People's Democracy
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
No. 32
August 06, 2006
(Weekly
Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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Vol.
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No. 32 August 06, 2006 |
The
following is the platform of demands and policies for the August campaign called
by the central committee of the Party:
Appeal to people to be vigilant about the activities of the communal forces which disrupt peace and communal harmony. The central government should direct the concerned state governments to check attacks on minorities wherever it is taking place. The Modi government is not enforcing the Constitution and laws in Gujarat where the minorities are being systematically discriminated against and subjected to harassment. The centre should ensure compliance with the Constitution and law of the land. Adopt the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill in Parliament.
Increase
public investment in agriculture; create price stabilization fund for
providing minimum support price for farmers’ produce; provide credit to
farmers at 4 per cent interest; provision of special package for areas drawn
to farmers’ suicides. Ensure proper implementation of Rural Employment
Guarantee Act in all 200 districts and extend its purview every year to
cover entire country in three years.
Strengthen
the public distribution system by provision of adequate supply of rice and
wheat; sugar and kerosene oil should be supplied through the public
distribution system; no cut in food subsidy; no increase in
price of rice and wheat in public distribution system; ensure all
people in BPL category get ration cards as an interim measure towards
universalisation of PDS.
The
UPA government should pursue an
independent foreign policy as committed in the Common Minimum Programme;
stop aligning India as a strategic ally of the United States; end strategic
military collaboration with the United States; promote close ties and
cooperation with developing countries, Russia, China and other major
countries to promote
multi-polarity in international relations.
Adopt
legislation for protection of unorganized workers. Enact central legislation
for agricultural workers; no change in labour laws which will facilitate
hire and fire policy.
Ensure
right to education for all; increase expenditure on education to 6 per cent
of the GDP; Central legislation to empower state governments to regulate
admissions and fees in the private and
self-financing professional institutions.
Adopt
stringent steps to halt oppression and discrimination of
dalits; give possession of lands for which pattas have been given to
dalit families.
Extend
27 per cent reservation for OBCs in educational institutions which are under
the purview of the Central
government; increase commensurately seats and facilities in these
institutions; ensure the benefits of reservation going to the needy sections
within the OBCs by adopting a socio-economic
criteria.
Promote
dialogue with all forces in Jammu & Kashmir to evolve a political
solution to the Kashmir issue; explore settlement on the basis of maximum
autonomy; firm steps to check extremist violence in Jammu & Kashmir and
the North East by taking suitable political
steps to promote a peaceful and democratic
solution and undertake socio-economic measures for development and
providing relief to the people.
National Political
Campaign
The following is the finalised list of
meetings and the speakers therein for the August campaign of the Party.
No. |
Date |
State |
Place |
Speaker |
|
1
|
01 August |
Tamilnadu |
Salem |
Prakash Karat |
|
2
|
02 August |
Tamilnadu |
Villupuram |
Prakash Karat |
|
3
|
05 August |
Gujarat |
Ahmedabad |
Prakash Karat |
|
4
|
05 August |
Maharashtra |
Nanded |
Nilotpal Basu |
|
5
|
05 August |
Tamilnadu |
Tiruchi |
Brinda Karat |
|
6
|
05 August |
Tamilnadu |
Tirupur |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
7
|
06 August |
Maharashtra |
Latur |
Nilotpal Basu |
|
8
|
06 August |
Tamilnadu |
Thiruvarur |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
9
|
06 August |
Tamilnadu |
Madurai |
Brinda Karat |
|
10
|
07 August |
Punjab |
Amritsar |
Prakash Karat |
|
11
|
10 August |
Maharashtra |
Sangli |
Subhashini Ali |
|
12
|
10 August |
Punjab |
Noormahal |
Brinda Karat |
|
13
|
11 August |
Maharashtra |
Pune |
Subhashini Ali |
|
14
|
12 August |
Delhi |
Mangolpuri |
Brinda Karat |
|
15
|
12 August |
Haryana |
Panipat |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
16
|
12 August |
Punjab |
Muktsar |
Suneet Chopra |
|
17
|
12 August |
Tamilnadu |
Chennai |
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya |
|
18
|
13 August |
Karnataka |
Bangalore |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
19
|
13 August |
Punjab |
Ludhiana |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
20
|
14 August |
Punjab |
Sangrur |
Hannan Mollah |
|
21
|
16 August |
Punjab |
Garhshankar |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
22
|
17 August |
Maharashtra |
