CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury wrote a letter to Ram Nath Kovind, president of India, on December 16, bring to his notice a very serious complaint against Pankaj Mithal, the chief justice of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, who has violated his oath and compromised the constitutional office held by him.Mithal addressed a programme organised by an organisation affiliated to the RSS on December 5, 2021 at Jammu and spoke against the Constitution of India.It has been widely reported in the media that Mithal addressed a seminar organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parish

ON December 4, 2021, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held a crucial meeting to discuss the pending demands of the farmers' movement and the lack of a formal response from the government of India. It was decided unanimously that the farmers' agitation will continue as it is, until formal and satisfactory responses are obtained from the government of India.It will be recalled that the SKM had sent a letter to the prime minister of India on November 21, two days after the prime minister's address to the nation to announce the repeal of the three farm laws on November 19.

 THE 22nd Odisha state conference of CPI(M) held in the Steel City of Rourkela from November 30 to December 2, 2021 (Banamali Dhupal Nagar and Marsha Samad Manch) gave the clarion call to strengthen the Party and mass organisations by developing day-to-day contact with the people of the state on the burning issues they face and to broaden the struggles. A total number of 158 delegates, 46 observers and two special invitees attended the conference.Bonai, the mining hub of Odisha, hosted the open session of the conference (Lili Mohan Gope Manch).

CONTINUING the winning spree since the elections for local bodies in December 2020 and for the assembly in April 2021, the LDF has gained victory in the by-elections for local bodies. These elections were necessitated due to various reasons like resignation of members after they were elected as members of legislative assembly and so on. These results show that the mass base of the LDF has strengthened after the assembly elections held exactly seven months back. LDF has won 17 seats out of 32 and three among these have been wrested from the UDF.

THE New Education Policy (NEP-2020) of the Modi government has begun to be implemented in Andhra Pradesh through various forms. The YSRCP government in the state has already initiated steps to merge Class 1 and 2 students and transfer them to the Anganwadi centres and to shift children of Class 3 to 5 to the nearby high schools, in a phased manner.