Kerala: LDF Election Campaign Highlights CAA Dangers

THE election campaign in Kerala is going ahead highlighting the dangers posed by the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) that has been brought in by the Modi-led BJP government to further intensify communal polarization in the country. The LDF is mobilising people to protest against the CAA as part of their election campaign.

JNUSU Election Results: A Resolute Mandate against Regressive Politics

AFTER four long years of wait and struggle demanding elections, students of Jawaharlal Nehru University finally were able to elect their new student union on March 22, 2024, giving a thumping mandate to the United Left Panel consisting of SFI, AISA, DSF and AISF.The very process of conducting elections was a site of struggle between the administration and their allies – the ABVP, and the student community at large.On the one hand, the administration tried to stall the elections by arguing that they do not recognise the outgoing student union and constantly attempting to intervene in the stu

A Statement on the Undermining of Elementary Freedoms in India

WE, the signatories to this statement, write with the greatest of concern because we admire the democratic structures that India embraced since gaining independence from colonial rule, including a set of constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights for every citizen. This entire democratic tradition is being fundamentally undermined by some recent developments in that country.

Tripura: Huge Youth Rally at Agartala Vows to Defeat BJP

AGARTALA, the capital city of Tripura, witnessed a large wave of red flags and banners on March 14. On that day, a huge youth rally was organised jointly by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) state committee and the Tribal Youth Federation (TYF). Thousands of youth coming from different corners of the state took siege of the city avenues and raised a call for protecting the country, the constitution, secularism, right to education and employment besides making a bold appeal against all sorts of drug addiction.

TN: 'Modi's Guarantee to People was Hunger, Poverty and Bulldozer'

"PRIME Minister Modi had declared (about corruption), 'na khaunga na khane dunga' ( neither would I eat, nor would I allow anybody else to eat), but the electoral bonds reveal that his party is the greatest eater of corporate funding ever heard of, said Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member. They claimed to wipe out corruption and it is now clear that they lied to the nation and cheated the people of the country by taking more than half of the total sale of electoral bonds. Delivering the special address at the public meeting organised by the Central Chennai district committee of CPI(M)

Delhi: Alipur Factory Fire: Exposing the Realities

TEN workers were killed in a massive fire and subsequent explosion that occurred on the morning of February 15, 2024, at a paint factory in Alipur, situated on the northern outskirts of Delhi. This incident is not an isolated one within Delhi's factories.

Massive SKM Mahapanchayat Calls for Punishing Modi-Led BJP Regime

TENS of thousands of farmers from across the country gathered in the massive mahapanchayat organised by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on March 14, 2024. They resolved to punish the Modi-led BJP-RSS regime in the coming general elections for its anti-farmer and pro-corporate policies, and for its communal, casteist, corrupt, and authoritarian character.

WB: Left Front Announces First List of Candidates

ON March 14, the West Bengal Left Front announced its first list of 16 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The list was released by Left Front chairman Biman Basu in a press conference. Later on March 17, the Left Front also nominated RSP candidate Mili Oraon to contest in Alipurduar, bringing the total number of declared candidates to 17, with room for potential additional candidates from Congress and others.

CPI(M) Delegation Visits Violence-Hit Haldwani

A CPI(M) delegation led by Brinda Karat (Polit Bureau member), Vijoo Krishnan (Central Committee member), Rajinder Negi (Uttarakhand state Secretary) and others visited the violence-affected area of Banbhoolpura, Haldwani on March 13 and met scores of residents, including families of those killed. It met journalists who had been injured. It also met police personnel who had been injured.

Kerala Opposes CAA & Will Not Implement It

Below we publish the statement issued by Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan on March 11THE central government's notification of the Rules to the Citizenship Amendment Act in the wake of the elections is aimed at disquieting the nation. The ministry of home affairs has issued the notification regarding the CAA, just ahead of the announcement of the elections to the Lok Sabha. This is to divide the people, incite communal sentiments and undermine the fundamental principles of the constitution.

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