Solidarity of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement, Bangladesh with Comrade Pramod Mishra's Indefinite Hunger Strike!

 

Press Release

February 13th 2026

Solidarity of the Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement, Bangladesh with Comrade Pramod Mishra's Indefinite Hunger Strike!

For the past three years, Comrade Pramod Mishra, an activist of India's revolutionary movement, has been detained in Beur Central Jail in Patna, Bihar, India. The Indian state claims that Comrade Mishra is a Central Committee and Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). Although Indian law recognizes the right of a person in custody to basic human dignity, Comrade Mishra began an indefinite hunger strike in prison on 26 January, demanding adequate food and breakfast, access to daily necessities, and regular communication with family members and lawyers. At 74 years of age, after being subjected to inhumane prison torture in Beur Central Jail, his decision to begin a hunger strike clearly exposes, in our view, the extent to which the fascist Indian state respects its own laws regarding "human dignity."

This method of slow custodial killing-whether in police or prison custody is not a new crime of Indian Hindutva fascists. Nor is the case of Pramod Mishra an isolated incident. In recent years, the ruling Hindutva fascist Modi government has used its power to carry out what it calls "encounters" or direct armed confrontations in Dandakaranya, effectively conducting massacres against the Communist Party of India (Maoist) and the indigenous people of that region. The Hindutva fascist Modi government continues to intensify its repressive actions. At the same time, it has increased repression against all democratic and progressive forces who speak in favor of the people's revolutionary struggle. The state is denying even minimal civil rights to detained activists of the revolutionary movement and subjecting them to inhumane physical and psychological torture inside prisons.

India is claimed to be the world's largest "democracy"! Yet in this state, those who raise their voices against those in power are arrested and subjected to the most inhumane and undemocratic torture in prison, often leading to death. The age or physical condition of detainees is of no concern. In recent years, Father Stan Swamy and G. N. Saibaba have fallen victim to such actions by the Indian state. Repression continues against Comrade Prashant Bose and, more recently, against Comrade Pramod Mishra, who has begun his indefinite hunger strike. To suppress India's revolutionary movement, the anti-people Hindutva fascist Modi government has adopted two methods: the so-called "encounter" operations in Dandakaranya and the slow killing of prisoners in custody.

We express our solidarity with Comrade Pramod Mishra and the three demands raised by the Campaign Against State Repression (CASR) against state repression in India. The demands are as follows:

1. Immediate provision of adequate nutritious food and necessary items for all prisoners.

2. Ensuring regular telephone communication with family members and lawyers.

3. Independent and transparent medical monitoring of Pramod Mishra, considering his age and ongoing hunger strike.

We call upon democratic forces, civil rights organizations, and mass movements to raise their voices against repressive actions inside prisons and to intervene immediately to prevent any irreparable harm.

Signed by-

Azad

Member, National Committee

Revolutionary Student-Youth Movement