*Suppression of Democratic Voices at Jantar Mantar Is an Open Display of the Fascist Character of the Modi Government!*

*Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign! Release All Detained Protesters Immediately!*

New Delhi, October 2, 2026: The Delhi Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star strongly condemns the repressive action taken by the Delhi Police against the peaceful protest held today at Jantar Mantar, demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and an impartial investigation into serious questions surrounding the electoral process.

Several protesters, including activists of the Delhi Committee of CPI (ML) Red Star and the All India Revolutionary Students’ Organisation (AIRSO), were detained by the police. They continue to be held at various police stations. This attempt to crush peaceful dissent through barricading, detention, and police force is yet another demonstration of the anti-democratic and repressive approach of the Modi government.

At a time when serious questions are being raised about the impartiality of the Election Commission, detaining protesters instead of addressing these concerns constitutes a direct assault on democracy. The Modi–Shah government and its police must understand that the constitutional rights of citizens cannot be crushed by force, nor can the government evade accountability or silence voices raising concerns over the crisis of democracy.

The action at Jantar Mantar is not merely a case of repression against protesters; it is part of a broader assault on dissent, protest, and civil liberties. In a democracy, questioning those in power is not a crime but a fundamental right of citizens. Raising questions about the transparency of the electoral process and the impartiality of the Election Commission is a democratic right of every citizen.

The Delhi State Committee of CPI (ML) Red Star demands the immediate and unconditional release of all detained protesters, an independent investigation into the police repression, and the immediate resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Public accountability must be ensured on the serious questions surrounding the electoral process.

We call upon all democratic, progressive, and justice-loving forces to stand united against the suppression of democratic voices at Jantar Mantar. Let us broaden the resistance against this fascist repression and advance the struggle to defend democracy, the Constitution, and civil rights.

Stop fascist repression against the working masses!

Release all detained protesters!

Gyanesh Kumar Must Resign!

Stop the Assault on Democracy and Civil Rights!

Issued by:

Vijay Kumar
On behalf of the Delhi Committee Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star

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Xi Jinping Invokes “Thucydides Trap” to Justify Sino-US Imperialist Collusion!

P J James

Alternation between competition for global dominance and collusion for plunder of world people and resources is inherent in inter-imperialist contradictions. This dialectic between collusion and competition which are the twin and two sides of the same coin, is all the more significant in a critical situation of shifting imperialist power balance. Obviously, when the already overstretched and strained US imperialism is on the decline, the rising Chinese imperialism is coming forward demanding a greater share of markets and ‘neocolonial spheres of influence’. It is in this context that Chinese president Xi invokes the “Thucydides Trap” (the term describing the dangerous tension that occurs when a rising power threatens to displace an already established superpower) and warns Trump to overcome the risk of war and coexist through collusion that would facilitate global plunder by both. As such, what the world witnessed at the high-profile Trump-Xi Summit at White House during 24-26 September 2026, is a deal and mutual setting of the ‘rules of the game’ between the US and China, the descending and ascending superpowers respectively, for intensified super-exploitation of the workers, oppression on the world people and hitherto unknown levels of corporate plunder of nature. Xi’s own statement that the Chinese goal of “national rejuvenation” and Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) agenda can coexist and mutually reinforce one another, amply reveals the collusion or high-level deal-making between the two superpowers for joint global plunder and mutual sharing of the booty. And, Trump’s eulogy for his “great friendship” with Xi in turn, also underscores the collusion and cooperation between the two for prioritising the power of both over world people’s interests.

Of course, regarding a series of issues such as the Sino-US contradictions on Taiwan (despite Trump’s temporary pausing of a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan), China’s oil import from Iran, Artificial Intelligence, critical rare earth minerals, trade in semi-conductor equipment and micro-chips and so on, the Sino-US inter-imperialist contradictions are continuing unresolved. However, the spirit of inter-imperialist cooperation and collusion was self-evident from the State Dinner hosted by Trump on 24 September itself. For, in the banquet, while Xi was accompanied by two dozen senior Party bureaucrats and billionaires representing Chinese ‘State Monopoly Capitalism’ (or Chinese imperialism) Trump and White House staff were joined by CEOs and heads of leading US financial-tech giants including SpaceX, Nvidia, Meta, Apple, Goldman Sachs, New York Stock Exchange, OpenAI, Google, Amazon, General Motors, ExxonMobil, FOX news, Visa, Mastercard, Citigroup, Qualcomm, Pfizer and so on. In essence, this dinner/banquet itself became the concrete expression of an unholy collusion/merger between neofascist Trump regime and Chinese bureaucratic state monopoly capitalism, the material basis both being the most reactionary corporate finance capital under 21st century internationalisation of capital. No doubt, while inter-imperialist contradictions are bound to sharpen as per the logic or laws of motion of capital, what unravelled through the Xi-Trump Summit was a sincere negotiation for a truce to avoid a direct military conflict which would be suicidal for both.

