Cement Factory and other
companies and providing a
militant guidance to the Railway
and RTC workers are a few
examples for his fighting nature.
During Emergency in 1975,
Com. Kotaiah who was on a
condition bail had gone into UG
and carried on the work of the
party, movement and organisation.
When a super cyclone had struck
the Divi area, he mobilised the
affected people for immediate
relief and for a militant action
against the callousness of the
Govt. By 1983, he was leading
thousands of people into the
agitation on the questions of
drought and low voltage in
Nalgonda district. The well-
studied articles written by him on
the problems of irrigation were
quite inspiring for those in the
movement and also for the
intellectuals. He suffered the
paralysis and met with a road
accident at a time when he was
fully in the thick of activities. The
moment he recovered, he again
plunged into the party work.
Com. Kotaiah was the State
Secretary of the Party during 1985
–1988. As the Hyderabad Party
Secretary in 1992 he had done an
extensive work with the spirit of
uniting
the
revolutionary
movement. He played a great
positive role at every turn in the
party and movement.
In 2001, he took the
responsibility of the State Secretary
of Rythu Cooli Sangham (AP) and
took part in the open activities. He
went to different areas in the state
as the member of Party’s State
Committee and enthused the
ranks of the Organisation. Com.
Kotaiah’s wife had departed owing
to serious ill health. His elder son
too had met with a sudden death
only within a few days after this. It
had depressed him mentally and
physically. But he overcame the
grief and again, continued the
mass and revolutionary activities.
Unwavering confidence in the
Party leadership; immense love
and affection for the people; the
knowledge of Marxism and
extensive study made Com.
Kotaiah a towering personality.
Attentively listening the
problems of cadre; constantly
providing the suggestions and
advice; being available,
responsive and helpful to all and
following the Party leadership
and strengthening the unity
constitute the distinct qualities of
Com. Kotaiah.
For all these reasons, Com.
Kotaiah’s last journey went
participated by a conglomeration
of various revolutionary, left and
democratic forces, young
activists and those from the past
movements.
The CC of CPI(ML) pays its
heartfelt revolutionary homage to
Com. Kotaiah. CC conveys its
deep condolences to the
members of his family.
2-12-2017
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
CPI(ML)
The Loot of Peasantry
The All India Kisan Sangharsh
Coordination Committee made a
study on the minimum support
prices of various crops and
concluded that the peasants were
robbed to the tune of Rs.36,000
crores in the last kharif season by
depressing the prices for their
produce less than the MSP.
The loss estimates have been
arrived at by multiplying the
projected arrivals of seven main
kharif crops in whole sale markets
in major producing states with the
difference between the average
market price and the MSP. The
average mandi price has been
arrived at from 100 major markets
for each crop over a period of time.
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The amount to be sold was
arrived at by deducting estimates
of own consumption from the
production estimates.
The crops taken for loss
calculation are paddy, maize, bajra,
soybean, groundnut, cotton and
urad dal.
The representative of AIKSCC
said that the loss could be as much
as Rs.2,00,000 crore if the loss is
estimated from the actual cost of
production plus 50 per cent profit
as assured by the ruling party in
its election manifesto of 2014.
Crop MSP
Rs./qtl Avg.mkt.
price rs/qtl estimate of
sales loss for
farmers
Paddy
Maize
Bajra
Soybean
Groundnut
Cotton
Urad dal 1,550
1,425
1,425
3,050
4,450
4,320
5,400 1,397
1,130
1,101
2,711
3,834
4,172
3,189 7,985
1,549
593
1,163
569
3,195
216 12,218
4,866
1,920
3,944
3,507
4,728
4,786
Total
35,985
Class Struggle