THE Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced that during the upcoming parliament session starting from July 19, 2021, it will protest outside parliament. Starting from July 22, every day, five protestors from each organisation associated with SKM will protest outside the Indian parliament. Thus there will be hundreds of protestors every day.  SKM will also write to opposition parties to ensure that they actively take up the demands of the farmers.

THE union government announced “free vaccine for all” on June 7, and a gap of 15 days was kept before its implementation on June 21, to prepare for a countrywide massive propaganda campaign of “Thank You Modiji” in Hindi and “Thank You, PM Modi” in English linked with the vaccination.

ON June 23, 2021, over 50,000 women beedi workers led by the CITU-affiliated Lal Bavta Beedi Kamgar Union laid siege to the Solapur district collectorate in Maharashtra.  It was one of the most massive protests in Solapur in the last several years.

WHEN the Maharashtra state government turned a blind eye consistently to the legitimate demands of the 70,000 ASHA workers and facilitators who had done admirable work braving the Covid pandemic for the last one and a half year, they were left with no choice but to go on strike. Several deputations and demonstrations did not make the government see reason.Despite the Covid pandemic, no raise or special allowance was given to them. No security measures were taken for their well being and even PPEs were not given to them.

THE ‘Save Agriculture, Save Democracy’ day on June 26 was widely observed all over India at thousands of places by lakhs of peasants and workers. June 26 marked the 46th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency in 1975 by the then Congress regime. This year, people condemned the current undeclared Emergency of the BJP regime.