In fact, this unholy deal between both US and China is not at all new. Of course, during the period 1949-1972, on account of China’s staunch anti-imperialist positions, the US imperialism did not even formally recognise the People’s Republic of China (PRC) led by Communist Party of China (CPC), and the US that maintained full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, even blocked China’s entry into the UN. However, taking advantage of the Sino-Soviet split in the beginning of the 1970s, China laid down red carpet for the visit of Nixon to Beijing in 1972, leading to PRC’s recognition as the legitimate government of China and consequent entry into the UN and the Security Council, followed by the formulation of the notorious Three World Theory by CPC in 1973-74 identifying Soviet Union as the world’s number one enemy. It made a sea-change in Sino-US relations, and both cooperated each other against Soviet Union including the Chinese withdrawal of its troops from Vietnam, for appeasing the US. Following full-fledged capitalist restoration in China since the 1980s, along with ever-intensifying trade relations, US MNCs flocked to China to take advantage of China’s inexorable source of cheap labour. And following China’s entry into WTO and integration with global political economy, the US gave China the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) designation in 2001.

And, since the turn of the 21st century, and more specifically after the “Global Meltdown” or World Economic Crisis of 2007-08, China has emerged as a powerful imperialism though its notions and modus operandi are different from that of Western imperialism. What we witness in the post-Cold War neoliberal-neofascist context is a shake of US-led imperialist world system. The inherent logic of capital has already transformed US stature as the world’s leading imperialist power. Its role as the largest manufacturer and biggest trader has been lost to Chinese imperialism. In spite of having around 750-800 military bases across 80 countries of the world, US imperialism is lacking the material basis to maintain it, and has been backtracking from its international commitments, especially to UN-affiliated institutions, which, to an extent, were political tools propped up by US itself that enabled it to carry on the tasks as postwar neocolonial hegemon. On the other hand, with its well-defined lead over “frontier technologies” associated with so called “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, Chinese imperialism today has 24 “innovation hubs” among WIPO’s (World Intellectual Property Organisation) top 100, whereas US is far behind it. China is the undisputed manufacturing powerhouse with 30 percent of world industrial output, while the US holds only around 15 percent.

To be precise, Washington’s bullying tariffs and financial blockades (amid the trend towards de-dollarisation) are becoming less effective against China. In this context, though Sino-US inter-imperialist contradictions are sharpening, both US and China, with varying perceptions between both, are keen to have a truce instead of an open confrontation. This is the immediate context that led to a Sino-US collusion at the White House. However, irrespective of whether the US is replaced by a China-led bloc or a multipolar global order, unless a political alternative from the perspective of the workers and oppressed peoples is put forward by the International Left, the crisis confronting humankind will continue without any let up. To take up this task in the proper way, ideological-political clarity on 21st century imperialism and proper understanding of its operations are of utmost importance.

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As concrete information on the ‘illegal’ actions of Election Commission under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, including the reports that he was acting totally ignoring the dissent recorded by the other two Election Commissioners, all the Opposition parties have now come forward demanding his immediate resignation. Earlier, when well-meaning sections and all democratic forces in the country have been opposing the SIR including its ‘logical discrepancy’ that aimed at systematically disenfranchising mainly the Muslims and youth, with the exception of Rahul Gandhi, many Opposition parties were considering the issue as an insignificant one. However, with the information that the two Election Commissioners had put their objections on record at least 14 times between October 2025 and August 2026 against the unilateral move on the part of Gyanesh Kumar, now all the Opposition and the entire country are now rising up against him and the fascist regime using Kumar.

