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Left Parties' Appeal for Lok Sabha Elections SFI.
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Left opposed corporate entry in agriculture and demanded .
The Left Parties -Communist Party of India (Marxist), .
Forward Bloc and regulation of corporales in retail trade..
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Party of India, All India.
Communist Increasingly, the Manmohan Singh government acted on the.
l Revolutionary Socialist Party -have decided to present before .
the people of lnd1a the joint Left platform for the 15th Lok Sabha basis of the agenda of the Indo-US CEO Forum. This was an outcome of the strategic alliance forged with the United States.
elections. when the Prime Minister visited Washington in July 2005. Five years ago, after the 2004 general elections, the Left Parties P~~ssure to cha~ge the course of independent foreign policy, the.
the formation of the UPAdecided to extend support to military cooperation agreement, the Indo-US nuclear deal and the government. We did that keeping in mind the verdict of the US-dictated economic agenda taken together was a negation of .
people, which rejected the BJP and its alliance. Though the Left .
the NCMP put out by the UPA Government on which basis the Parties have some basic differences with the Congress, we Left had supported the government..
decided to extend support to keep the communal forces at bay .
and in the expectation that the Congress-led government will When the Congress-led government decided to go ahead with abide by its National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP). the Indo-US nuclear deal, disregarding the widespread oppcsition voiced by a majority in Parliament and showed no urgency in .
Role of the Left addressing the serious problems like price rise and the agrarian During the past five years, the Left Parties have played a crisis, the Left Parties were compelled to withdraw support. .
consistent role in defence of secularism and the economic The UPA government survived the vote of confidence by .
interests of the people, to protect national so.vereignty and to .
shameless resort to large-scale money power being used to bribe, oppose any strategic link up with US imperialism. intimidate and purchase members of Parliament In the four years that the Left supported the UPA government, it .
Subsequently, the UPA government, in the remaining months of tried to ensure that the pro-people measures contained in the its tenure, has shown both contempt for Parliament and sought to .
NCMP are implemented. Whether it be the National Rural push ahead with nee-liberal policies. .
Employment Guarantee Act, or, the legislation for provision of .
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land rights for tribal people in the forest areas, or, ensuring an At a time when the global economic crisis has discredited the .
effective right to information legislation -the Left endeavoured to nee-liberal model of finance-driven capitalism, the Congress-led .
government has sought to further open up to foreign financial see that these are taken up in Parliament and adopted. The Left can rightfully claim that these three pieces of legislations were flows and announced revised FDI guidelines which virtually allow improved and their scope expanded due to the Left's intervention backdoor entry of foreign capital in all sectors. The manner in which the government is handling the impact of the global crisis in Parliament and in the UPA-Left Coordination Committee. in our country displays its class bias. There are bailouts for the .
The Left Parties were vigilant to check the policies and measures, big corporales and financial speculators but nothing is being which were formulated by the UPA government based on their done for the lakhs of people who are losing their jobs. The government ignores the fact that the crisis is affecting agriculture.
neoliberal outlook. The Left Parties worked in this period to protect the public sector from moves like disinves~me~t of shares and the peasantry.in the 'navaratna' companies like BHEL. They halted some of the The Left Parties have, while opposing the anti-people policies of disinvestment in profitable public sector units. The Left Parties the UPA government, never relaxed its fight against the BJP and pushed for revival of some of the loss-making public sector units. the communal forces. The BJP, in the last five years when it has The Left Parties consistently advocated for increased public .
been in the opposition, has proved that its core outtcok is investment in agriculture; increasing the allocation for education communal and its character is defined by its link with the RSS. All .
and health to reach the target set in the NCMP of 6 per cent of .
the GOP and 2-3 per cent of the GOP respectively. The across the country, there has been the disturbing spectacle ?f attacks on minorities, both Muslim and Christian. Kandhamal 1n increased allocations in education and health and some of the Orissa and Mangalore in Karnataka ·are the manifestations of measures taken to revive agriculture can be attributed to the attacks on the Christian community. The series of incidents of constant pressure of the Left Parties. communal violence in Vadodara, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Mau, .
The Left Parties were firm in resisting all such measures which Indore, Jabatpur, Bangalore and Dhulia were all targeting the would have harmed employment, livelihoods and those which .
