Punjab: Troubling Times: Government's Loosening Grip on Economy and Law and Order

THE government's grip on the state's economy and governance is loosening and there is sudden surge in radicalisation. Law and order is deteriorating with a rising numbers of robberies, murders and snatchings. The government has been unable to control the ongoing gang wars in jails, as evidenced by the recent murders of two gangsters in Goindwal Sahib Jail due to inter-gang rivalry.

West Bengal: Massive Protests Roar across the State

WITH public anger against authoritarianism, corruption and criminalisation steadily on the rise, Bengal is witnessing a chain of mass movements drawing all sections of the people against the TMC misrule across the state. The historic success of the March 10 strike of the state employees and teachers has surely generated new hopes and confidence amongst the participants and the people at large.

Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha in Kerala Concludes

THE 27-day-long Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha, organised by the CPI(M) and headed by Kerala state secretary M V Govindan, concluded with a massive rally at Putherikandem Maidan in Thiruvananthapuram on February 18. The jatha, which went through all the 140 assembly constituencies in the state, was enthusiastically received by the people of Kerala, and in a number of centres the reception of the jatha acquired the dimension of people’s festivals.

Major Factors Driving Karnataka Electoral Race

KARNATAKA is just days away from the formal announcement of the assembly election schedule; hence the inauguration/announcement spree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It started with the inauguration of the 10-lane (really six lanes!) Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway and a series of controversies and setbacks. As the inauguration was hurried even before the work was really completed, only one side of the highway was finished and next day many cracks were seen at many places, showing the ruling party in poor light rather than as a shining example of grand achievement.

Electricity Workers of UP Hold Successful 65-hour Strike

THE Electricity Employees Federation of India (EEFI) has congratulated the united struggle of the electricity employees and engineers of Uttar Pradesh for resisting and defying the government’s onslaught and going on a strike against the vindictive termination of its members.

AP: Rich Tributes Paid to EMS and Swarajyam

RICH tributes were paid to late Comrade EMS Namboodiripad on his 25th death anniversary and to Comrade Mallu Swarajyam on her first death anniversary. A meeting was organised by the CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh committee on March 19, at Vijayawada. Party state secretariat member D Ramadevi presided over the meeting.

AIKS-led Third Kisan Long March Ends in Victory

THE AIKS in Maharashtra began the third kisan long march from Dindori in Nashik district to Mumbai on March 12, 2023, on a 15-point charter of demands. It was withdrawn at Vasind in Thane district six days later on March 18, after the state government conceded many of the major demands in writing and the chief minister placed the agreement with the AIKS before the state assembly on March 17. (See separate box for demands conceded by government.)THREE KISAN LONG MARCHESThis was the third kisan long march in Maharashtra led by the AIKS.

TN: BJP-RSS Game Plan Will Not Succeed in Tripura

CONDEMNING the violence unleashed upon the CPI(M) and Congress in Tripura by the BJP-RSS combine, political parties in Tamil Nadu asserted that the game plan to wipe out Communists from the state or the country would not succeed.In a public demonstration organised by the CPI(M) Tamil Nadu state committee in Chennai on March 13th evening, political parties in the state – DMK, VCK, MDMK, Dravidar Kazhagam, MMK, Vaazhvurimai Katchi, CPI(ML), and representatives from May 17 movement – unitedly condemned the violence unleashed by the ruling BJP and its goondas in Tripura since the results were d

Why Cow Vigilantism is Targeting Mewat?

THE barbarous lynching and burning to death of two Muslim young men on February 15 at Loharu town of Bhiwani in Haryana should not be seen as just another criminal act. It is rather one of the most gruesome incidents in the series of many killings perpetrated in different parts of the country in the recent past, especially since the BJP assumed power at the centre and in several states. Junaid (35) and Nasir (25) belonged to Ghatmika village in the Mewat region of the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.

Accept Universal Validity of UDID, Not Mandatory Possession

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) has addressed two letters to the secretary, department of empowerment of persons with disabilities, Government of India on issues surrounding the validity of the Universal Disability ID (UDID) Card.Dated March 15, 2023 the letters are in response to an office memorandum and a DO letter issued by the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities (DEPwD), Government of India, which is the nodal department for disability affairs.

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