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Against the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the West Bengal Assembly elections with a thumping majority, Opposition leaders successful Bihar gathered nether 1 extortion connected Saturday (May 16, 2026) and gave a telephone for corporate power. They came unneurotic astatine the three-day 12th Bihar State Conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation [CPI(ML)], which began astatine the Polo Ground successful Laheriasarai, Darbhanga.
Addressing a seminar connected the taxable “The Question of Democracy Against Bulldozer Raj”, CPI(ML) wide caput Dipankar Bhattacharya asserted that the radical of the state indispensable wage a caller conflict for state to reclaim the liberty which is nether threat.
He said radical were surviving successful a caller era—one defined by BJP’s rule—where, alternatively of ‘good governance’ (Sushasan), indiscriminate usage of bulldozers was being discussed openly. Referring to the West Asia war, helium said the powerfulness of radical was evident successful Iran wherever they successfully compelled some the U.S. and Israel to bow down.
In stark contrast, Mr. Bhattacharya observed, the overseas argumentation adopted by the Indian authorities had tarnished the country’s planetary image. “The appeals being made by Prime Minister Modi successful the sanction of patriotism are simply a ploy to divert the load of the existent crisis, for which his ain authorities is responsible,” helium said.
He further said, “Workers crossed the state are struggling to unafraid a minimum wage. The federation witnessed movements led by students, protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), and the farmers’ movement. The INDIA bloc emerged from the precise midst of these movements. We indispensable align ourselves with each these forces of absorption for a corporate power.”
Mr. Bhattacharya asserted that the Opposition indispensable determination guardant with courage, resolving to uphold information against falsehood. He said the BJP’s “bulldozer” indispensable beryllium stopped astatine each costs — a unit that secured triumph successful West Bengal done the usage of SIR (special intensive revision of electoral rolls) and, successful Bihar, by distributing sums of ₹10,000 to women.
“We whitethorn person mislaid the election, but we person not mislaid our resolve, Mr. Bhattacharya said.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Bihar president Mangani Lal Mandal extended his enactment to the conference, engaging successful a elaborate treatment regarding rising poverty, unit against women, and the Centre’s alleged discriminatory cognition wrong the “double-engine” authorities of the State. Mr. Mandal besides said that neither physics voting machines (EVMs) nor the Election Commission of India (ECI) tin beryllium trusted.
Congress MLC Madan Mohan Jha remarked that the INDIA bloc continued to protestation and defy contempt the alleged electoral rigging, coercion, and misuse of antiauthoritarian institutions.
Rajaram Singh, CPI(ML) MP from Karakat, said that the elections successful West Bengal and Tamil Nadu had signalled looming threats to the Constitution and democracy. He called for the preservation of ideology by opposing the delimitation process.
The unfastened league of the league was besides addressed by CPI authorities caput Ramnaresh Pandey, Vikasheel Insaan Party (VIP) person Balgovind Bind, CPI(ML)’s Ara MP Sudama Prasad, and others. The proceedings were anchored by Dhirendra Jha, CPI(ML)’s in-charge for the Mithila Zone.
