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> the CPI(M) manifesto for 2024 pledges to repeal contentious laws such as the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), news agency PTI reported.

>Additionally, the manifesto underscores the party's commitment to defending secularism, a recurring theme from its 2019 manifesto as it claims that India is facing an “existential crisis”.

via: https://www.msn.com/en-in/autos/other/lok-sabha-polls-cpi-m-manifesto-pledges-to-repeal-caa-uapa-pmla-as-it-promises-msp-for-farmers/ar-BB1l7Nxy

> While calling unemployment the "biggest failure" of the Modi government, the CPI(M) promised inclusion of ‘Right to Work’ in fundamental rights, a law to guarantee employment in urban areas as well as unemployment allowance, filling up all vacant posts in government departments, doubling the MGNREGA budget and removing the 100-day cap. These issues were there in the party manifesto in 2019 as well.

> While ‘right to free healthcare’, an issue that was there in the 2019 manifesto as well, found prominence, the CPI(M) accused the Centre of “criminal mishandling of the Covid pandemic”. Removing death penalty from the statutes, a promise made by CPI(M) in its manifesto for at least last two times, found a place this time also.

https://www.telegraphindia.com/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/cpim-manifesto-calls-for-bharatiya-janata-partys-defeat-warns-of-existential-crisis/cid/2011443

Quoting from manifesto: https://cpim.org/pressbriefs/cpim-election-manifesto
and https://cpim.org/sites/default/files/20240331-pdfls_election_manifesto.final_.pdf

> The CPI(M) stands for urgent electoral reforms to curb the use of money power in the electoral system. For this, the Party wants State funding of elections and a ban on corporate donations to political parties. Corporates must fund to strengthen democracy and such contributions must be credited in a State electoral fund and used for State funding.

- Withdrawal of strategic relationships with US and Israel: "The BJP government has totally surrendered to US strategic, political and security designs and to strengthen US imperialism's designs for global hegemony. The most graphic evidence is the shameful stand of the Modi government in refusing to demand an unconditional ceasefire to stop the genocidal war against the people of Palestine... The CPI(M) stands for a non-aligned foreign policy which best serves the interests of our own country. It stands for good relations with our neighbours while defending every aspect of our country’s security."

- Withdrawal from the Quad

- Promotion of ties with China: "Negotiated settlement of the border dispute with China and promotion of all round relations."

- Stop disinvestment

- Job reservation for SC/ST/OBC in private sector

- "Strengthen the Universal Right to Education, Stop Privatization of Higher Education: The National Education Policy 2020 is an outright assault on the right to education with its emphasis on commercialization, centralization and communalization. The budgetary allocations for public education are less than 3 per cent of the GDP while concessions are being given to private players to change the right to education into a right to make profit at the expense of the mass of students and young people. Simultaneously the NEP advocates a communalization of education with the most outrageous omissions and commissions in syllabi, which seek to entirely distort history, promoting unscientific and irrational thinking. The trend of centralization of authority under the central government is an assault on the rights of states in the running of educational institutions in their respective states, including in the appointment of Vice Chancellors and faculty. A most disturbing trend is the appointment of persons not on the basis of merit but on the basis of loyalty to Hindutva ideologies. The CPI(M) stands for an increase to at least 6 per cent of GDP in budgetary
allocations for education."

- Introduce inheritance tax and tax on super rich: "The CPI(M) is committed to policies to protect India’s economic sovereignty. It holds that privatization of the public sector must be revisited and reversed. A tax on the super-rich along with a general wealth tax and an inheritance tax must be legislated, workers’ rights reflected in pro-worker laws must replace the labour codes"

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No. Right wingers across the world treat it as a slur, even many liberals outside India.
Im actually left leaning but even i know that the commie socialist keep protesting bohemian ideology is a failure.
Their foreign policy is nuts. If anything, India needs stronger ties with the United States. The days of non-alignment are over, just like the days of Cold War.
To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal
Fatal flaw here is that both of those places you mentioned are white places. Screw with white people and you will soon find out; but if you screw with everyone else, nobody will bat an eye.
Isreal isn't white. They own Whites and beat them in their own countries in most white collar jobs
Supporting China is in CPIM's DNA. When has a communist ever been patriotic; Lenin sold out to Imperial Germany, Mao hid from the Japanese during WW2, and CPIM split from CPI because it supported China in 1962.
What part of the comment indicated that supporting America counts as patriotism?
Supporting either Amerimuttica and Chyna is bad. One is slow poison other is fast acting poison
& this is what the psuedo-liberal-leftist support in JNU, AMU & NLUs. supporting Anti-muslim China & protesting anti-usa policies. Laughable!
I don't support China but supporting USA is like selling yourself
thats for appeasing muslims votes

Foreign policy looks like its made by a left college kid lol

They are talking about economy but dont realise if they cancel ties wwith usa out economy will not be good but btw out economy is good going under current govt and only a fool will vote commie

Luckily they will either be replaced by BJP or congress in coming years

Total ccp puppet and brainless party

Legally india has a lot of their vote bank
none of this matters. we will vote for Modiji because hindus are in danger.
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