communalism and a part of the INDIA bloc.
Delimitation: The BJP-led Union government tried to push its agenda of changing the electoral map of the country in the name of carrying out the delimitation exercise. It linked the implementation of women’s reservation with delimitation. The BJP is planning delimitation in such a manner so that it benefits electorally. It is intended to decrease the influence of southern states, where the BJP continues to have a weak presence. This once again demonstrates that the BJP is now effectively using State institutions to implement its agenda.
SIR: The Election Commission of India (ECI) implemented the SIR in all the states that went to the polls. Lakhs of voters were denied their constitutional right to vote on flimsy grounds through a new category, ‘logical discrepancies’. The judiciary too failed in protecting the rights of the citizens to vote in these elections. Never in the history of independent India have electoral rolls been tampered with to ensure the interests of a particular political party. The entire exercise undermines the credibility of our election system.
Now the ECI plans to conduct SIR in 17 more states. The CC reiterates the Party’s position on SIR – no genuine citizen should be denied of their right to vote. The ECI is crossing the line drawn on its powers through the SIR and unfortunately, the Supreme Court has not given the verdict on the validity of this process.
SIR and Attack on Beneficiaries: The BJP governments in Bihar and Bengal announced that those whose names are deleted from the electoral rolls in the SIR process will not be allowed to access government benefits. The Bihar government announced that five lakh ration cards have already been withdrawn on the basis of SIR. In Bengal, lakhs of people have filed appeals against the deletion, and their appeals are still pending. Even they are not allowed to access benefits until their appeals are adjudicated. This is contrary to all democratic principles and is a brazen attempt to downgrade the citizenship of certain sections of people and their rights. The Party will not allow such discrimination and will immediately intervene by rallying the people.
Indian Economy: Despite the government’s propaganda, Indian economy continues to be in crisis, which is indirectly accepted by the Prime Minister himself, when he appealed to people to implement austerity measures. Unemployment is on the rise, job losses across the sectors are growing. Many MSMEs are under huge distress. With the rising costs and scarcity of fertilizers agriculture too is staring at a crisis.
India continues to remain the world’s most unequal country, with the highest income and wealth inequality rates. Gender inequality rates too are the highest due to huge wage differences and unequal and unpaid care work. The rupee has fallen to historic lows and the foreign reserves are depleting rapidly.
The Impact of War: Under the pretext of the war, the government increased the prices of fuel, the prices of LPG cylinders, particularly commercial cylinders, and imposed many restrictions on usage. All these measures led to a sharp increase in the prices of food and other essential commodities. MSMEs too were severely affected and many small establishments shut shop.
Rise in the Price of Fuel: Immediately after the election results were announced, in the last 11 days, petrol and diesel prices have been raised by over Rs 7 per litre through multiple hikes. The increases came in four phases – Rs 3.00, 90 paise, 87 paise and Rs 2.61 per litre. The rising prices of fuel, together with the austerity measures are an enormous burden on the people, who are struggling to ensure that they get at least one proper meal per day.
The government has spectacularly failed to ensure the strategic security of our energy resources, which led to most of these hardships for the people. The Party will actively mobilise people and resist the burdens imposed by the government in the name of austerity.
Availability of Fertilizers: Due to the failure of the government to ensure sufficient reserves of fertilizers, the farmers are staring at fertilizer scarcity and increasing costs. The Party will take the initiative to lead the farmers in the struggle demanding the unhindered availability of fertilizers immediately as the agricultural season is fast approaching.
Rural Employment Guarantee: The Union government notified the draft rules of VBGRAMG Act and the cessation of the MGNREGA from July 1, 2026. Workers are protesting in various states against the new Act, particularly the reliance on digital systems in areas with patchy internet coverage. The Party will stand in solidarity with all the affected workers and lead protests against the denial of employment.
The CC reiterates the demand for the scrapping of the VBGRAMG and its replacement by a strengthened MGNREGA, with guaranteed work and enhanced wages.
The Party will support the peasant and agricultural workers’ organisations in organising protests against these attacks and for their rights.
Workers Protests: The CC salutes the thousands of workers who spontaneously rose in protests against the inhuman exploitation and working conditions, the increasing cost of living, and the failure of the respective state governments to revise minimum wages and ensure their payment. The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh tried to suppress these protests and unleashed police forces. Hundreds of workers were arrested, and many of them are still in jails. The Party will stand with the workers who are struggling against the oppressive government.
