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TN: Raj Bhavan Demonstration Demands Governor to Mend His Ways

SINCE assuming office as the governor of Tamil Nadu, the incumbent R N Ravi has been indulging in provoking and insulting the people of the state through his comments that are denigrating the cultural ethos of the state. Additionally, he has been promoting obscurantist right-wing ideology and attacking social justice, while showing disregard for constitutional conventions.

WB: Potato Growers to Block Roads on March 11

THE AIKS West Bengal state committee has called for an intense movement by blocking national and state highways on March 11 to force the state government to buy potatoes at a fair price. For this, a massive campaign has been started among farmers in districts. The leaders of the AIKS West Bengal state committee have said that there is no other way to save the farmers from committing suicide due to the potato crisis.

HP: Construction Workers Federation Demands Withdrawal of ‘Anti-Labour’ Decisions

Led by CITU, union leaders met the Workers’ Welfare Board secretary and demanded registration and benefits for MGNREGA workersA DELEGATION of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and Himachal Pradesh Construction Workers Federation met the secretary of Himachal Pradesh Workers Welfare Board in Shimla and handed over a memorandum with their charter of demands.The delegation, consisting of state CITU leaders, told the board secretary that due to a letter issued by the board on December 12, 2022, the work of submission of forms for registration, renewal and assistance

Mewat Bleeds Again: Stand with Meo Peasants

THE shroud of uncertainty had barely lifted from the environs of Ghatmeeka, where few days ago a young man named Waris was allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes, when the news of the brutal murders of Junaid (35) and Nasir (25) shook the Meo village on February 16. Three abductions and killings within a fortnight, allegedly at the hand of the same outfit led by a local upstart popularly known as Monu Manesar, has once again brought forth the reality of being Muslim and poor in New India.A spate of lynchings has marred the region of Mewat (remember Pehlu Khan?) for some years now.

Delhi: CPI(M) Protests Anti-People Union Budget

THE Delhi state committee of CPI(M) held a dharna at Jantar Mantar on February 28 to protest against the anti-people budget of the Modi government. The dharna was addressed by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury who termed the central government's budget as a brazen attack on the people.Public sector enterprises are being handed over to corporates for a pittance. Loans worth lakhs of crores taken by big capitalists from public sector banks have been written off.

Tripura: CPI(M) Protests Party Activist’s Brutal Killing

Two BJP leaders and an MLA have been named in the FIRHUNDREDS of CPI(M) workers and supporters protested the brutal murder of Party activist Dilip Sukla Das (55) in Kalyanpur, in Teliamura subdivision of Tripura, on February 19.The names of BJP gram panchayat pradhan Krishna Kamal Das, Kalyanpur mandal secretary Manoj Dev and local BJP MLA figure in the FIR lodged by Das’s sons.Das was dragged out of his house and brutally attacked with stones, sticks and bricks in Dwarikapur village, under the Kalyanpur Police Station, around 11 pm on February 18.

On Tripura Assembly Polls

THE electors of Tripura have set a unique example of determined and powerful role to restore democracy, peace, harmony and the rule of law in the state in the assembly elections on February 16. In this amazing battle, practically, the heroic voters themselves emerge as victorious. This election would be a historic example in the state for the zeal that has been exhibited by the electors to exercise their fundamental rights by casting vote by themselves thwarting all machinations, defying intimidation, obstacles, physical attacks in various places plotted and unleashed by the ruling party.

The Fourth Red Books Day, 2023

ONE hundred and seventy-five years ago, Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels celebrated the publication of the Communist Manifesto on February 21, 1848 and then watched as Europe’s peoples rose up against one monarchical system after another. The text seemed to anticipate the Springtime of Nations, which included the attempt by the French people to redeem the promise of their 1789 Revolution, whose promise had been squashed by the restoration of the monarchy.

Dangerous Politics of Cow Vigilantism

The CPI(M) has strongly condemned the brutal killings of Junaid and Nasir and the dangerous politics of cow vigilantism promoted by right-wing groups in India. CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Brinda Karat and Central Committee member, Amra Ram visited Ghatmika village in Rajasthan on February 18, to meet the families of the victims and express condolences and support for them. They criticised the lack of action by the state government and law enforcement agencies in bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Neoliberal-Hindutva Cocktail of Karnataka

KARNATAKA minister’s hate-speech that hit national headlines and the budget presented last week clearly brought forth the Karnataka BJP government’s dogged pursuit of neoliberal-Hindutva agenda. Minister for higher education C N Aswathnarayana in a rally in Mandya gave a call to ‘finish off’ Congress leader Siddaramaiah the way “Vokkaliga chieftains Uri Gowda and Nanje Gowda finished off Tipu Sultan”.According to recently revised history of Hindutva brigade, Tipu did not die fighting British, but was killed by Vokkaliga chieftains for betraying Mysore Wodeyars!

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