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The Hindu
14 hours ago
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- The Hindu
Left parties stage demonstration in support of Palestine
The Left parties on Thursday held a demonstration near Swadeshi Cotton Mills in the town to express solidarity with the people of Palestine. Led by CPI secretary A. M. Saleem, CPI(M) secretary S. Ramachandran and secretary of CPI( M-L) S. Purushothaman, party workers raised slogans against Israel for 'committing atrocities against the people of Palestine'. They wanted Israel to stop the 'aggression on the people of Palestine and genocide in Gaza'. Mr. Saleem said the Indian government should take a principled stand consistent with the country's historical support to the Palestine cause. The Central government should press for allowing humanitarian aid to reach Gaza and call for immediate end to the war. Left leaders N. Kalainathan, V. Perumal, Dinesh Ponniah, K. Sethu Selvam were among those who participated in the demonstration.
The Hindu
28-05-2025
- The Hindu
CPI(M) complains to NHRC on illegal detention of woman labourer by Puducherry police
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has complained to the National Human Rights Commission on the alleged custodial harassment meted out to a woman staff of a resort in Pudukuppam village in Puducherry. CPI (M) secretary S. Ramachandran in his complaint to NHRC has stated that police officers in Thavalakuppam police station illegally detained and physically assaulted the woman staff after the general manager of the resort preferred a complaint of a missing ring of a guest in the hotel. 'On the night of May 11, the woman staff was summoned to the police station. She was beaten with a lathi compelling her to accept the theft. She was allowed to leave the station only around 1 a.m. the next day. She was again summoned, made to wait in the station till late in the night and was allowed to leave only by mid-night,' he said. The party has appealed to the NHRC to initiate proceedings against the police officers responsible for the misconduct and unlawful activity.
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Left, VCK leaders stage protest near police station
Leaders of Left parties and VCK on Tuesday held a demonstration near Thavalakuppam Police Station demanding action against police officers responsible for the alleged assault and illegal detention of a woman working in a resort in Pudukuppam. They raised slogans demanding registration of case against police officers for 'torturing the woman while investigating a theft case reported at the resort'. Addressing a press conference, secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) S. Ramachandran said though the police could not find any evidence suggesting the involvement of the staff in the theft, the woman was illegally detained and physically assaulted. 'It is a serious offence. So, the government should order departmental inquiry and register a case,' he said. Leaders of CPI, VCK and CPI (ML) participated in the protest.
The Hindu
06-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Migrant SC people should get reservation benefit in Puducherry: CPI (M)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has sought the intervention of Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy in resolving the long-pending issue faced by the migrant Scheduled Caste (SC) population in getting reservation benefits for employment and education opportunities in the Union Territory. In a letter to the Chief Minister, party secretary S. Ramachandran said the Dalits constituted 16% of the population in Union Territory. According to statistics available with Puducherry government, 60% of the total SC population in UT are indigenous and 40% migrant. The territorial administration receives funds from the Centre for implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan based on the total number of SC people. The number of seats reserved in the Assembly was also based on total SC population, the letter said. 'However, benefits of welfare schemes and reservation are provided only to the indigenous SC people. The government had issued a notification announcing reservation benefits to indigenous SC people alone. The order was quashed by the Supreme Court in 2014, but the government continues to ignore migrant population for reservation benefits. Only those individuals who gets individual reprieve from Court gets the benefit. The Chief Minister should find a solution to this,' the letter said. Like for Other Backwards Castes and Most Backward Classes, the government should maintain 2001 as cut-off year for residential certificate and provide reservation benefits for SC migrant in jobs, promotions and education purpose. The native matrilineal descendants should also be given Native Scheduled Caste Certificate without any gender discrimination, the letter said. 'The government should stop discriminating the Dalit community on the basis of indigenous and migrant. It is a fact that migrant people played a significant role in the liberation struggle, social, cultural history and social development of Puducherry. Dalits cannot be left out on this. The government should find a solution to the issue,' Mr. Ramachandran said.