Communal Threat: The judgement delivered by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque is part of a growing trend in which historical and religious disputes are increasingly being reopened and adjudicated risking a deepening of communal divisions. The High Court judgement is in complete contravention of the provisions of the Places of Worship Act, 1991. The judiciary should uphold the secular principles enshrined in the Constitution.
Attacks on Women, Dalits and Adivasis: The recent incident of gang-rape in a moving bus in national capital Delhi, is a reminder of the growing atrocities and sexual attacks on women in our country. With the BJP in power in many states and the dominant influence of Manuvadi ideology on the administrative machinery, it has become even more difficult for victims of caste-based and gender-based violence to report crimes and seek justice. Many BJP leaders are found celebrating the release of sexual offenders, perpetrators of caste atrocities due to faulty judicial system.
NEET Paper Leak: It is becoming clear that BJP leaders were behind the leakage of the NEET exam paper. This is not the first time that exam papers have been leaked after the Union government assigned the task of conducting exams to the National Testing Agency (NTA). The NTA should be disbanded immediately, and conduct of examinations should be decentralised, with the responsibility handed over to the concerned government agencies, as earlier. A thorough enquiry should be conducted on the leakage and all the guilty punished. Concrete steps to prevent any such leakage in the future should be enacted.
The evaluation of the CBSE 12 class answer sheets is proving to be another mishap in making due to the faulty process of digital evaluation. The government appears to be totally insensitive to the students and their future. Immediate steps should be taken to ensure that teachers are given all necessary facilities for checking the papers with due attention and care and students are not punished for no fault of theirs.
Cockroach Janata Party: The CC condemns the ban on the social media handles of the CJP and the attack on Abhijeet Dipke, the creator of the CJP. This once again demonstrates the authoritarian character of the BJP and its refusal to tolerate dissent. The huge online support for the CJP reflects the prevailing discontent against the BJP government on issues such as unemployment. Instead of addressing the genuine concerns of the youth, the government is branding ‘cockroaches’ too as anti-national, once again showing its face of intolerance.
FIFA World Cup: The CC demands the government of India to immediately take steps for the telecast of the football world cup that will be held in June-July. The corporate monopoly of broadcasters and the profit seeking FIFA, both are responsible for the current impasse, which denies Indians from watching the premier sporting event. The government should intervene through the public broadcaster and ensure that the event is available for live viewership.
Threats to Cuba: The US has yet again announced that it will ‘take over’ Cuba and has further tightened sanctions. It is threatening a military invasion of Cuba. The US is flying drones, reconnaissance flights around Cuba and has moved its naval carrier group Nimitz into the Caribbean, with the intention of threatening it. The indictment of former President Raul Castro in a US court is another act of aggression. The CC appeals to the people of our country to once again raise in solidarity with Cuba and against US aggression.
Anti-Imperialist Campaign: The Party will conduct an extensive anti-imperialist campaign against US aggression on Iran, Palestine, Venezuela and Cuba in the month of June. It will mobilise people by organising seminars, meetings and protest demonstrations against US aggression.
Campaign for Implementation of Women’s Reservation: The CC decided to support the protests called by the women’s organisations for the immediate implementation of the women’s reservation in legislatures. The Party will mobilise people in support of this demand along with other class and mass organisations. They will be held on every day of the upcoming Parliament session.
Campaign for Right to Vote: The Party will launch an extensive campaign in defence of democratic rights, particularly for safeguarding the right to vote. The campaign will focus on the biased role of the ECI and against its actions as an adjunct of the ruling party. Widespread public opinion will be mobilised demanding the ECI to play an impartial and neutral role and complete transparency in the entire electoral process – from voter enrollment to the conduct of elections, EVMs, and counting.
Campaign Against the Notification of Labour Codes: Within four days after the announcement of the results, the BJP-led Union government has operationalised the Labour Codes. This exposes the deceptive modus operandi of the BJP-led Union Government.
The Party stands with the workers in resisting the implementation of these newly notified rules for the Labour Codes. It will lead a campaign demanding the state governments to exercise their legislative powers under the Constitution to bring in corrective amendments to the Labour Codes and protect the interests of the workers, instead of operationalising them as per the Central Rules. The state governments should consider the recommendations of Justice Gopala Gowda, who submitted a Report to the erstwhile LDF government in Keralam, suggesting legal ways to protect the rights of the workers.