Indian Communists

It used to have 26 seats but in 2021 it lost all of its seats along with the INC which had 44 seats the AITC Dominating West Bengal.

Lucknow, 17 September 2024: CPI(ML) has demanded an independent agency probe into the death of Dalit youth Akash due to alleged custodial beating in Lakhimpur Kheri. The party has said that in the incident related to Fardhan police station, the family members of the deceased have accused the police of causing the death due to brutal beating during interrogation, so it should be investigated by another agency instead of the police itself.

CPI(ML) said that in Yogi Raj, police has become autocratic. Even though law and order is not being maintained, it is taking lives of people. Incidents of misbehavior with girls and women have increased wildly, the government and police are incapable of stopping it. But the state is ahead in custodial deaths. Dalit community is the easiest target. Be it Lakhimpur Kheri, or Ayodhya where a Dalit girl cleaning the Ram temple was gang-raped. The Chief Minister does not see the increasing incidents of rape, he only sees love jihad. In the recent meeting to review the law and order, the CM found love jihad to be the main problem. This is surprising.

CPI(ML) said that the complaint of the family members in the Lakhimpur incident should be taken into cognizance and a case of murder should be registered against the accused policemen. According to the news, the police brought Akash to the police station on September 5 for questioning in a theft case. The very next day he had to be admitted to the hospital, from where he was referred to Lucknow due to his critical condition. He died in a Lucknow hospital during treatment on September 14. He was buried on September 16 amid protests from the family members.

Apparently, a Communist leader won but ProleWiki says he is a reformist imperialist, and anti-Tamil racist.

This book also has a page in ProleWiki’s library but it is empty and text still needs to be imported.

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And are they socialists?

They are the biggest party in the state elections but in national elections Kerala votes more for Congress and the communists only win a few seats, why?

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There are three classes in India.

The Rich- They commit frauds, scam, borrow money from public banks never to return and flee the country when they gamble and lose.

The poor- These people are helplessly dependent on freebies from the government for survival. Most of these are found in villages where a feudal system prevails.

The government claims to lift 400 million people from extreme poverty since 2014. However they are giving free rations to 810 million people today. Such people who couldn't afford to buy food will obviously be considered extremely poor.

And that 60% of Indian population. These are also the poor who are responsible for 90% of the voter turnout.

To form the government you need to get funding from the rich for campaigns and in return give them cheap loans, lower corporate taxes and sell government assets and natural resources for pennies on the dollar.

The third is the forgotten middle class who pay for everything and get none of the benefits.

Because they are not a majority. Even if they were they wouldn't go to vote for whatever reasons. Political parties know that the middle class is happy being milked for nothing in return and won't influence vote share.

To shift focus on the middle class we need significant urbanization so they become a majority and electoral education. Taxpayers have every right to right to ask what they will get in return. Free good quality healthcare and education is a bare minimum.

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European union, Hongkong and Singapore have recently banned 522 Indian products that includes spices and dry fruits because of high levels of cancer causing pesticide like Ethylene oxide. But they are still legal to be sold in India.

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