CPI (M) Polit Bureau Communiqué *********STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS *********** THE CPI(M) along with other Left parties are contesting the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur. In Uttar Pradesh, the CPI(M) has fielded candidates in 26 constituencies; in Uttarakhand, it has fielded candidates in six constituencies; in Punjab, it has fielded in 12 constituencies; and in Manipur, it is contesting two seats. The CPI(M) along with Left parties are contesting elections with the primary objective of projecting the Left policy alternative before the people. The CPI(M) is appealing to the people to strengthen the Left representation in the respective assemblies, so that people’s grievances that remain unheard today in these assemblies can be raised by the Left representatives. Through this, the Left parties, particularly the CPI(M), aims to build pressure on the state governments to address these issues and provide the much-needed relief to the people. In those constituencies where the CPI(M) and the Left candidates are not in the fray, the CPIM) has called for the defeat of the BJP and the candidates of the communal combination. This is essential in order to ensure that those responsible for the pincer attack of sharpening communal polarisation and imposing unprecedented economic burdens on the people, against which there have been protests, are defeated. The imposition of unheard of burdens on the people due to the demonetisation is also being opposed in this campaign.