Madhya Pradesh

MADHYA PRADESH: Dalits and Adivasis Announce Struggle for their Basic Rights

THOUSANDS of dalits and adivasis from the remotest of villages and from every corner of the state, rallied in Bhopal on September 20 and announced their intention of struggling for their fair share in the natural resources and wealth of the state.  They were determined to ensure that there would be no further compromises as far as their self-respect was concerned.  More than 5000 dalits and adivasis and other sections of the poor participated in the rally organised by the Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch and the Adivasi Ekta Mahasabha and various Leftist mass organisations.  The main speakers in t

Left Alone Can Deliver Due Rights to People: Subhashini Ali

A three-day extended State Committee meeting of the CPI(M) Madhya Pradesh was held in Amarkantak, the famous cultural centre of Madhya Pradesh. The meeting, held from May 26 to May 28, proved to be fruitful in rejuvenating the Party and its mass organisations. The meeting critically reviewed the organisational setup of the Party and decided on concrete steps to be taken to intensify struggles on people’s issues.

The Bhopal Disaster: An Update

EVEN twenty nine years after the man-made disaster that hit the city of Bhopal on the night of December 02/03, 1984, the hapless victims are forced to wage a forlorn struggle to seek much-needed medical relief, adequate compensation and justice. The disaster was caused by the escape of about 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) – a highly toxic chemical – from a storage tank in a pesticide plant of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) due to criminal negligence and utter callousness on the part of the plant management in taking adequate safety precautions.

CPI(M) Concentrates Efforts on Two Seats in MP

AS election campaigning ended for the single phase Madhya Pradesh assembly polls on 25th November, the CPI(M) has concentrated a large part of its effort on two constituencies in Moreina-Gwalior region -- Jaura and Gohad.
On penultimate day of campaigning, on 22nd November, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and leader of CPI(M) group in Rajya Sabha, Sitaram Yechury, addressed impressive election rallies in both the constituencies.

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