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ML Update
A CPI(ML) Weekly News Magazine
Vol. 7 No. 14 - 20 19 - 25 May 2004 =
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Mandate 2004: Signals and Opportunities=20
In March 1977 when Indira Gandhi finally 'ordered'elections little did =
she know that she would be in for a massive shock. When the results were =
out, the Congress stood liquidated almost everywhere except the southern =
states. Likewise in December 2003, the Sangh Parivar too could not =
possibly anticipate that by gambling for early elections it would only =
be hastening the downfall of the Vajpayee regime. But the 'upset' is now =
a recorded fact. The BJP and its allies have been virtually decimated in =
all but a few states. At the end of the day, two of independent India's =
most arrogant and anti-people rogue regimes have met with the same fate. =
Good riddance!=20
There is a strong tendency in the media and especially in NDA circles to =
describe the present outcome as a fractured mandate without any focus or =
thrust. We are also told that the overall outcome is essentially the sum =
total of rather disparate state-specific verdicts. While there is indeed =
a good deal of variation in the results from one state or region to =
another, the results do indicate a strong countrywide rejection of the =
BJP and the NDA. The trend is probably most clearly reflected in the =
national capital and neighbouring states like Haryana and UP and even in =
Modi's Gujarat, a traditionally strong bastion of the BJP, where the BJP =
has had to take a severe knock.=20
Indeed, the end of the 'Atal era' apart, the warning served on the =
man-eater Modi regime of Gujarat and the collapse of the Naidu rule in =
Andhra are among the most redeeming features of the 2004 verdict. Not =
only the countryside, much of urban and even metropolitan India has =
refused to buy the NDA's 'India shining' propaganda. The much talked =
about 'feel-good factor' became a crude joke across the length and =
breadth of the country. The plight and anger of the 'other' India - the =
real India inhabited by the starving rural poor, the crisis-ridden =
farmers, the unemployed and an increasingly insecure working class - =
transformed the BJP's fond 'feel good' dream into a veritable 'feel bad' =
nightmare.=20
Midway through the elections, the BJP made a desperate attempt to =
counter and defuse this anger - described as 'anti-incumbency' factor by =
psephologists - by once again invoking the bogey of instability. But =
unlike in 1999 when the 'stability factor' did play a major role in the =
elections, this time round even the ruling classes' most sacred concern =
for stability did not come to the BJP's rescue. The 2004 verdict can =
only be described as an emphatic rejection of the reigning elitist model =
of 'development' and a powerful reassertion of the real issues of =
employment, livelihood and basic amenities for rural India and for the =
working people at large.=20
A key aspect of the BJP's 'Mission 2004' targets was the goal of =
securing an independent majority for the party. In the course of the =
campaign Vajpayee even appealed to the electorate not to burden him =
again with the tiresome task of running another coalition regime. =
Campaigning in Haryana, Advani called upon the people to vote for either =
the BJP or the Congress. Yet the BJP's own tally dropped below 140 seats =
while a partially rejuvenated Congress could not cross the 150 mark =
either. In UP the BJP tried all kinds of tricks to spoil the electoral =
prospects of the Samajwadi Party, but in vain. Like the Left in West =
Bengal and Kerala, the SP in UP has also succeeded in securing its =
highest ever tally.=20
While the attempt to foist a two-party model has thus been stalled, most =
of the non-BJP non-Congress parties seem resigned for the time being to =
a two-coalition model led either by the BJP or the Congress. In spite of =
a very good electoral showing by the non-BJP non-Congress parties, =
especially by the Left and the Samajwadi Party, it is the Congress which =
has come to seize the political initiative. In the face of a Congress =
comeback after nearly a decade, the only expression of the Left's =
independence so far has been a welcome refusal by the CPI(M) to =
participate in a Congress-led coalition government at the Centre.=20
To conclude, the 14th Lok Sabha elections have indeed delivered a big =
blow to the Sangh's agenda of Hindutva and 'hard state' and to the =
reigning rightwing and pro-imperialist economic and foreign policies. =
The obscurantist and sectarian agenda of the Sangh has been pushed back =
and the basic issues have come back in a big way. The challenge before =
all progressive forces is to seize this opportunity and build up a =
powerful movement for a genuinely modern and democratic India.=20
CPI(ML) welcomes CPI(M) decision to stay out of the Congress-led =
coalition
The CPI(ML) welcomes the decision taken by the CPI(M) Central Committee =
not to participate in a Congress-led coalition government at the Centre. =
=20
It must be understood that in the course of signalling the end of the =
Vajpayee regime, the outcome of the 2004 elections has particularly =
expressed a strong rejection of the anti-people and pro-imperialist =
economic policies. The reverses suffered by the Congress governments in =
Kerala, Karnataka and Punjab are no less significant than the rout of =
the Naidu government in Andhra and the warning served on the Modi =
government in Gujarat.=20
The new government must be called upon to repeal POTA and release all =
political prisoners, mete out effective punishment to the perpetrators =
of the Gujarat genocide, provide immediate and adequate relief for the =
rural poor and crisis-ridden farmers and reorient the country's economic =
and foreign policies.=20
A most redeeming feature of the mandate of the 14th Lok Sabha elections =
is that the communal fascist agenda of the Sangh has been pushed back =
and the basic issues have come back in a big way. The challenge before =
all progressive forces is to seize this opportunity and intensify the =
movement for a genuinely modern and democratic India.=20
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Votes Polled by the CPI(ML)-Liberation in the 14th Lok Sabha Elections, =
2004
Assam
1.Dibrugarh:............................................. 9,843