Muslim minority. would have eroded national sovereignty. One important area in The BJP-run state governments protected and covered up such .
this regard was the financial sector, which was sought to be .
acts of violence by the various Hindutva outfits. The least that the further liberalized and opened up to foreign capital. The Left UPA government could have done was to ban the Bajrang Dal, opposed legislations on banking and insurance, which would which was Involved in the barbarous violence in Kandhamal and have given foreign capital a grip over these vital sectors. The Left .
stood firmly against the pension funds of government employees Mangalore, but firm action was not taken. The Left Parties have consistently fought against the forces of.
being privatized and invested in the stock markets. This politically, ideologically a~d.
legislation not being passed has saved the hard-earned savings majority communalism and retirement benefits of lakhs of government employees. The organisationally It has shown determination not to allow mino~ty recent financial collapse in the West has led to the wiping out of communalism t~ succeed by feeding on the fears and alienation .
billions of dollars of pension funds, which were invested in the of the minority community. · t · 1 nee must stock markets. , The Left Parties are clear that all forms of terrons VIO e or w1.th.
· · ·Terrorism of domestiC ongln,.
The Left stood against FDI in retail, as It would have led to the be firmly combated . d eate communal.
, · . P ,...;displacement of lakhs of small shopkeepers and traders. The external links seeks to dasrupt our socaety anrk r crThe Left a, ues divisions and harm the democratic framewo .
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AGAINS 1 1 n.c LA...JlY.U.Y.I.~.L ~· AJO,.J Date: Ofd0-05Friends, ' .
Yesterday, students of SLL&CS in the annual School GBM voted in favour of the Convenor's report in spite of the joint attempt of the ABVP, NSUI and AISA to mislead the students. We would like to congratulate the student community for overwhelmingly participating in the Annual Sc!10ol GBMs of the different Schools and endorsing the Convenor's report in every School where the SFl-AISF led the Schqol Council. The results of the GBM of these ' . ' 1 r ____ ..--rA~... ;,.,cl--T Ah~tP;,tions-1.
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The overwhelming mandate oCi.he students in all these Schools m 1avour u1 Llle Convenor's report reflects the fact that the students of these School have responded positively in favour of tho relentless---·suuggle led by i:he SFI-AISF in.
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ALL INDIA STUDENTS' FEDERATION· STUDENTS' FEDERATION OF INDIA .
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Friends, The gaining momentum of anti-price hike sentiment wit~in student community is the clear indicator ofhow the decision was arbitrary, i.e. was taken without any consultation with student community (except with JNUSU President) and anti-student in totality. JNU administration must respect the overwhelming opinion among student community that the price-hike of eatables in canteens and dhabas is an unbearable burden on students' pockets. To fill its own pockets, .
administration is indulging in dictatorial acts of imposing costlier living standards upon student community. On the one hand it has never taken seriously the numerous complaints of members of JNU community regarding hygiene, quality and bad service at almost all the dhabas and canteens, ·on the other hand it has unhesitatingly gone ahead with the anti-.
student move of price-hike. The unity among srudents on this issue has compe:led AISA to take a U-Turn and also forced ABVP to speak against it, albeit the later has not given a call to join JNUSU's protest demonstration. This is not surprising since last semester it was the same organization which even had asked for a boycott of JNUSU's agitation which demanded ' increase in MCM, Book Bank in library and students' representation in Academic Council and Board of Studies. ABVP .
has even gone to the extent of stating that CDC convenor was present in the meeting in which the decision of price-hike .
was taken. This is a complete lie. It·was the JNUSU president alone who attended the CDC meeting on 7th February. .
I~ the most undempcratic manner, CDC Chairperson did not allow the CDC convenor to attend the meeting. We .
warn the ABVP not to propagate such lies and not to take student community for granted. On the other hand, AISA or for .
that matter JN:usu President has not answered the basic questions that (A) why the decision was not informed to the .
student community after the CDC meeting on th February, (B) when the prices actually went up why did JNUSU .
President came Dut with an unsigned notice of JNUSU without consulting other office-bearers and (C) why in the said .
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notice price,.hike was not mentioned even once? Although AISA and JNUSU President vows an explanation to student commt:nity1at this juncture we appeal to students to remain united under the banner of JNUSU to force the CDC to roll .
back the prices. We appeal to the student community to join in large number JNUSU's p~otest demo. in front of .
CDC meeting tomorrow at 11.00 AM. .
