People's Democracy
(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist)
|
Vol. XXXIII
No.
42
October
18, 2009
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CPI(M)
Demands Strong
Action against
Persons
Taking Bribes
from US Firms
The
Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist) issued the following statement on October 13, 2009.
THE Polit
Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its
grave concern at the report of the Indian officials accepting bribes
from US
companies for showing special favours to them and awarding them major
facilities and contracts.
In case of
Dow Chemicals, the matter is
extremely serious since the bribes were taken by Indian officials to
register
and allow the sale of pesticide banned in the USA as
they were harmful to
children. The US
government imposed heavy penalty against the company for its criminal
behaviour. Despite promise of enquiry by
CBI two years ago, the matter has not been brought to light so far.
The CPI(M)
demands that all US
firms
involved in giving bribes should be blacklisted forthwith and the
persons who
received the bribes should be identified and be given stringent
punishment.
The CPI(M)
demands that the government of India
should investigate and take firm action
against the involvement of all other officials taking kickbacks from
foreign
companies for showing special favours to them against India's
national interests.