2.Tezpur:..................................................24,595 (IV)
3.Autonomous District (ST).............................74,399 (III)
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Tripura=20
1.Tripura East (ST):.................................. 6,475
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West Bengal
1.Jalpaiguri :..............................................7,278 (IV)
2.Raiganj:..................................................1,154
3.Krishnanagar:......................................... 7,509 =20
4.Katwa:................................................... 6,290 =20
5.Asansol:.................................................4,488 =20
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Andaman & ..........:.................................1,448 =20
Nicobar Islands
Tamil Nadu
1.Chennai North:..................................... 2,071 =20
2. Mayiladuturai:......................................2,384 =20
3.Thiruchengodu:.....................................2,431 =20
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Kerala
1.Palghat:...............................................3,270 =20
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Karnataka
1.Bellary:.............................................12,413
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Andhra Pradesh
1.Kakinada:............................................9,458 =20
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Orissa
1. Koraput (ST) :.................................48,366 (IV)
2. Puri:...............................................25,419
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Jharkhand
1.Dumka (ST):......................................8,039
2.Palamu (SC):....................................16,837
3.Chatra:..............................................8,631 =20
4.Giridih:.............................................6,435 =20
5.Dhanbad:..........................................7,497 =20
6.Koderma:.....................................1,36,554 (III)
7.Hazaribagh:.....................................14,563 (IV)
8.Ranchi:.............................................3,787 =
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Punjab
1.Bhatinda (SC):..................................7,505 =20
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Pondicherry:.......................................1,359
Haryana
1.Karnal:.............................................2,487 =20
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Rajasthan
1.Jhunjhunu:.... ..................................6,810 =20
2.Salumber (ST)..............................22,029
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Uttar Pradesh
1.Pilibhit:.........................................11,804
2.Kheri:.............................................6,739 =20
3.Mishrikh (ST) :..............................4,051 =20
4.Jalaun (SC):...................................3,728 =20
5.Saidpur:..........................................3,413
6.Ghazipur:........................................2,216
7.Chandauli:...................................... 9,826 =20
8.Robertsganj: ...............................11,120
9.Balia:.................................. ..........2,008
10.Salempur: ....................................6,040 =20
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Bihar
1.Bagaha (SC):..............................23,338 (IV)
2.Siwan: ........................(counting after May 24)
3.Gopalganj:...................................11,023
4.Samastipur:...................................................6,576 =20
5.Purnea:...........................................7,595 =20
6.Aurangabad:...............................1,06,888 (IV)
7.Bikramganj:..................................85,973 (III)
8.Sasaram (SC):................................9,936 (IV)
9.Barh:...........................................12,940 (IV)
10.Patna:.........................................12,680 (IV)
11.Bettiah:.....................(counting after May 24)
12.Rosera (SC):...............................18,829 (III)
13.Darbhanga:.................................13,443 (IV)
14.Muzaffarpur:................................7,027 =20
15.Katihar:......................................19,569
16.Gaya (SC):...................................8,046 =20
17.Nawada (SC):...............................3,623 =20
18.Nalanda:.....................................19,124 (III)
19.Buxar:........................................32,807=20
20.Jehanabad:..................................77,743 (III)
21.Arrah:.....................................1,49,679 (II)
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Uttaranchal
1.Nainital:........................................2,292 =20
2.Almora:........................................5,820 =20
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Chhattisgarh
1.Bastar (ST):.............. ..................5,017
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Left Must Pursue it's Own Agenda Forcefully
Stock market crash of May 17 and earlier related developments may be =
seen as an exercise to put pressure on the forthcoming regime to go =
unabated with economic reforms with a rightist orientation undermining =
the Left. The attitude and approach being adopted by the big business =
and the media to project Left as anti-development and anti-change =
vis-=E0-vis policies of economic reforms started more than a decade ago. =
And it certainly requires for the Left to put forth its agenda and =
people's issues without giving any concessions to the rulers. The common =
people and toiling masses can not allow the ruling class from evading =
the vast range of issues adversely affecting their lives which certainly =
are the outcome of economic reforms being perceived by the bourgeoisie =
for more than a decade.=20
One more thing that's been exposed by the May 17 crash is the state of =
the Indian economy where the FIIs and foreign speculative capital which =
have shown their capacity to hold country's stock markets to ransom by =
selling in a big way leading to the crash on the Sensex. A significant =
reason for the market to crash was the pulling out of foreign funds. =
According to a stock broker, anywhere between $2 billion and $2.5 =
billion was expected to be pulled out within a few days. And after the =
close of trading on May 17, the figure already have touched to 1.5 =
billion mark.
