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XXXIII, 1 & 2, JANUARY-JUNE 2017
The Enduring Legacy of Karl Marx
Most Potent Weapon for Human Liberation
Sitaram Yechury
[Based on the lecture delivered on May 5, 2017, at Kolkata, at a meeting organized by the West Bengal State Committee of the CPI(M).]
CPI(M) General Secretary, Sitaram Yechury’s Posers
Demonetisation: No Gain; Short Term & Long Time Pain
The Polit Bureau strongly condemns the efforts made by two persons claiming allegiance to an RSS outfit to disrupt a press conference being addressed by General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at the end of the two-day meeting of the Polit Bureau.
<p>CPI(M) General Secretary and Member of Parliament, Shri Sitaram Yechury has addressed a letter to Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot expressing concern over the manner in which rules are being framed for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act. The full text of the letter written to the minister on May 16, 2017 is being released herewith.</p>
Full text of letter addressed to Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi by CPI(M) General Secretary and MP, Sitaram Yechury on December 12, 2016 regarding the finalization of the `Major Defense Partner’ designation to India by the USA.
On July 15, 2016, thousands of people from all walks of life gathered at the Hutatma Kisan Ahir Sugar Factory at Walva in Sangli district to commemorate the 95th birth anniversary of the renowned freedom fighter and one of the progressive stalwarts of the co-operative movement in Maharashtra, Nagnath Naikwadi
July 19 saw a massive rally of tens of thousands of people in Mumbai led jointly by Ambedkarite and Left parties and groups. It marched a distance of over 7 Km in drenching rain from Jijamata Udyan at Byculla to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus (CST) and culminated in a huge public meeting that entirely blocked the massive square between CST and Azad Maidan for over two hours, throwing all traffic in South Mumbai haywire.
More than Eight and half lakh crore rupees (Rs 8,55,551 crore) of the loans given by our banks have not been returned by the borrowers -- Sitaram Yechury to Narendra Modi
Sitaram Yechury has asked the minister to punish those who misused the offices of the ministry, while also urging her to convey to the BJP and its affiliates that they should not misuse such government initiatives/programmes for their own partisan propaganda.
What I find both surprising and objectionable is that the poster declares that this event is being supported by the High Commission of India, Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Ayush and the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.