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  • SDPI joins Gregory Patrao’s hunger strike
    Mangalore, June 28: The district unit of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Monday, June 28, joined the indefinite hunger strike being staged by Gregory Patrao, and his family from June 17, demanding justice, in front the office of Deputy Commissioner, here in Mangalore

    Every day organisations have been staging protest supporting Patraos one by one. On Sunday as many as 40 villagers from Polali and Ammembala resorted to hunger strike for Gregory’s cause.

    SDPI activists, who have already extended support for the anti-SEZ struggle of Gregory Patrao, sat with the frustrated family on Monday morning and shouted slogans against the State Government, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, Mangalore Special Economic Zone and MRPL.

    Haneef Khan Kodaje, President, DK District Committee of SDPI, Alfons Franco, Vice-President, Muhammad Nasir, General Secretary, Abdul Azeez Thumbe, Ibrahim Bolar were present among the protesters.

    Meanwhile Patraos, whose hunger strike entered 12th day today, said that they will not retreat from their struggle until they get back all their land acquired by the KIADB.

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  • SDPI terms petroleum products prices hike as ‘savage’; demands roll back New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has vehemently opposed the savage hike on petroleum products and demanded its immediate rollback to give the common man much needed relief who is already reeling under spiraling prices of food and essential commodities.

    SDPI national general secretary A. Sayeed in a statement said the steep rise in the prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas is a cruel blow on the people, especially the middle class, already burdened with inflation. He said by increasing the prices of diesel and kerosene, the farmers and the poorer sections are going to be badly hit. He said by deregulating petrol prices, the government has opened the way for continuous increases in the prices of petrol. He demanded scrapping of the price increase forthwith.

    Sayeed pointed out that prices of petrol and diesel were increased by Rs.3 per litre only three months ago in the Union budget. International oil prices have not risen substantially in this period. As such the Union Government has no moral right to inflate people’s fuel bill so soon again.

    He said the decision of the Central Government has come at a time when food inflation is around 17 percent and the general inflation rate has reached double digits. India has the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of consumer price inflation in the world, he noted.

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  • Fuel Price Hike: SDPI Protest in Kerala
    Kozhikkode: Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) organized hundreds of protest marches in Kerala today against the central governments decision to hike fuel prices. It also observed hartal in the state. Thousands of people participated in marches held in cities and towns throughout the state.

    SDPI leaders urged Congress and CPM to explain how they would alleviate the over burden on the common people caused by taking away the state control on petrol pricing. The consecutive policy decisions taken by the central government were resulting in price increase in all realms of life, said Abdul Majeed faizee, general secretary of state SDPI. He was addressing the protest march held at Kozhikkode.

    The fuel price hike shows that Congress is not interested in catering the needs of common man, but in safeguarding the interests of corporate monopolies. With this decision what the Congress government at the centre has done is nothing but to disregard the faith, poor sections of the Indian polity bestowed upon it.
    The responsibility of CPM is not mere staging protest against central government. The state government should be ready to reduce the burden of the people by cutting down the surplus tax from price hike, he added.
    The march at Kozhikkode started from stadium premise, passed through Mananchra square, Railway station and Palayam before concluding at new bus stand premise. It was lead by Abdul Majeed Faizee, M K Manoj Kumar, general secretary of state SDPI, Musthafa Kommery and others.
    The march at Thiruvananthapuram which was held to general post office was inaugurated by Karamana Razaq. District leaders like A Ibrahim Kutty, Nizam Manakkad led the protest march.
    The march at Kannur was led by district general secretary Noshad, Hashi, A Faizal and Niyas.

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  • Oil Price Hike: SDPI Hartal today (26.07.10) Kozhikkode: Social Democratic Party of India will observe a state-wide 12 hour hartal today to protest the central government decision to hike price of petroleum products. The hartal will be between six in the morning to six in the evening.
    By the decision to remove state control on the petrol and leave it to the market pricing mechanism, the government has washed its hands from the responsibility towards common people. It's a part of government strategy to escape from the burden of subsidy from their part, alleged state secretariat of the party.
    SDPI asked the people to come forward to protest the price hike.
    PresidentAdv. K P Muhammed Shareef chaired the state council meeting. M K Manoj Kumar and Abdul Majeed Faizee spoke on the occasion.

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  • Formation of Tirur District: SDPI Leaders Meets Chief Minister Thiruvananthapuram: Social Democratic Party of India leaders meet chief minister of Kerala, V S Achuthananthan and submitted a memorandum to him regarding the formation of new Tirur district bifurcating Malappuram district.
    V T Ikramul Haq, state secretary of the party said in a press conference that even after 42 years after its formation, Malapuram district was still lagging behind in the matter of development. And this backwardness is the main reason behind the demand for a new district. Its need will be clearer if you consider the geography and population of the district. Population wise, Malappuram is in on top. And considering the land area, Kerala is at third place in the state, he added.
    The geographical feature of the district itself is detrimental for its development. For example the distant between two cities of the district, is 135 km.
    Ikramul Haq also said that, the support they are getting even from Tirur MLA P P Abdullakkutty, was the clear indication of the popular sentiment.
    The team who met the chief minister was led by K P Muhammed Shareef, state president.

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  • SDPI candidate elected as Vice President in Jokatte Gram Panchayath
    Manglore:  Social Democratic Party of India and Congress have made alliance in an election, held for president and vice president posts, in Jokatte Gram Panchayath on Tuesday.
    The parties were strong rivalries in the Gram Panchayath Election, held recently. In total 16 places Congress had won 7 seats while BJP and SDPI 6 and 3 seats respectively

    Local leaders of Congress and BJP had talks with SDPI, but the party ultimately agreed to ally with Congress.  Haji.B.S.Sharif from Congress elected as President, while B.S hekunhi of SDPI elected for vice president.
    BJP candidates Jayanth Salyan and Madhava Suvarna were contested for President and vice president posts.

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