Moreover, it is not just political developments in India that are =
triggering off the sell button of foreign investors. Stocks are reaching =
to a low in many countries at the moment. China and India have been seen =
as the two emerging markets that have caught the fancy of imperialist =
countries and the MNCs. In India, these were the policies followed by =
the BJP-led NDA that gave concessions to the MNCs and big business =
without actually strengthening country's economy and therefore such a =
sell off must not be viewed as quite unexpected one.=20
Many corporate leaders have shown a preference for the next Finance =
Minister for either Manmohan Singh or P Chidambaram. They are quite =
convinced that the Congress, the party that started it all in 1991, =
would only take forward the ongoing reforms further. As a Congressman =
said to the media that Manmohan Singh, has no intention of rolling back =
any of the liberal policies even as he speaks mildly on television. "He =
will not agree to their (Left's) demands. When it comes to reforms, Dr =
Singh is extremely committed," he added. "The economic reform was the =
brainchild of the Congress and we hope that with the party coming to =
power, the reform process will get a boost," Bajaj Auto Vice-Chairman =
Madhur Bajaj said. The corporate sector was hopeful that the process of =
economic reforms would continue even if the Left parties joined the =
Congress-led coalition. "We expect that Manmohan Singh will be the next =
finance minister. The Congress knows the rules of the game and I do not =
think the Left parties will try to derail the process," Bajaj said. The =
Federation of Indian Export Organisations has suggested in clear terms =
that the "flexibility in labour laws" should be looked upon by the new =
government.=20
Yet, the market forces did not leave any scope and nakedly came out with =
this unprecedented desperate pressure and openly pleaded continuity of =
the rightist economic plank. The outgoing Finance Minister was only =
laughing behind the scene. This dangerous trend gives a clear message =
for the Leftists and the working people that any pro-people shift in the =
ongoing anti-people rightist direction of our economy cannot be =
soft-peddled but would demand hard resistance and protracted struggle.
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OBITUARY
Comrade Suresh Yadav died of cancer on May 7 in his =
native village Gangta Kalan in Godda district. He was one of the founder =
members of the Party in that district and a member of the District =
Committee. He was 53.=20
Com. Suresh actively associated himself with the =
communist movement from his school days and became a member of the CPM =
at the age of 16. He soon became a full-time activist. He joined CPI(ML) =
in 1985 and took the responsibility to organised the Party in Godda. He =
was also the District Secretary and member of the State Council of the =
Indian People's Front. Com. Yadav always lived a very simple life and =
always remained committed to the communist ideology and service to the =
people.=20
A large number of people came to participate in his =
funeral from nearby villages. A condolence meeting was organised in his =
memory on May 12 in Godda which was attended by a number of leaders from =
many Left and democratic parties including CPI(ML) CCM Prabhat Kumar.=20
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The Main Culprits of Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal
Pentagon has dismissed the grave charges of cruelty against Iraqi =
prisoners as "outlandish, conspiratorial and filled with error and =
anonymous conjecture." But devastating accusations against Defense =
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the May 24 edition of The New Yorker =
magazine and Newsweek exposed that Rumsfeld secretly approved a plan to =
use harsh interrogation methods (read torture) on prisoners in Iraq. =
This plan of operation includes encouraged physical coercion and sexual =
humiliation to obtain information from the prisoners was known to =
President Bush and fewer than 200 operatives were approved by the =
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, according to the report. =
Newsweek affirmed that a memo written by White House Counsel Alberto =
Gonzales after the September 11, 2001 attacks may have established the =
legal foundation that contributed to abusive treatment. This publication =
forced the US Congress and called for additional investigations into the =
Iraqi prisoners' abuse scandal to determine whether responsibility lies =
higher up the chain of command than with the seven Army reservists who =
are facing criminal charges by making them scapegoats.
Largest Israeli Demonstration Against Palestine Occupation=20
On March 13, an anti-war demonstration in Israel, largest so far, =
demanded withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied Palestine. =
120,000 Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square to the sound of =
John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance" and "Imagine" and warmly applauded =
repeated calls to withdraw from Gaza and return to the negotiating =
table. The big weekend rally is said to have marked the re-emergence of =
the Israeli peace movement, marginalized for most of the last four =
years, as leftists joined forces with moderate centrists in the biggest =
display of anti-war feeling since the beginning of the intifada more =
than three and half years ago. Shimon Peres, leader of the mainstream =
opposition Labor Party, told the rally: "The demonstration we're holding =
tonight is not a demonstration of the left. It is a demonstration of the =
majority."
Referring to the outcome of last month's referendum in which 100,000 =
Likud members voted against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to =
disengage from Gaza, Peres said the country could not be held to ransom =
by a mere 1 per cent of the population. Meanwhile, residents of the =
southern Gaza town of Rafah were piling their possessions into the back =
of cars and onto donkeys as they braced themselves for the beginning of =
another Israeli demolition operation following the destruction of close =
to 100 homes late last week.
