May 17, 2025
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) feels that it is unfortunate that the Prime Minister and his government refused to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss the Pahalgam terror attack and subsequent developments. We urge the government to immediately convene the Parliament session, apprise the people of India and also provide opportunities to seek clarifications if any.
The Prime Minister instead chose to call a meeting of the Chief Ministers of only the BJP-NDA ruled states to brief them about ‘Operation Sindoor’. This is discriminatory, especially on an issue of national importance. We demand that the government call a meeting of all the Chief Ministers of the country, including those from the opposition, for such a briefing.
The government is first accountable to the people of India and should be transparent in its actions. The campaign by ruling party leaders and even state ministers to communalise the situation must stop forthwith.
The government has called the leader of our Party in the Rajya Sabha and informed him about the various delegations that it has decided to send to different countries as part of its diplomatic outreach. Despite our reservations mentioned above and while reiterating our above demands, in the larger national interest we feel obliged to be part of such a delegation.