LDF wrests two UDF seats in Kerala

WITH a scintillating performance in the by-elections for five assembly constituencies in Kerala, the ruling Left Democratic Front has increased its tally from 92 to 93. After winning Pala assembly segment which was a 45-year old UDF bastion, the LDF has wrested two more seats from the UDF base, though lost one to the UDF.

KERALA: CPI(M) Workers Arrested in Murder Case Acquitted; Real Culprit Nabbed after 25 Years

THE real culprit in a political murder case has been nabbed by the Kerala Police after a long span of 25 years, exposing the clandestine operations of the police during the UDF government headed by Congress leader late K Karunakaran. Eleven CPI(M) workers and one dissident Congress worker were arrested and jailed in the killing of RSS worker Sunil Kumar on December 4, 1994. The main motive behind the arrests was political vendetta of the Congress.

Unprecedented Strike; Unprecedented Response

THE Telangana chief minister, who often creates ‘sensational news’, himself inadvertently confirmed the wide magnitude of the united strike of TSRCTC workers. Out of total 49,190 workers, 48,000 plus workers are on strike at the call of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Telangana SRTC Employees and Workers’ Unions since October 5 early morning. From the agitated reaction of the chief minister, the serious impact of the strike becomes obvious.

India’s Rank on the Global Hunger Index

THE news that India’s rank in 2019 according to the Global Hunger Index (GHI) was 102nd among the 117 countries for whom this index was calculated (it is not calculated for countries where hunger is not a problem), instead of causing consternation as it should have, has generated a rather inconsequential debate. This debate ironically has been concerned with two issues.

CITU All India Conference Logo Released

THE logo for the 16th all India conference of the CITU was released in Chennai by A Soundararajan, chairperson of the reception committee. The conference is going to held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from January 23-27, 2020.
The reception committee has started its work with mega planning which includes massive fund collection as well as broader campaign. To accelerate the works, the committee has opened its office in Chennai.

Centenary Celebrations of Indian Communist Movement Begin

ON the call of the CPI(M) Central Committee, Party units across the country observed the centenary celebrations of the formation of the Communist Party in India on October 17. Thousands of people joined rallies and marches in several places to mark the historic occasion. Below we publish reports on the observance that we have received from various states as we go to press.

WEST BENGAL

BSNLEU on Union Cabinet’s Decisions on Revival of BSNL & MTNL

THE union cabinet, in its meeting held on October 23, 2019, has approved a revival package for BSNL and MTNL and the same has been announced in a press conference, by Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister for communications & IT. In his briefing to the press, he stated that BSNL and MTNL are the strategic assets of the nation and that they would not be closed down, or disinvested or handed over to any third party. The minister also highlighted that it was BSNL which has served the nation and the people in times of natural calamities.

BEFI Congratulates Bank Employees for Successful Strike

THE Bank Employees Federation of India in a statement issued on October 22, has congratulated the bank employees all over the country for making the all India bank strike on October 22, a huge success. The strike call against the merger of public sector banks and related issues was given jointly by the Bank Employees Federation of India (BEFI) and All India Bank Employees’ Association (AIBEA).

AP: CPI(M) Demands High Level Enquiry into One Lakh Acre Land Grab in CM’s Home Dist

ONE lakh acres of land in Kadapa, the home district of YS Jaganmohan Reddy, chief minister of Andhra Pradesh have been said to be grabbed by bigwigs, mafia and non-local industrialists. CPI(M) delegation comprising BV Raghavulu, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Party district secretary Anjaneyulu, state committee member Narayana and other leaders visited the villages in Rajampet revenue division on October 14 and met the farmers and people. The local people explained to them about the land grab and illegal/forced transfers.

To Make a Bigot into an Icon

THE BJP’s election manifesto for the Maharashtra assembly election has proposed that Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the father of the Hindutva concept, be conferred the title of ‘Bharat Ratna’. This is part of the ongoing strategy of the BJP-RSS combine to legitimise the Hindutva ideology and to create icons out of rabid communal figures such as Savarkar. In order to do that, the RSS and the BJP are busy myth-making about Savarkar being a great freedom fighter and nationalist par excellence.

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