ON March 9, a joint rally named as ‘Badlav Sandesh Rally’ was organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India at HUDA Ground in Jind, Haryana. CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI national secretary Amarjeet Kaur addressed the rally among others.At the rally, leaders of both Communist parties, Sitaram Yechury and Amarjeet Kaur, launched a scathing critique against the BJP.

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded immediate disclosure of information regarding electoral bonds, as ordered by the Supreme Court. Protests were organised at SBI branches throughout Andhra Pradesh on March 11, in response to the Party's call. During the protest at the SBI main branch in Vijayawada, Party state secretary, V Srinivasa Rao, accused the ruling BJP of conducting politics with black money obtained from major corporations. He ridiculed the saffron party that talks about honesty while receiving kickbacks from corporate entities in the form of electoral bonds.

IN order to stop the horse-trading indulged in by BJP across the country and to save the democratic system as enshrined in the constitution, it is our bounden duty to defeat BJP and its allies in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, said the CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. He was addressing the Party cadre attending the second zonal level meeting held at Chengalpattu on February 28 covering the northern districts of Tamil Nadu.Yechury further pointed out that the resources of the country are being looted in the interests of some of the friends of Modi.

THE last one month has seen a strong resurgence of the farmers’ movement in the country. It has also seen an equally strong resurgence of the BJP-RSS government’s brutal repression against farmers, which has led to two farmer martyrs so far, and many more seriously injured.One of the martyrs is 79-year old Gian Singh, who died of a heart attack on February 16, 2024 while protesting at the Shambhu border; the other is 21-year old Shubhkaran Singh, who was shot dead by the trigger-happy police of the BJP Haryana government on February 21 at the Khanauri border.

YET another deceptive tripartite agreement has been signed concerning tribal development in Tripura. The Government of India, the Government of Tripura, and the Tripura Indigenous People Regional Alliance (TIPRA), commonly known as Tipra Motha, have signed this agreement.