The role of the judiciary, which could have stopped the unconstitutional and illegal SIR, is also revealing. In the beginning, even the apex Court’s proceedings regarding SIR were like a Kangaroo court, and the Supreme Court even upheld the SIR and its ‘logical discrepancy’ that ultimately led to the elimination of more than 13 crore voters from the electoral roll. Of course, the Supreme Court has now consented to go into the constitutional validity of Section 16 of the CEC Act, 2023, that grants the Chief Election Commissioner life-long immunity from civil and criminal proceedings for official acts. In fact, it was the 2023 Law that replaced the Chief Justice of India from the selection panel with a Cabinet Minister chosen by the Prime Minister, thereby enabling the fascist regime to transform the Election Commission as its most pliable fascist tool to keep the election itself as a facade. When it was challenged in the Court, the latter refused to intervene, giving the fascist regime a free hand for manipulating the elections.

When all are now targeting Gyanesh Kumar as the villain, it should be underlined that he is only a stooge of the fascist regime whose ideological-political and organisational control is with RSS, which is in its maddening pace towards a Majoritarian fascist Hindu Rashtra. Kumar has been only a tool for facilitating this heinous task. All his illegal and unconstitutional actions were as per the diktats of the fascist regime. And, its outcome is the fraudulent electoral process and targeted deletion of crores of non- BJP voters and Muslims in collusion with the street power of Sangh Parvar, leading to the ascendancy of fascist “double engine governments” in 21 States across the country.

In this context, the demand for resignation and punishment of Gyanesh Kumar and abandoning the whole SIR should not be the end, but only the beginning of a prolonged struggle against the fascist regime which has been using him as a tool. We appeal to the working and oppressed people and all democratic and progressive forces to transform the struggle against the huge electoral fraud as a launching pad for developing country-wide movements and struggles to overthrow the fascist regime itself.

Standing Committee of the Polit Bureau
CPI (ML) Red Star

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Press Release

13th Party Congress of CPI (ML) Red Star Successfully Completed!

Rise up to fulfill the Immediate Task of Overthrowing RSS Fascism!

The 5-day Party Congress of CPI (ML) Red Star held in the historic city of Raichur from 16 to 20 September 2026 elected a 33-member Central Committee and a 13- member Polit Bureau. The Congress also elected a 3-member Central Control Commission. Around 250 Delegates from 14 States and Overseas Committee together with Observers and Fraternal delegates from various Parties participated in the Congress.

The 13th Congress of the Party is being held at a critical juncture when US- led imperialism is having its biggest offensive against world people through naked aggression and far-right corporatism. In continuation of the genocide of the Palestinians, the latest manifestation of this horrific crime is the ongoing US-Zionist aggression on Iran. Meanwhile, while there is a surge in fascism across the world, people’s resistance against it is also rising up.

India, the most populous country today, is under the stranglehold of RSS, world’s largest and longest-running fascist organization. While the country’s resources and people’s livelihood are sold out to Adani- Ambani like corporate billionares, the entire administration including police and even military, judiciary, education, culture, etc., are under the firm grip of fascism. Muslims are targeted as the biggest enemy, and are systematically disenfranchised and denied citizenship. And using Manusmriti as its ideological roots, the Dalits and Women are subjected to intensifying oppression, as the RSS is in its maddening pace towards a Brahmanical Hindu Rashtra.

In this context, as laid down in the Program and other basic documents adopted by the Congress and as discussed in the Seminars on Imperialism, Fascism and Caste Annihilation, held as part of the Congress, the Party has resolved to intensively take up the struggle against RSS Fascism and the dominance of imperialist-corporate capital over the country in its manifold ways.

In the specific context of India, where both the ideological and material basis of fascism is the most inhuman caste system, the 13th Party Congress of CPI (ML) Red Star has appealed to the working class and all oppressed peoples to join with all progressive-democratic forces to take up the anti-fascist movement appropriately linking the struggle for People’s livelihood with the uncompromising struggle struggle for the annihilation of Caste system. This is to be taken up self-critically taking lessons from the erstwhile mistakes on the part of Indian Communist Movement in its failure to understand the Caste question in the proper perspective.

The Party Congress unanimously adopted altogether 19 Resolutions concerning the International and Indian issues pertaining to the US-Zionist genocide on Palestinians, Aggression on Iran, Modi Govt’s tax on UPI payments at the diktats of Trump regime, against SIR and ongoing anti-Muslim moves, continued detention of Omar Khalid in jail without trial or bail, against Manuvadi-corporate Education policies, condemning the reluctance on the part of Modi regime to have a proper Caste Census, against Delimitation and ongoing anti-Federal moves towards a pan-Indian, unitary Hindurashtra, demanding abolition of the post of Governor, and so on.

