People's Democracy(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Vol.
XXIX
No. 42 October 16, 2005 |
CPI(M)
Contributes To Pakistan Relief
The
Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) issued the following
statement on October 12, 2005.
THE
CPI(M) has made a contribution of Rs 5 lakhs for relief work for the earthquake
affected people in Pakistan. The cheque for the amount was handed over to the
Pakistan High Commissioner, Aziz Ahmad Khan by Prakash Karat, CPI(M) general
secretary and Sitaram Yechury, member of the Polit Bureau at the High Commission
today.
The Party has given a call for collection of funds for the relief work for the earthquake affected people in India and Pakistan. In the meantime, the central committee of the CPI(M) has already allocated Rs 10 lakhs for purchasing blankets to be sent to Jammu & Kashmir.