Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (ML)-Liberation
Revolutionary Socialist Party
All India Forward Bloc
09 May 2025
Press Release
The following leaders of the Left parties—M. A. Baby, General Secretary, (CPI(M)), D. Raja, General Secretary, (CPI), Dipankar Bhattacharya, General Secretary, (CPI(ML)-Liberation), Manoj Bhattacharya, General Secretary, (RSP), and G. Devarajan, General Secretary, (AIFB)—have jointly addressed a letter to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today.
We are herewith releasing the text of the letter for publication.
(Muralidharan)
For CPI(M) Central Committee Office
To
Shri Narendra Modi ji
Honorouble Prime Minister
Government of India
Dear Prime Minister,
We, on behalf of the five Left parties of the country, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M), Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), write to you to put an immediate halt to the extra-judicial killings in the region around Chhattisgarh in the name of Operation Kagar. There are reports that several senior Maoist leaders are currently in the custody of the security forces. We demand that they should all be produced in court and dealt with as per the rule of law.
The Adivasis in the region have long been complaining about the militarisation of the region which has completely disrupted normal life. The Adivasi rights enshrined in the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution are being systematically violated and the forests and minerals of Chhattisgarh are being subjected to indiscriminate corporate exploitation with disastrous implications for environmental stability and livelihood of the local people. We urge upon you to stop this militaristic approach that treats the Adivasis with unmitigated hostility.
This hostility is being seen even after death, with the government refusing to hand over dead bodies to their families, denying them their right to give a dignified farewell to their family members.
The Maoists have repeatedly urged the government to consider their appeal for dialogue. Unfortunately, the union government and the BJP-led Chhattisgarh state government have chosen not to pursue a solution through talks. Instead, they are following an inhuman policy of killings and annihilation.
The statements made by the union Home minister, reiterating the deadline and the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister’s assertion that there is no need for talks, reflect a mindset unwilling to resolve issues through dialogue. The government should not be intransigent and celebrate the taking of human lives against the spirit of the law of the land and principles of democratic governance.
Many concerned citizens and political parties, in spite of having differing views, have already appealed to the government to respond to the Maoist declaration of unilateral ceasefire and initiate a dialogue to resolve all issues. We reiterate the appeal and urge upon you to stop the extra-judicial killings and violence with immediate effect and order an impartial judicial enquiry.
Thanking you,
Your sincerely,
S/d MA Baby,
General Secretary, CPI(M)
S/d D Raja
General Secretary, CPI
S/d Dipankar Bhattacharya
General Secretary, CPI(ML)- Liberation
S/d Manoj Bhattacharya
General Secretary, RSP
S/d G Devarajan
General Secretary, AIFB