CPI(M) to Launch Territory-Broad Agitation Over Core Public Points in A&N Islands; Requires Legislative Assembly, Alleges Corruption in State Cooperative Bank

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 14 July 2025

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has introduced plans for a territory-wide agitation within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, focusing on what it calls the failure of the BJP-led administration in addressing crucial points regarding energy, roads, well being, and transport sectors within the Union Territory.

The announcement was made in the course of the occasion’s State Secretariat and State Organising Committee conferences held at Shaheed Bhavan, Anarkali, Port Blair on July 12, 2025. The conferences have been attended by Ok. Balakrishnan, Polit Bureau Member of CPI(M) and in-charge of occasion affairs within the A&N Islands.

According to the CPI(M), “Raj Nivas March” will probably be organized on August 22, 2025, in Sri Vijaya Puram, throughout which a memorandum highlighting the islanders’ grievances will probably be submitted to the Lieutenant Governor. The occasion additionally plans to hold out an intensive consciousness marketing campaign throughout the islands forward of the march.

In his deal with to the State Organising Committee, Ok. Balakrishnan urged occasion leaders to implement the selections of the twenty fourth Party Congress, held in April this yr in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He emphasised the necessity to strengthen CPI(M) to “combat the rise of communal forces in the islands.”

The conferences additionally mentioned occasion organizational issues and reviewed the functioning of sophistication and mass organizations within the area. The Political and Organisational Report was introduced by D. Ayyappan, State Secretary, CPI(M) A&N Islands. The conferences have been presided over by Projit Kumar Sarkar, a State Secretariat Member.

During the deliberations, the occasion handed a decision urging the Government of India to determine a Legislative Assembly within the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on the strains of the Puducherry mannequin, advocating for better public participation in governance.

The CPI(M) additionally expressed concern over what it described as “massive corruption, mismanagement, and nepotism” within the Andaman & Nicobar State Cooperative Bank Ltd., allegedly below Congress Party management. The occasion additional claimed that BJP leaders within the islands and the central authorities have supplied overt and covert assist to the financial institution’s administration.

On his arrival at Sri Vijaya Puram Airport on July 12, Ok. Balakrishnan was welcomed by CPI(M) leaders and staff led by D. Ayyappan.

A separate assembly with occasion members from Port Blair city and rural South Andaman was held on July 13 at Shaheed Bhavan. Addressing the gathering, Ok. Balakrishnan shared insights from the CPI(M) Central Committee assembly held in New Delhi final month. He criticized the central authorities’s overseas coverage, stating that India was “surrendering before US imperialism,” and accused the BJP-RSS of intensifying communal campaigns and selling corporate-friendly neoliberal insurance policies.

He additionally cited the nationwide normal strike on July 9 for instance of rising resistance by staff and farmers towards authorities insurance policies.

The assembly was additionally addressed by senior leaders D. Laxman Rao and B. Chandrachoodan, and presided over by D. Ayyappan.