More Than a Million March in Havana against US Designs
President Fidel Castro condemned the US Administration by affirming that =
George W. Bush has no morals or moral right to talk of terrorism, human =
rights or freedom and democracy, at the beginning of a giant march by =
1.2 million Cubans along the Havana Malec=F3n to the U.S. Interests =
Section on March 12. The march was organised to condemn and protest and =
repudiate the brutal and heartless measures proposed by the Bush =
administration against Cuba and former's so called project of 'regime =
change'
In his address Castro said "in the world that Bush wants to impose today =
there is not the least notion of ethics, credibility, standards of =
justice, humanitarian sentiment or principles of solidarity and =
generosity. Everything written on human rights in the world of Bush and =
that of his allies is a monumental lie, and in that context recalled =
that thousands of millions of human beings are living in subhuman =
conditions.=20
"You have neither the morals or the moral right to speak of freedom, =
democracy and human rights when you boast sufficient power to destroy =
humanity, when you have ignored the United Nations, when you violate the =
rights of any country and engage in wars of conquest in order to seize =
resources."said Castro. Fidel stated that Bush only has the right of =
brute force to intervene in Cuba's affairs and proclaim a transition =
from one system to another. He warned that the Cuban people could be =
wiped off the face of the earth, but not subjugated if subjected to the =
humiliating condition of being a U.S. Neocolony. He affirmed that human =
beings do not and cannot understand freedom within a regime of =
inequality like the U.S. and recalled that the only equality in the =
Black ghettoes and the American Indian reservations is that of poverty =
and social exclusion.
Fidel charged that Bush "has decided that our die is cast," and made his =
farewell like the Roman gladiators who were to fight in the circus: "Ave =
Caesar, we who are about to die salute you." "But," he assured, "in that =
case Bush will be thousands of kilometers away and I will be in the =
front line to die fighting in defense of the homeland."
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face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>n March 1977 when Indira Gandhi =
finally=20
=91ordered=92elections little did she know that she would be in for =
a massive=20
shock. When the results were out, the Congress stood liquidated almost=20
everywhere except the southern states. Likewise in December 2003, the =
Sangh=20
Parivar too could not possibly anticipate that by gambling for early =
elections=20
it would only be hastening the downfall of the Vajpayee regime. But the =
=91upset=92=20
is now a recorded fact. The BJP and its allies have been virtually =
decimated in=20
all but a few states. At the end of the day, two of independent =
India=92s most=20
arrogant and anti-people rogue regimes have met with the same fate. Good =
riddance! </FONT></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>There is a strong tendency in the =
media and=20
especially in NDA circles to describe the present outcome as a fractured =
mandate=20
without any focus or thrust. We are also told that the overall outcome =
is=20
essentially the sum total of rather disparate state-specific verdicts. =
While=20
there is indeed a good deal of variation in the results from one state =
or region=20
to another, the results do indicate a strong countrywide rejection of =
the BJP=20
and the NDA. The trend is probably most clearly reflected in the =
national=20
capital and neighbouring states like Haryana and UP and even in Modi=92s =
Gujarat,=20
a traditionally strong bastion of the BJP, where the BJP has had to take =
a=20
severe knock. </FONT></P>
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<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Indeed, the end of the =91Atal era=92 =
apart, the=20
warning served on the man-eater Modi regime of Gujarat and the collapse =
of the=20
Naidu rule in Andhra are among the most redeeming features of the 2004 =
verdict.=20
Not only the countryside, much of urban and even metropolitan India has =
refused=20
to buy the NDA=92s =91India shining=92 propaganda. The much talked about =
=91feel-good=20
factor=92 became a crude joke across the length and breadth of the =
country. The=20
plight and anger of the =91other=92 India =96 the real India inhabited =
by the starving=20
rural poor, the crisis-ridden farmers, the unemployed and an =
increasingly=20
insecure working class =96 transformed the BJP=92s fond =91feel good=92 =
dream into a=20
veritable =91feel bad=92 nightmare. </FONT></P>
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<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>Midway through the elections, the BJP =
made a=20
desperate attempt to counter and defuse this anger =96 described as=20
=91anti-incumbency=92 factor by psephologists =96 by once again invoking =
the bogey of=20
instability. But unlike in 1999 when the =91stability factor=92 did play =
a major=20
role in the elections, this time round even the ruling classes=92 most =
sacred=20
concern for stability did not come to the BJP=92s rescue. The 2004 =
verdict can=20
only be described as an emphatic rejection of the reigning elitist model =
of=20
=91development=92 and a powerful reassertion of the real issues of =
employment,=20
livelihood and basic amenities for rural India and for the working =
people at=20
large. </FONT></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>A key aspect of the BJP=92s =91Mission =
2004=92 targets=20
was the goal of securing an independent majority for the party. In the =
course of=20
the campaign Vajpayee even appealed to the electorate not to burden him =
again=20
with the tiresome task of running another coalition regime. Campaigning =
in=20
Haryana, Advani called upon the people to vote for either the BJP or the =
Congress. Yet the BJP=92s own tally dropped below 140 seats while a =
partially=20
rejuvenated Congress could not cross the 150 mark either. In UP the BJP =
tried=20
all kinds of tricks to spoil the electoral prospects of the Samajwadi =
Party, but=20
in vain. Like the Left in West Bengal and Kerala, the SP in UP has also=20
succeeded in securing its highest ever tally. </FONT></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3>While the attempt to foist a two-party =
model has=20
thus been stalled, most of the non-BJP non-Congress parties seem =
resigned for=20
the time being to a two-coalition model led either by the BJP or the =
Congress.=20
In spite of a very good electoral showing by the non-BJP non-Congress =
parties,=20
especially by the Left and the Samajwadi Party, it is the Congress which =
has=20
come to seize the political initiative. In the face of a Congress =
comeback after=20
nearly a decade, the only expression of the Left=92s independence so far =
has been=20
a welcome refusal by the CPI(M) to participate in a Congress-led =
coalition=20