Amravati |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
23
|
18 August |
Maharashtra |
Nandurbar |
Brinda Karat |
|
24
|
18 August |
Maharashtra |
Raigad |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
25
|
18 August |
Tripura |
Agartala |
Prakash Karat |
|
26
|
19 August |
Assam |
Tezpur |
Md. Salim |
|
27
|
19 August |
Chattisgarh |
Bilaspur |
Jogendra Sharma |
|
28
|
19 August |
Delhi |
Ghaziabad/Ghantagar |
Tapan Sen |
|
29
|
19 August |
Maharashtra |
Nasik (Vani) |
Brinda Karat |
|
30
|
19 August |
Punjab |
Patiala |
Basudev Acharia |
|
31
|
20 August |
Assam |
Guwahati |
Biman Basu |
|
32
|
20 August |
Assam |
Rangia |
Biman Bose |
|
33
|
20 August |
Chattisgarh |
Dhamtari |
Jogendra Sharma |
|
34
|
20 August |
Chattisgarh |
Kanker |
Dipankar Mukherjee |
|
35
|
20 August |
Haryana |
Hisar |
Hannan Mollah |
|
36
|
20 August |
Jharkhand |
Jamshedpur |
M K. Pandhe |
|
37
|
20 August |
Maharashtra |
Wardha |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
38
|
20 August |
Tamilnadu |
Kanyakumari |
V.S. Achuthanandan & K Varadarajan |
|
39
|
21 August |
Assam |
Silchar |
Nilotpal Basu |
|
40
|
21 August |
Assam |
Manikpur |
Tarini Roy, MP |
|
41
|
21 August |
Chattisgarh |
Bhilai |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
42
|
21 August |
Chattisgarh |
Raipur |
Tapan Sen |
|
43
|
21 August |
Maharashtra |
Dahanu |
Prakash Karat |
|
44
|
22 August |
Assam |
Barpeta |
Manik Sarkar |
|
45
|
22 August |
Karnataka |
Mangalore |
K Varadarajan |
|
46
|
22 August |
Kerala |
Thiruvananthapuram |
S Ramachandran Pillai |
|
47
|
22 August |
Maharashtra |
Aurangabad |
Prakash Karat |
|
48
|
22 August |
MP |
Jabalpur |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
49
|
23 August |
AP |
Hyderabad |
Prakash Karat |
|
50
|
23 August |
Assam |
Nagoan |
Khagen Das, MP |
|
51
|
23 August |
Jharkhand |
Dhanbad |
Biman Basu |
|
52
|
23 August |
Karnataka |
Uduppi |
K Varadarajan |
|
53
|
23 August |
MP |
Rewa |
Dipankar Mukherjee |
|
54
|
24 August |
Gujarat |
Baroda |
Sukomal Sen |
|
55
|
24 August |
MP |
Morena |
Subhashini Ali |
|
56
|
25 August |
Delhi |
Jama Masjid |
Md. Salim |
|
57
|
25 August |
Gujarat |
Himatnagar |
Sukomal Sen |
|
58
|
25 August |
Kerala |
Ernakulam |
Prakash Karat |
|
59
|
25 August |
MP |
Gwalior |
Subhashini Ali |
|
60
|
25 August |
Rajasthan |
Ganganagar |
Hannan Mollah |
|
61
|
26 August |
Bihar |
Gaya |
Basudev Acharia |
|
62
|
26 August |
Bihar |
Kosidivision |
Hannan Mollah |
|
63
|
26 August |
Bihar |
Bhagalpur |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
64
|
26 August |
Gujarat |
Dahod |
Kumar Shiralkar |
|
65
|
26 August |
Gujarat |
Sukomal Sen |
|
|
66
|
26 August |
Kerala |
Trichur |
Prakash Karat |
|
67
|
26 August |
Pondicherry |
Pondicherry |
K Varadarajan |
|
68
|
26 August |
Tamilnadu |
Coimbatore |
V.S. Achuthanandan |
|
69
|
27 August |
Bihar |
Begusarai |
Hannan Mollah |
|
70
|
27 August |
Delhi |
Sonia Vihar |
Jogindra Sharma |
|
71
|
27 August |
Haryana |
Rohtak |
Brinda Karat |
|
72
|
27 August |
Jharkhand |
Ranchi |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
73
|
27 August |
Rajasthan |
Udaipur |
Nilotpal Basu |
|
74
|
28 August |
Bihar |
Samastipur |
Subhashini Ali |
|
75
|
28 August |
Gujarat |
To be announced later |
Nilotpal Basu |
|
76
|
28 August |
Jharkhand |
Daltanganj |
Mohd Salim |
|
77
|
28 August |
Kerala |
Alappuzha |
M.K. Pandhe |
|
78
|
29 August |
Bihar |
Darbhanga |
Prakash Karat |
|
79
|
29 August |
Kerala |
Malappuram |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
80
|
31 August |
Bihar |
East Champaran |
Md. Salim |
|
81
|
31 August |
Himachal |
Shimla |
Brinda Karat |
|
82
|
31 August |
Rajasthan |
Sikar |
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya |
|
83
|
31 August |
UP |
Ballia |
Prakash Karat |
|
84
|
01 September |
UP |
Kanpur |
Prakash Karat |
|
85
|
02 September |
AP |
Vijayawada |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
86
|
02 September |
Jharkhand |
Rajmahal |
Brinda Karat |
|
87
|
02 September |
Orissa |
Balasore |
Surjokanta Misra |
|
88
|
02 September |
Orissa |
Sambalpur |
Basudev Acharia |
|
89
|
03 September |
AP |
Vishakapattanam |
Sitaram Yechury |
|
90
|
03 September |
Jharkhand |
Pakur |
Brinda Karat |
|
91
|
03 September |
Orissa |
Puri |
Surjokanta Misra |
|
92
|
05 September |
MP |
Bhopal |
Prakash Karat |
|
93
|
05 September |
Orissa |
Behrampur |
B V Raghavulu |
|
94
|
05 September |
UP |
Allahabad |
Brinda Karat |
|
95
|
05 September |
UP |
Chakia |
Hannan Mollah |
|
96
|
07 September |
Orissa |
Cuttack |
Brinda Karat |
|
97
|
07 September |
UP |
Etawah |
Subhashini Ali |
|
98
|
08 September |
MP |
Indore |
Basudev Acharia |
|
99
|
08 September |
UP |
Bulandshehar |
Dipankar Mukherjee |
|
100
|
08 September |
UP |
Varanasi |
Md Salim |
|
101
|
08 September |
UP |
Gorakhpur |
Subhashini Ali |
|
102
|
10 September |
UP |
Najibabad |
Md Salim |
|
103
|
11 September |
UP |
Mirzapur |
Suneet Chopra |
|
104
|
12 September |
UP |
Barielly |
Nilotpal Basu |
|
105
|
14 September |
UP |
Etah |
Jogendra Sharma |
|
106
|
15 September |
Karnataka |
Kolar |
B V Raghavulu |