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A. Arun Prashanth, President,AISF-JNU.
Parinial Maya Sudhakar, Secretary, SFI-JNU · f d his 'Maha 'ot' reflects the total rejectton OI _trns sheer.
...... o- ,_ -· · · --behind the SFI-AISF in the coiiU?_g_JT'.~JS:U.
masstvel;: rallted behtnd.the SFI-AISF and de eate t · . to /a11 .
opportumsm. We would like to appeal to the student commuruty dythe stru lefor better students' facilioes while .
elections to cany forward the secular democratic dthos ofjdefm{iks an_ eal to ~e students to isolate the AISA which dso deer~hgfe incompetent leadership the JNUSU has not.
defeating the commun~ ~VP.0~the other han alwcf wo.
has been most non-senous m fi.ghtmg the conunun orces an un .
been able to achieve the demands of the studem.s. .
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Speakers: Sudhish Pachori. Journalist Jayati Ghosh, CESP S;;kumor M;;ralldharan. Journalist Tonight.
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Sd/-Saujay Kumar, Secretary, AISF-JNU Sd/-Parimal Maya Sudhakar, Secretary, SFI-JNU .
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legitimacy .
hails the l~ft, democratic, secular forces on The .
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110\Jev~r. is not over. .
is under· se. 1.ous question..
vhose initiative and sustained effort succeeded in keeping Advanl .
ISA "'"'te movement , .
but of JNU. .
of the present JNUSU .
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office-bearers R~d councillors still have right to .
* Do the ABVP In the In th~ first council meeting, JNUSU VIce-President's intimadatory.
represent us? councillor. and theJt.Secy .
went to the extent of spitting on aand up the the Union V.P. tactics meeting,.
councilFriends: from SL(elected from ABVP platform) roughed .
second Sutlejcouncillo~s group of students \Jere addressing thePresident.
The ln.n JNUSU President. .
Mess at the l ttnch time, the VP of JNUSU threatened the .
a devJ On 18.11.96 when a us after.
direct} of AISA 'With physical violence ( ' Juban Kaat Loonga')-.
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He, a.llo\J Lbee~ csL,tl'\<'nts to continu~ to represent .
th~y hav~ v.iolat:ed all the rl(':mOcLoti<:: nor-ro~ \Je uphold? .
Ra.jlv 'WeCan and.
'Weapon in the hands of the .
Jha in It is a fot' its demands the.
Batti seat ofto po'Wer. struggles supported In.
'Wage al\Jays .
and democr·atic demands of the 'Women's movement..
Sarnbu1 JNUSU is not a community has and.
corntl\\trd -ty student voted againstSL. student JNU statement.
aspl~ations..
pt·ogL<'Anlve council meeting ABVP members .
Afra.I, first.
JNUSU's from.
i a resolution 'Which condemned the RSS Chief ' s .
hl..s politics.
rejecting i~~ r~e~tvation for 'Women..
defeated reactionary anti-feminist body th~y.
and 11I' student .
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and continue to be the legitimate rep~esentatlves?those LS .
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clarJ Can platform flout the values of the .
JNUSU a.
-~Amb~ the wa~rantsNr. .-~l''-~"en-t. .
on the p~lnciples of JNU's democracy, and .
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The unprece~ented acts of lump n ism by JNUSU members of ABVP, .
UGBM to r·ecall thost: JNll.t;ll m~mb~r-s \Jho indulged in these acta . .
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Dhab an attackviol it:s .
.Samb, t:o infiltrate JNU JNU. One of .
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of i , ' _.. *~ grand design to infiltrate Asian Age JNUSU, Uith ABVP dominating.
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SL" Arun f or them ..
clarion call to this effect..
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On the one hand, RSS ~hakhas with lathi drills are regularly held.
gave a w i rt ~ spac e .
within the campus -----and AISA calls upon the student communitytJe c ~u.ti ct c-n 1 y A RSS-Shakhascounc to stop.
the the Administrationpreve put pressure on on .
to the other hand, attemp~A are being made to infiltrate JNUvisit.
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' to s imrnediatel·-. thisThe arrangement of Advanis .
ABVPs.
leftil On academic pretexts. that after .
under the auspices of CSS by the chairperson was as part of .
vehem. nneutral" loud political message .
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send ofThe s1 gameplan to simple queation of freedom have t victory in JNUSU , .
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