The 5- day Party Congress, among other things, also put on record its cordial thanks and warmest greetings to all the Progressive-Democratic People of Raichur for their whole-hearted cooperation and for solidly standing with the Party for making the 13th Party Congress a great success!

P J James (General Secretary)

R Manasayya (Polit Bureau Member)

M Gangadhar (Karnataka State Secretary)

CPI (ML) Red Star)

Raichur, Karnataka

21.09.2026

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BRICS Summit Beats Around the Bush, Avoiding the Core Issues to be Addressed!

P J James

The 140-paragrah New Delhi Declaration that follows the two-day 18th BRICS Summit chaired by India, though depicts the “Global South” as the “driver for positive change”, it failed to address the core issues confronting humanity today in an objective manner. To put it differently, in tune with the competing and contradictory interests among its 11 members and 10 partner countries, now the Declaration that came out, while claims itself as a “consensus statement”, is cautious not to mention the names of countries who are behind the most threatening issue today, i.e., the aggression on Iran and global threats therefrom. Thus, references to “multipolarity”, “global governance”, “unity of Emerging markets and Developing Countries”, “climate finance”, “AI governance”, “digital health networks”, “peace and stability”, “nuclear disarmament and arms control”, “sustainable… supply chains of critical minerals”, “combating terrorism”, etc. , that are there in the Declaration, are functioning only as a cover for beating around the bush to avoid core questions.

For instance, regarding the unilateral US-Israel aggression on Iran, due to the so called “delicate diplomacy” arising mainly from Modi regime’s nexus with US and Israel, the BRICS Declaration fails to directly mention the US-Zionist axis, the perpetrators of this horrific crime on humanity, though it expresses “deep concern” over attacks on civilian infrastructure and nuclear facilities in West Asia. And, the biggest setback of the 18th BRICS Summit is its total silence on “De-dollarisation” and regarding the much discussed move towards a BRICS currency, which, if materialized, is not only a counterweight to Western imperialism but also a deathblow to the US role as the supreme arbiter of the postwar neocolonial global order. While China and Russia are working for an anti-dollar global monetary architecture, the Indian regime which is clinging on to the apron strings of the US, is against such a move.

Thus, as a manifestation of the inherent conflicting political-economic interests and geo-strategic alignments among its leading members, the BRICS is repeatedly failing to act as a strategic grouping capable of taking independent positions on the most crucial questions confronting the world today. To be precise, it still operates like an informal consultative forum or platform instead of an international organisation with a binding agreement or treaty.

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Tributes Paid to Comrade Ajmer Singh

The Untimely Passing of Two Communist Leaders Is a Great Loss to the Movement
— CPI (ML) Red Star

Barnala, September 3, 2026

Within a span of just two days, two communist revolutionary leaders have bid a final farewell to the revolutionary democratic movement. Their untimely deaths have deprived the Left and revolutionary democratic movement of two well-known and dedicated comrades.

Speaking at a condolence and tribute meeting held in Barnala, Punjab, Comrade Labh Singh Akalia, State Secretary of CPI (ML) Red Star, Comrade Gurtej Kheewa, and Comrade Nachhattar Singh Ramnagar, a provincial leader of the Mazdoor Adhikar Andolan, said that Comrade Gurnam Singh Daoud, a member of the Central Committee of RMPI, passed away two days ago. Yesterday, Comrade Ajmer Singh Samra, a prominent and senior leader of CPI (ML) New Democracy, also passed away.

This is extremely sad news for the entire movement. The permanent departure of these two comrades is an irreparable loss to the movement. CPI (ML) Red Star pays its heartfelt tributes to the departed comrades and offers them Red Salute.

The leaders further said that the passing away of these two leaders is a great loss to the movement, especially at a time when the entire country has come under the grip of the fascist rule of the RSS-BJP. At a time when the entire revolutionary Left movement needs to unite with complete sincerity and determination to wage a powerful struggle against the jungle rule of the Sangh Parivar’s Manuvadi fascist-corporate alliance, the loss of such fighting communist leaders is particularly painful.

Today, oppressed and toiling people, revolutionary forces, and minorities—including Muslims, Christians, and other minority communities—are under attack and are being increasingly targeted by the RSS and the fascist forces associated with it. The fascist forces are rapidly advancing their agenda of reducing minorities, particularly the Muslim community, to the status of second-class citizens.

At such a critical juncture, the passing away of these two fighting communist leaders is a profound and irreparable loss to the revolutionary and democratic movement.

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