CPI (M) Politburo member and former Rajya Sabh MP, Vrinda Karat, on Wednesday, has appealed to Chief Minister Hemant Soren that an all-party delegation led by him should go to Delhi and appeal to the Prime Minister for the revival of HEC. There should be a demand for modernization and providing it with immediate working capital and payment of the outstanding 20 months salary of the workers and officers.
Karat said that CPI (M) CPI(M) State Committee, while supporting the movement being run by HEC Bachao Mazdoor Jan Sangharsh Samiti to save HEC. Expressing concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Jharkhand, in the two-day meeting of the CPI(M) State Committee, she demanded that the State Government should take concrete steps to overcome this situation. In the meeting, the beneficiaries under food security, expressing concern over not being given one month's ration, She demanded that to supply the outstanding ration immediately to the people of the State.
The State committee of CPI(M) has passed a proposal to immediately stop the work of installing smart meters. Because with the installation of smart meters, all the rights of electricity distribution will go into the hands of corporate houses and consumers will be forced to buy expensive electricity.
The party former Rajya Sabha MP said that CPI(M) has decided to ensure the defeat of BJP on all the seats in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and has identified Rajmahal as one of the Lok Sabha seats.
In the meeting, party's Politburo member Brinda Karat reported the decisions of the party's Central Committee held in Delhi from 27 to 29 October. In strongly condemning the Israeli attack in Gaza on the people of Palestine in West Asia, in accordance with the resolution passed by the General Assembly of the United Nations with a two-thirds majority, there should be immediate implementation of ceasefire, implementation of the principle of existence of two countries and the liberation of Palestine. The demand includes ending the siege and speeding up relief work there on humanitarian grounds. Expressing solidarity with the people of Palestine, the party state committee has decided to run a campaign in the entire state. Sufal Mahato presided over the meeting.