government at the Centre. </FONT></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3></FONT></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>To conclude, the 14</FONT><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-text-raise: 3.0pt">th</SPAN><FONT size=3D3> =
Lok Sabha=20
elections have indeed delivered a big blow to the Sangh=92s agenda of =
Hindutva and=20
=91hard state=92 and to the reigning rightwing and pro-imperialist =
economic and=20
foreign policies. The obscurantist and sectarian agenda of the Sangh has =
been=20
pushed back and the basic issues have come back in a big way. The =
challenge=20
before all progressive forces is to seize this opportunity and build up =
a=20
powerful movement for a genuinely modern and democratic India.=20
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica size=3D4></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica color=3D#008080 size=3D3>CPI(ML) welcomes CPI(M) =
decision to stay out=20
of the Congress-led coalition</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=3DBodytext style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DBodytext style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The=20
CPI(ML) welcomes the decision taken by the CPI(M) Central Committee not =
to=20
participate in a Congress-led coalition government at the Centre.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It=20
must be understood that in the course of signalling the end of the =
Vajpayee=20
regime, the outcome of the 2004 elections has particularly expressed a =
strong=20
rejection of the anti-people and pro-imperialist economic policies. The =
reverses=20
suffered by the Congress governments in Kerala, Karnataka and Punjab are =
no less=20
significant than the rout of the Naidu government in Andhra and the =
warning=20
served on the Modi government in Gujarat. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The=20
new government must be called upon to repeal POTA and release all =
political=20
prisoners, mete out effective punishment to the perpetrators of the =
Gujarat=20
genocide, provide immediate and adequate relief for the rural poor and=20
crisis-ridden farmers and reorient the country=92s economic and foreign =
policies.=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A most redeeming feature =
of the=20
mandate of the 14</SPAN><FONT size=3D2><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 5.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-text-raise: =
3.0pt">th</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Lok Sabha elections is =
that the=20
communal fascist agenda of the Sangh has been pushed back and the basic =
issues=20
have come back in a big way. The challenge before all progressive forces =
is to=20
seize this opportunity and intensify the movement for a genuinely modern =
and=20
democratic India.=20
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<HR color=3D#0000ff>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P></P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica color=3D#008080 size=3D4>Votes Polled by the =
CPI(ML)-Liberation in=20
the 14th Lok Sabha Elections, 2004</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN><FONT=20
face=3DTimes><FONT=20
size=3D3><STRONG>Assam</STRONG><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Dibrugarh:.............................................&nb=
sp;<I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> </SPAN>9,843<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>2.Tezpur:..................................................<=
I>24,595=20
(IV)</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>3.<FONT size=3D2><FONT =
size=3D3>Autonomous=20
District </FONT>(ST).............................</FONT><I>74,399=20
(III)<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tripura </SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dleft><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.Tripura East=20
(ST):.................................. <I>6,475<o:p></o:p></I></FON=
T></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">West Bengal</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.Jalpaiguri=20
:..............................................<I>7,278<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN>(IV)<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>2.Raiganj:..................................................=
<I>1,154</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>3.Krishnanagar:.........................................&nbs=
p;<I>7,509<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>4.Katwa:...................................................<=
I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>6,290<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>5.Asansol:.................................................<=
I>4,488<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG>Andaman &=20
</STRONG>.........<STRONG>.</STRONG>:.................................<I>=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">1,448<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes><STRONG><o:p></o:p></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></P></SPAN></FONT>=
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DTimes><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><STRONG>Nicobar =
Islands</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></B></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tamil Nadu</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.Chennai=20
North:..................................... <I>2,071<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>2.=20
Mayiladuturai:......................................<I>2,384<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>3.Thiruchengodu:.....................................<I>2,43=
1<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Kerala</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Palghat:<EM>..............................................=
.3,270<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></EM><B><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Karnataka</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Bellary:<EM>.............................................1=
2,413<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>Andhra=20
Pradesh<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Kakinada:<EM>............................................9=
,458<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Orissa</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1. Koraput (ST)=20
:.................................<I>48,366=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>2.=20
Puri:<EM>...............................................25,419<o:p></o:p>=
</EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jharkhand</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.Dumka=20
(ST):......................................<I>8,039<o:p></o:p></I></FONT>=
</SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>2.Palamu=20
(SC):<EM>....................................16,837</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT=
