NEARLY a million people marched to Brigade Parade Ground on February 28, in an unprecedented show of determination and enthusiasm.  The rally turned the carefully crafted narrative of a fight between only the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, in the forthcoming assembly elections, on its head.

YOUTH of the state once again showed their indomitable zeal to fight against all onslaughts on democratic rights, their determination to fight out an authoritarian regime that has been reigning in the state since 2018.  Two left youth organisations- DYFI and TYF (Tribal Youth Federation) of Tripura, organised an impressive demonstration and rally of the youth at Agartala on  February 27th.

IN a glittering effort to mobilise people for the furtherance of development in Kerala, two marches – ‘Vikasana Munnetta Jatha’ (Taking Forward the Development March) – organised by the LDF has drawn tremendous response from every section of voters. The marches reached out to people in all 140 assembly constituencies and were structured to activate the LDF cadres and sympathisers in the run-up to the assembly elections scheduled for April 6. The northern and southern jathas culminated successfully on January 26 with massive rallies in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur.

FEBRUARY 18, Basant Panchami was a day when cold, wintry days were replaced by balmy spring weather.  A day of rejoicing. For the families of Komal, Kajal and Roshni, young teenagers closely related to each other, Basant Panchami will always bring back memories of young lives blighted by violence.In the afternoon of that day, the three girls went as usual to collect fodder from the fields. When they did not return after a couple of hours, Kajal’s mother, Bitola, and Roshni’s brother went looking for them.

THE Delhi state committee of the CPI(M) organised a press conference on February 23, on the theme “Subversion of Justice, Role of State Agencies”, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the communal violence in North East Delhi.  Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau Member, K M Tiwari, secretary, Delhi state committee and six persons representing the families of the deceased/injured addressed the press conference.Representatives of the bereaved families laid bare the partisan role of the Delhi police in the communal violence.