Opinion View from the LEFT
Communist unity,or in other words,the merger of Communist parties has been a favourite topic of discussion for some CPI leaders.
Two become one
Communist unity,or in other words,the merger of Communist parties has been a favourite topic of discussion for some CPI leaders. One votary of the merger is senior CPI leader and secretary of its Kerala unit Veliyam Bhargavan. He feels that the growing trend of CPM and CPI leading united struggles is a welcome step but the need of the hour is Communist unity,even though it would involve ideological and political issues. In the latest edition of CPI weekly organ New Age,Bhargavan says: what is required is a desire to unite. He,however,did not specify who should have the desire to unite. It is no secret that the CPM scoffs at the idea of a merger.
Degrees of deception
The Left has been opposing the entry of foreign educational institutions into the country. In that context,an article in CPM mouthpiece Peoples Democracy picks holes in the proposed Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation and Entry and Operations) Bill 2010.
It says if the regulation includes the not-for-profit condition,which prevents the institutions from extracting surpluses and transferring them abroad,they may see no reason to be in India and perhaps for this reason,the act provides for the possibility that its provisions can be diluted.
It notes that the act provides for the constitution of an advisory board that can exempt any foreign provider of all requirements imposed by the act except the requirement of being a not-for-profit body. Besides,it also exempts institutions conducting any certificate course and awarding any qualification other than a degree or diploma to be exempt from most of the provisions of the act,making them subject only to certain reporting requirements.
This amounts to saying that if a foreign provider enters the country,reports its presence,and advertises and runs only such certificate courses (as opposed to courses offering degrees and recognised diplomas),it would have all the rights that many of the so-called fly-by-night operators exploit today.
Mirchpurs tragedy
Another article in the Peoples Democracy talks about the attacks on Dalits in a Haryana village. It points out that the khap panchayat comprising 45 villages met after the latest incident and issued a veiled threat that if the cases are not withdrawn,fresh attacks would be launched on the Dalits. The state administration is totally complacent about this developmen… Naturally,neither confidence building measures nor restoration of peace were the priorities of the administration. For the administration the incident appears to be one more case of statistics. It lacks a heart, the article says.
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