></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>3.Chatra:<EM>..............................................<=
FONT=20
size=3D3>8</FONT>,631<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>4.Giridih:<EM>.............................................6=
,435<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>5.Dhanbad:<EM>..........................................7,49=
7<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>6.Koderma:<EM>.....................................1,36,554 =
(III)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>7.Hazaribagh:<EM>.....................................14,563=
=20
(IV)</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>8.Ranchi:<EM>.............................................3,=
787<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> =20
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Punjab</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.Bhatinda=20
(SC):<EM>..................................7,505<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></SPAN></I><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Pondicherry</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: =
11pt">:.......................................<I>1,359<o:p></o:p></I></SP=
AN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></B></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Haryana</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Karnal:.............................................<EM>2,=
487</EM><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Rajasthan</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.Jhunjhunu:....<I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
..................................</SPAN>6,810<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>2.<FONT size=3D3>Salumber=20
(ST)..............................</FONT><I>22,029<o:p></o:p></I></FONT><=
/SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Uttar Pradesh</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Pilibhit:<EM>.........................................11,8=
04<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>2.Kheri:.............................................<I>6,73=
9<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>3.<FONT size=3D3>Mishrikh =
(ST)=20
:..............................</FONT><I>4,051<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>4.<FONT size=3D3>Jalaun=20
(SC):..............................</FONT><EM><FONT=20
size=3D3>.....</FONT>3,728<SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =20
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>5.Saidpur:..........................................<EM>3,41=
3</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>6.Ghazipur:<EM>........................................2,216=
</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>7.Chandauli:<FONT =
size=3D1>.</FONT><FONT=20
size=3D3>.....................................</FONT><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>9,826<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>8<FONT =
size=3D3>.Robertsganj:</FONT><FONT=20
size=3D2> </FONT><FONT=20
size=3D3><EM>...............................</EM><EM>11,120<o:p></o:p></E=
M></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>9.Balia:..................................<I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">=20
..........</SPAN>2,008</I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>10.Salempur:<I><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
....................................</SPAN>6,040<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Bihar</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>1.<FONT size=3D3>Bagaha=20
(SC):..............................</FONT><I><FONT =
size=3D3>23,338</FONT>=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>2.Siwan:=20
........................<I>(counting after May=20
24)<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>3.<FONT size=3D2><FONT=20
size=3D3>Gopalganj:</FONT>.</FONT><FONT=20
size=3D3>..................................</FONT><I>11,023<o:p></o:p></I=
></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>4.<FONT=20
size=3D2>Samastipur:...................................................</=
FONT><I>6,576<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>5.Purnea:<EM>...........................................7,59=
5<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>6.Aurangabad:<EM>...............................1,06,888=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>7.Bikramganj:<EM>..................................85,973=20
(III)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>8.Sasaram=20
(SC):<EM>................................9,936=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>9.Barh:<EM>...........................................12,940=
=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>10.Patna:<EM>.........................................12,680=
=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>11.Bettiah:<EM>.....................(counting after May=20
24)</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>12.Rosera=20
(SC):<EM>...............................18,829=20
(III)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>13.Darbhanga:<EM>.................................13,443=20
(IV)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>14.Muzaffarpur:<EM>................................7,027<SPA=
N=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>15.Katihar:<EM>......................................19,569<=
/EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>16.Gaya=20
(SC):<EM>...................................8,046<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3DTimes>17.Nawada=20
(SC):<EM>...............................3,623<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>18.Nalanda:<EM>.....................................19,124=20
(III)</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>19.Buxar:<EM>........................................32,807 =
</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>20.Jehanabad:<EM>..................................77,743=20
(III)</EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>21.Arrah:<EM>.....................................1,49,679=20
(II)<o:p></o:p></EM></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Uttaranchal</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>1.Nainital:<EM>........................................2,292=
<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></EM><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT=20
face=3DTimes>2.Almora:........................................<I>5,820<SP=
AN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1"> =
</SPAN></I><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodytext10Times style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DTimes><B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chhattisgarh</SPAN></B><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">1.Bastar=20
(ST):..............<I><SPAN style=3D"mso-tab-count: 1">=20
..................</SPAN>5,017<o:p></o:p></I></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><I><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman">=20
