ON May 25, a delegation led by CPI(M) Assam state secretary Suprakash Talukdar, Central Committee Member Isfaqur Rahman and MLA Manoranjan Talukdar visited Shalonabori village at Batadrava area under Nagaon district to look into a case of alleged custodial death and police brutality.On May 20, Shafiqul Islam, a poor businessman and a resident of Shalonabori village, was arrested by the police on charges that are unclear. Later, the police reportedly demanded Rs 10,000 for releasing him and when that demand was not met, he was reportedly killed while in custody.

THE 12th national convention of All India Coordination Committee of Working Women (CITU) held on 21-22 May 2022 at Ranjana Nirula Nagar, Nisha Roy- Shibani Sengupta Manch, Tagar Dey Hall (Binani Bhawan), Kolkata, West Bengal resolved to intensify struggles against the increasing exploitation and discrimination on women in general and working women in particular.On the occasion of the national convention, a public meeting was held on 20 May at Posta, Kolkata. The rally which was organised locally was attended by more than thousand working women and hundreds of local workers.

A MEETING of the Samyukta Shetkari Kamgar Morcha (SSKM) that took place on May 18 at the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) office in Mumbai gave a clarion call for large statewide protest actions from May 25 to 31, 2022, at all district and tehsil centres in both urban and rural parts of Maharashtra against the thoroughly anti-people and pro-corporate policies of the Modi-led BJP government.

Around 500 employees of Puducherry Electricity Department went on a strike on May 23, demanding the central government withdraw its privatisation efforts.

IN April 2020, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that electricity transmission and distribution would be privatised in all union territories. The reason behind the decision is said to be the loss-incurring electricity distribution in the UTs.

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the commercial production of newsprint by Kerala Paper Products Ltd (KPPL), the state-owned public sector unit.He said that the government is focussed on modernising the state’s industrial sector, including IT, tourism, biotechnology, agriculture and food industry. Plans are there to establish one lakh new enterprises in the current fiscal and the state has already received Rs 7,000 crore investment offers.