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  • SDPI to Organise 'Popular March' from Aug. 2 to 6 in Kerala Kochi: SDPI will organise 'Popular March' from August 2 to 6, with the slogan 'Don't deny democracy to marginalised people', informed state president Adv. K P Muhammed Shareef in a press conference here today. The march is planned to highlight the highhandedness of state police and to give reply to the allegations leveled against the party in the backdrop of assault against controversial teacher at New Man College, Thodupuzha.
    Muhammed Shareef alleged that the left government annoyed by the support the SDPI, a newborn political party, getting from the society, was misusing police force to tarnish image of the party with unwarranted raids and arrests. The raids are being conducted at the offices and houses of its activists to create misunderstanding among the society about the party through the allegation of extremism. Police even tried to obstruct its leaders meeting at Kochi. This kind of attitudes is reminiscent of emergency period, he added.
    Police believe that they can destroy the party by intimidating its activists and leaders especially from backward communities. But they are not going to win this psychological war. SDPI strives for adequate representation for backward classes in all spheres of life, and it will reach the target sooner than later, he said.
    Even the chief minister of the state is making statement which would cause hatred and suspicion among society. What LDF and UDF are doing now is to ruin the social tranquility of Kerala through their irresponsible rhetoric.
    SDPI will counter these forces and give them befitting reply. It will show its presence in upcoming local body election.
    The Popular March will be held in four regions. At south, it will be led by state secretary Thulaseedharan Pallikkal, in central region by general secretary M K Manoj Kumar, in Malabar region by state secretary V T Ikramul Haq and in north region state secretary Yousuf Wynad.

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  • Anti Muslim Rhetoric: Kerala CM should Step Down, Demands SDPI Kozhikkode: V S Achutanandan is fit to sit in the chair of Kerala chief minister, and he should step down, demands Social Democratic Party of India. It was reacting to the anti Muslim statement by VS who said that attempts were being made to make Kerala a Muslim majority nation within next 20 years. He also said that it was being done through forceful conversions and marrying Hindu girls.
    V S has violated his oath through the statement which will cause communal hatred among society, said state secretariat of SDPI. He was trying to justify the baseless allegation regarding ‘Love Jihad’, a charge which was refuted by Kerala High Court. The statement of V S shows his intolerance to the political empowerment of minority and backward societies alleged the statement by state secretariat.
    State president Adv. K P Muhammad Shareef, General Secretaries M K Manoj Kumar and P Abdul Majeed Faizee spoke at the meeting.

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  • CPI (M) has made secret agreement with BJP: SDPI Kozhikode: The CPI (M) has made secret agreement with the BJP to gain votes in the apanchayat elections by creating communal tensions, accused the Social Democratic Party of India. The CPI (M) has now taken up the accusations that the BJP has been making against Muslim-Dalit sections and groups as part of this agreement, said the party’s state general secretary Abdul Majeed Faisy and state committee member P Ahmed Shareef in a press conference.
    The leaders reportedly said that the wrong propaganda by the CPI (M) against the organizations of the minorities is a part of it. CPI (M) general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan’s efforts to portray the SDPI as a UDF-supporter won’t be fruitful. The SDPI has the power to move forward organizing the Dalit-minorities and backward sections of the society. The CPI (M) is eyeing at the votes of the upper caste Hindus as the Muslims and backward sections have moved away from the party. It is as part of it that the LDF government is blocking the meetings and activities of the SDPI which is an authorized political party. The police move of interfering in the SDPI area meeting last day in Ernakulam is a threat to the democratic set-up. The police have not sat in the meeting of any political party in the country.
    The party will organize activities and campaigns to explain the policies of the party from 27th to 31st of July, said the general secretary.

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  • SDPI to hold 'Long March' agaist police partiality in Kerala Social Democratic Party of India has decided to hold Long Marches in four areas in the state with a view to spread the message of the party. The decision was taken at a time when the party’s offices also are being widely raided along with the offices of the PFI in connection with the investigation into the attack on the professor of Newman's College for preparing a question paper with derogatory references to Prophet Mohammad. The marches will take place from 27 to 31 of this month. Meetings were held in Kannur, Malappuram and Ernakulam to discuss the matter.
    Meanwhile, police came to the SDPI meeting held in an auditorium in Ernakulam. When the SDPI leaders contacted the City Police Commissioner, they were reportedly said they could continue their meeting in the presence of the police. Though they opposed it at first citing it was not a secret meeting, they agreed to it at last. The meeting was held to fix the rout and other details of the Long March from Kunnamkulam to Kottayam. Party state secretariat accused that the police atrocity in the meeting was an insult to democratic Kerala. The meeting chaired by state president Adv KP Muhammed Shareef reportedly warned that the governments using the police to torture the party members would be tried in the people’s court.

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  • SDPI hails move to amend Communal Violence Bill New Delhi : The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has hailed the reported move to amend the Communal Violence Bill, (CVB), following the recommendation of National Advisory Council, (NAC), headed by the Congress president Mrs. Sonia Gandhi.
    SDPI national general secretary A. Sayeed in a Press statement said the move is a welcome step in the right direction as there were many apprehensions among people, especially in the minds of Muslims, about the proposed bill and its ramifications.
    Sayeed said it is good to see that better counsel has prevailed over the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, (UPA), Government at the Centre and it has felt the need not to press the CVB in the present form but to go for amendments in it to allay the fears of the minorities and others. In the present form the CVB would have strengthened the hands of the police and the administration to unleash unbridled terror on Muslims. It has been observed that in most of the communal riots after initial skirmishes between warring communities the police and the district administration is aligned against Muslims to beat them black and blue, he pointed out.
    He urged Mrs. Gandhi to personally supervise the redrafting of the Bill so that no lacuna is left in it for the law enforcing agencies to exploit it and harass the minorities.
    It is good to note that the NAC has also advised the government to constitute a national authority to check communal and sectarian violence in the country.
    It may be mentioned here that the Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 2005 and is waiting to be passed in the Lok Sabha. It has many objectionable provisions while giving unnecessary powers to the police.

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  • Scheduled Cast Land Misappropriation: Minster Misleading Assembly- SDPI
    Thiruvananthapuram: Regarding the misappropriation of tribal land at Nandavanam, SC & ST welfare minister A K Balan is trying to mislead state assembly and people, alleged Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) state general secretary K M Manoj Kumar.
    Minister's statement in the house about building a hostel for scheduled cast women spending three crore rupees at the site of proposed scheduled cast development directorate is totally false. It's in clear violation of the oath he has taken as minister and as a people's representative, he said.
    The foundation stone laid on 27th May 2002 by the then minister Dr. M A Kuttappan to build a new SC directorate, is still there neglected by the authorities.
    After left front government came into power new minister has given permission to build a new hostel for working women not exclusively meant for scheduled caste. For this he has already allocated Rs. 29.88 lakh rupees and given contract to a company named I.T.C.O at Ernakulam. In spite of all these evidences, the minister's statement in the house is totally misleading, Manoj Kumar added.
    He also warned of strong protest joining hands with backward classes against this move by the government to demolish SC directorate at Nandavanam land.

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