<HR color=3D#0000ff>
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I>
<P></P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica color=3D#008080 size=3D3></FONT></STRONG> </P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica color=3D#008080 size=3D3>Left Must Pursue it's Own =
Agenda=20
Forcefully</FONT></STRONG></P></FONT>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>Stock market crash of May =
17 and=20
earlier related developments may be seen as an exercise to put pressure =
on the=20
forthcoming regime to go unabated with economic reforms with a rightist=20
orientation undermining the Left. The attitude and approach being =
adopted by the=20
big business and the media to project Left as anti-development and =
anti-change=20
vis-=E0-vis policies of economic reforms started more than a decade ago. =
And it=20
certainly requires for the Left to put forth its agenda and people's =
issues=20
without giving any concessions to the rulers. The common people and =
toiling=20
masses can not allow the ruling class from evading the vast range of =
issues=20
adversely affecting their lives which certainly are the outcome of =
economic=20
reforms being perceived by the bourgeoisie for more than a =
decade.</FONT>=20
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>One more thing that=92s =
been exposed by=20
the May 17 crash is the state of the Indian economy where the FIIs and =
foreign=20
speculative capital which have shown their capacity to hold country=92s =
stock=20
markets to ransom by selling in a big way leading to the crash on the =
Sensex. A=20
significant reason for the market to crash was the pulling out of =
foreign funds.=20
According to a stock broker, anywhere between $2 billion and $2.5 =
billion was=20
expected to be pulled out within a few days. And after the close of =
trading on=20
May 17, the figure already have touched to 1.5 billion=20
mark.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>Moreover, it is not just =
political=20
developments in India that are triggering off the sell button of foreign =
investors. Stocks are reaching to a low in many countries at the moment. =
China=20
and India have been seen as the two emerging markets that have caught =
the fancy=20
of imperialist countries and the MNCs. In India, these were the policies =
followed by the BJP-led NDA that gave concessions to the MNCs and big =
business=20
without actually strengthening country=92s economy and therefore such a =
sell off=20
must not be viewed as quite unexpected one.</FONT> =
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DCUpdateeditorial style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>Many corporate leaders have =
shown a=20
preference for the next Finance Minister for either Manmohan Singh or P=20
Chidambaram. They are quite convinced that the Congress, the party that =
started=20
it all in 1991, would only take forward the ongoing reforms further. As =
a=20
Congressman said to the media that Manmohan Singh, has no intention of =
rolling=20
back any of the liberal policies even as he speaks mildly on television. =
=93He=20
will not agree to their (Left's) demands. When it comes to reforms, Dr =
Singh is=20
extremely committed,=94 he added. =93The economic reform was the =
brainchild of the=20
Congress and we hope that with the party coming to power, the reform =
process=20
will get a boost,=94 Bajaj Auto Vice-Chairman Madhur Bajaj said. The =
corporate=20
sector was hopeful that the process of economic reforms would continue =
even if=20
the Left parties joined the Congress-led coalition. =93We expect that =
Manmohan=20
Singh will be the next finance minister. The Congress knows the rules of =
the=20
game and I do not think the Left parties will try to derail the =
process,=94 Bajaj=20
said. The Federation of Indian Export Organisations has suggested in =
clear terms=20
that the =93flexibility in labour laws" should be looked upon by the new =
government.</FONT> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial>Yet, the market forces did =
not leave=20
any scope and nakedly came out with this unprecedented desperate =
pressure and=20
openly pleaded continuity of the rightist economic plank. The outgoing =
Finance=20
Minister was only laughing behind the scene. This dangerous trend gives =
a clear=20
message for the Leftists and the working people that any pro-people =
shift in the=20
ongoing anti-people rightist direction of our economy cannot be =
soft-peddled but=20
would demand hard resistance and protracted struggle.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=3DArial></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: =
justify"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<HR color=3D#c0c0c0>
<P></P><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>
<P class=3DMsoNormal=20
style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"></P></FONT></SPAN>
<P class=3DContOn=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0in =
0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; =
TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"=20
align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT face=3DTimes><FONT size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">OBITUARY</SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-STYLE: =
normal"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=3DContOn=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0in =
0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN>Comrade Suresh Yadav died of cancer on May 7 in his native =
village Gangta=20
Kalan in Godda district. He was one of the founder members of the Party =
in that=20
district and a member of the District Committee. He was 53.=20
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DContOn=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0in =
0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN>Com. Suresh actively associated himself with the communist =
movement from=20
his school days and became a member of the CPM at the age of 16. He soon =
became=20
a full-time activist. He joined CPI(ML) in 1985 and took the =
responsibility to=20
organised the Party in Godda. He was also the District Secretary and =
member of=20
the State Council of the Indian People's Front. Com. Yadav always lived =
a very=20
simple life and always remained committed to the communist ideology and =
service=20
to the people. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DContOn=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0in =
0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT=20
size=3D3><SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: =
1"> &nbs=
p; =20
</SPAN>A large number of people came to participate in his funeral from =
nearby=20
villages. A condolence meeting was organised in his memory on May 12 in =
Godda=20
which was attended by a number of leaders from many Left and democratic =
parties=20
including CPI(ML) CCM Prabhat Kumar.</FONT> </SPAN>
<P class=3DContOn=20
