Two Years gone “New J & K” Worse than the Old One: PAGD

PEOPLE’S Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) issued a statement on August 4, 2021. It stated that August 05, 2021, marks the completion of two years since the unprecedented assault on the Constitution of India was taken to nullify Article 370. It has damaged the very bond of relationship of people of J&K with the union of India, the statement said.

Com Surjeet's Anniversary Meeting

STRENGTHENING the resolve to defend our secular democratic republic with all our might and defeating RSS/BJP efforts to destroy it will be the best tribute to Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet, said Sitaram Yechury while speaking to a gathering at Bhakna Bhawan, Chandigarh on the occasion of Comrade Surjeet's 13th death anniversary on July 29, 2021.Sitaram Yechury recalled his long association and opportunity to attend many meetings at international and national levels with Comrade Surjeet.

TN: Comrade N Sankaraiah, now the Emeritus Tamilian

THE birth centenary of Comrade N Sankaraiah, one of the doyens of the communist movement in Tamil Nadu began with a fantastic start on July 15, 2021, as the district committees across the state came forward to celebrate the occasion with hoisting red flags in their neighbourhoods.

Protest against Electricity (Amendment) Bill

AT the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees & Engineers (NCCOEEE), hundreds of power sector employees and engineers started the second day of the four-day Satyagraha at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on August 4. The protest was against the unilateral announcement of the central government to pass Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in the current monsoon session of parliament. The second day was meant for Eastern India.By 10 am in the morning, more than one hundred members of NCCOEEE constituents reached the venue.

Can't Imagine Mumbai without Comrade Mahendra Singh: Sitaram Yechury

'I CAN'T imagine Mumbai without Comrade Mahendra Singh', said emotionally moved CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, while addressing a large condolence meeting for Comrade Mahendra Singh, Central Committee member of the Party, who passed away on July 4, 2021 due to a massive heart attack.On July 23, the CPI(M) Mumbai committee organised a condolence meeting in the hall of Adarsh Vidyalaya at Chembur, Mumbai.

Some Glimpses of Woman Power in the Farmers’ Movement

ALL the more than 20 toll plazas of Haryana have been ‘liberated’ by the powerful farmers’ movement. Everyday, hundreds of women and men from the neighbouring villages collect at different plazas from 10 in the morning till 3 in the afternoon. The AIKS, DYFI and SFI have played an important role in organising the dharnas and it is the AIDWA state unit that has held hundreds of meetings in villages to mobilise women to join the dharnas.

Parallel Kisan Sansad Begins in Delhi, Slams BJP-RSS Modi Regime on Farm Laws

FROM July 22, 2021, the SKM-led parallel kisan sansad (farmers’ parliament) began amidst great determination at Jantar Mantar in the nation’s capital New Delhi. It will continue till August 13, on all working days of parliament.

AP: Vizag Steel Workers Seek Solidarity of MPs

A DELEGATION of ‘Visakha Ukku Parirakshana Porata Committee’ (Struggle Committee to Save Vizag Steel Plant) from Andhra Pradesh met opposition political party leaders and floor leaders of different political parties in New Delhi between July 23 and 25.

Protests against Advisory on MGNREGA

ON July 26, 2021 protests were organised and memoranda were sent to the president of India through local administrations against the advisory of the union ministry of rural development asking all states and union territories for the division of wage payments under the MGNREGA into different caste categories – Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and others.

Warm Reception for Pinarayi Vijayan

The CPI(M) Delhi state committee organised a reception for Pinarayi Vijayan, chief minister of the LDF government in Kerala upon his coming to Delhi after getting re-elected. The representatives from the CPI(M) Delhi state committee and mass organisations like CITU, JMS, DYFI, SFI, DSMM, Jansanskriti and AIDWA (centre) participated in the programme. Five persons from families affected by the communal violence in North-East Delhi also greeted Pinarayi Vijayan.

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