Support AISA General Secretary Comrade Sandeep Saurav, Fighting from Paliganj Seat!

Defeat Anti-people BJP – JD (U)! Support United Left Secular Democratic Alliance in Bihar Election!

The first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections is just few days away. Bihar’s voters are waiting eagerly to vote for the change and democratic transformation that the state so urgently needs. The people of Bihar await a chance to teach the JDU and BJP a lesson for the shameful hijacking of the resounding anti-BJP mandate of 2015 and the insult to Bihar’s voters; for the hollow and false promises of “sushasan”; for the cruelty unleashed against Bihar’s migrant labourers during the lockdown; for the manner in which Bihar’s youth have been robbed of education and employment; for the violence unleashed against women and the exploitation of women scheme workers’ labour; and for the attempts to vitiate Bihar’s social and political climate with communal and feudal hatred and violence.

The CPIML is contesting 19 seats in conjunction with a broader opposition alliance. These seats are all areas where the CPIML has a long and celebrated legacy of struggles of the landless poor and oppressed communities: to exercise their right to vote, for wages, land and dignity. These struggles were waged and won in the teeth of violent feudal reaction, changing Bihar’s social and political landscape for ever. Today, CPIML is also at the forefront of struggles of scheme workers (women ASHA, anganwadi workers and midday meal cooks, contract teachers, sanitation workers); struggles for well equipped and dedicated government schools, higher education and public healthcare; and the urgent demand for dignified and stable employment within Bihar itself. The pandemic and lockdown again showed CPIML to be the most reliable and consistent source of succor for migrant workers from Bihar, spread all over India and even abroad. The CPIML is known for its movements asserting of women’s freedom and rights. Our MLAs and activists are distinguished by their track record of boldly standing up as a bulwark against all kinds of communal targeting and violence in Bihar, including movements for justice against the witch-hunt of Muslims through fabricated charges in the name of anti-terror probes.

All our candidates are all activists and organisers of the above-mentioned struggles. Comrade Sandeep Saurav, AISA General Secretary and former JNUSU General Secretary, is contesting from the seat of Paliganj. Sandeep joined JNU, Hindi Department as a Masters student in 2007. A tireless left activist from his Masters days, Comrade Sandeep was twice elected as SLL&CS Convener and also the JNUSU General Secretary in 2013. Under his inspiring leadership, we fought and won several struggles to make our campus space more inclusive and socially just – against scuttling of OBC reservation and delinking of B.A. – M.A in the School of Languages. Even in times of tremendous personal difficulties, Comrade Sandeep chose to lead the organization and went on to become the National General Secretary of AISA. He was also selected as an assistant professor in Bihar, but he chose to work for the poor and marginalized as a humble CPIML activist in his home state.

Comrade Sandeep is now fighting a terribly terribly unequal battle. We are up against candidates that are backed by bagfuls of dirty money funneled through the dubious Electoral Bonds scheme. On the other hand, the CPIML has always been truly “crowd” funded: funded by the people. But the BJP is clearly rattled by the presence of honest and committed activists like Comrade Sandeep. Yogi Adityanath repeatedly alluded to Sandeep’s JNU background trying his best to tarnish the reputation of our university.

In this fight against vicious BJP – corporate nexus, Comrade Sandeep needs your wholehearted support. Our comrades have always been and will always be the most consistent in asserting people’s rights and resisting communal politics and manipulations inside and outside the Assembly. We appeal you to Donate as generously as you can to Comrade Sandeep’s election campaign.