style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; MARGIN: 0in =
0in 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; =
TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: windowtext; =
FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica"><FONT=20
size=3D3></FONT>=20
<HR color=3D#c0c0c0>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN>
<P></P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter><STRONG><FONT=20
face=3DHelvetica color=3D#008080>The Main Culprits of Abu Ghraib Prison=20
Scandal</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=3Dcenter><FONT =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Djustify><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> </SPAN>Pentagon has=20
dismissed the grave charges of cruelty against Iraqi prisoners as =
=93outlandish,=20
conspiratorial and filled with error and anonymous conjecture.=94 But =
devastating=20
accusations against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in the May 24 =
edition of=20
The New Yorker magazine and Newsweek exposed that Rumsfeld secretly =
approved a=20
plan to use harsh interrogation methods (read torture) on prisoners in =
Iraq.=20
This plan of operation includes encouraged physical coercion and sexual=20
humiliation to obtain information from the prisoners was known to =
President Bush=20
and fewer than 200 operatives were approved by the National Security =
Adviser=20
Condoleezza Rice, according to the report.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes"> =20
</SPAN>Newsweek affirmed that a memo written by White House Counsel =
Alberto=20
Gonzales after the September 11, 2001 attacks may have established the =
legal=20
foundation that contributed to abusive treatment. This publication =
forced the US=20
Congress and called for additional investigations into the Iraqi =
prisoners'=20
abuse scandal to determine whether responsibility lies higher up the =
chain of=20
command than with the seven Army reservists who are facing criminal =
charges by=20
making them scapegoats.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter> </P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><STRONG><FONT face=3DHelvetica size=3D4><FONT =
color=3D#008080=20
size=3D3>Largest Israeli Demonstration Against Palestine =
Occupation</FONT>=20
</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman">On=20
March 13, an anti-war demonstration in Israel, largest<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>so far, demanded withdrawal of =
Israeli=20
forces from the occupied Palestine. 120,000 Israelis gathered in Tel =
Aviv=92s=20
Rabin Square to the sound of John Lennon=92s =93Give Peace a Chance=94 =
and "Imagine=94=20
and warmly applauded repeated calls to withdraw from Gaza and return to =
the=20
negotiating table. The big weekend rally is said to have marked the =
re-emergence=20
of the Israeli peace movement, marginalized for most of the last four =
years, as=20
leftists joined forces with moderate centrists in the biggest display of =
anti-war feeling since the beginning of the intifada more than three and =
half=20
years ago. Shimon Peres, leader of the mainstream opposition Labor =
Party, told=20
the rally: =93The demonstration we=92re holding tonight is not a =
demonstration of=20
the left. It is a demonstration of the majority.=94</FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Referring to the outcome of last month=92s =
referendum in=20
which 100,000 Likud members voted against Prime Minister Ariel =
Sharon=92s plan to=20
disengage from Gaza, Peres said the country could not be held to ransom =
by a=20
mere 1 per cent of the population. Meanwhile, residents of the southern =
Gaza=20
town of Rafah were piling their possessions into the back of cars and =
onto=20
donkeys as they braced themselves for the beginning of another Israeli=20
demolition operation following the destruction of close to 100 homes =
late last=20
week.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><STRONG><FONT face=3DHelvetica=20
size=3D4></FONT></STRONG></SPAN> </P>
<P class=3DBUpdatesub-head2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" =
align=3Dcenter><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: black"><STRONG><FONT face=3DHelvetica color=3D#008080 =
size=3D4>More Than=20
a Million March in Havana against US Designs</FONT></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3DArial=20
size=3D2></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">President Fidel Castro condemned the US =
Administration by=20
affirming that George W. Bush has no morals or moral right to talk of =
terrorism,=20
human rights or freedom and democracy, at the beginning of a giant march =
by 1.2=20
million Cubans along the Havana Malec=F3n to the U.S. Interests Section =
on March=20
12. The march was organised to condemn and protest and repudiate the =
brutal and=20
heartless measures proposed by the Bush administration against Cuba and =
former's=20
so called project of =91regime change=92</FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3D"Times =
New Roman">In=20
his address Castro said =93in the world that Bush wants to impose today =
there is=20
not the least notion of ethics, credibility, standards of justice, =
humanitarian=20
sentiment or principles of solidarity and generosity. Everything written =
on=20
human rights in the world of Bush and that of his allies is a monumental =
lie,=20
and in that context recalled that thousands of millions of human beings =
are=20
living in subhuman conditions. </FONT></P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DBodyText10 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">=93You have neither the morals or the moral =
right to speak=20
of freedom, democracy and human rights when you boast sufficient power =
to=20
destroy humanity, when you have ignored the United Nations, when you =
violate the=20
rights of any country and engage in wars of conquest in order to seize=20
resources.=94said Castro. Fidel stated that Bush only has the right of =
brute force=20
to intervene in Cuba=92s affairs and proclaim a transition from one =
system to=20
another. He warned that the Cuban people could be wiped off the face of =
the=20
earth, but not subjugated if subjected to the humiliating condition of =
being a=20
U.S. Neocolony. He affirmed that human beings do not and cannot =
understand=20
freedom within a regime of inequality like the U.S. and recalled that =
the only=20
equality in the Black ghettoes and the American Indian reservations is =
that of=20
poverty and social exclusion.</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoBodyText2 style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman">Fidel charged that Bush =93has decided that our =
die is=20
cast,=94 and made his farewell like the Roman gladiators who were to =
fight in the=20
circus: =93Ave Caesar, we who are about to die salute you.=94 =93But,=94 =
he assured, =93in=20
that case Bush will be thousands of kilometers away and I will be in the =
front=20
line to die fighting in defense of the homeland.=94</FONT></P>
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