IN false anticipation of a big victory for the BJP-NDA in the Lok Sabha elections, the police and administration of Palghar district, dancing to the tune of deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, had been threatening people, and bullying the common tribals including women. Harassment of CPI(M) activists by BJP goons, encroachment on their land, filing false cases against them was rampant. CPI(M) leaders were their main target. BJP goons and the police were working hand in hand, in a notoriously corrupt nexus.

THE Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), in a statement issued on June 19, has called on the government to engage with the real representatives of farmers in the upcoming pre-budget consultations. This follows the announcement that the finance minister will hold in-person consultations with various stakeholders, including farmer associations and agricultural economists, on June 21, 2024, to gather ideas for the union budget 2024-25.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has been submitting Memoranda agrarian crisis.

IN a shocking incident in Hindaun city, Karauli district, Rajasthan, a minor mute and deaf tribal girl was raped and set on fire on May 9, 2024. After struggling for life for 11 days, she succumbed to her injuries. It is a matter of sorrow and shame that more than a month has passed, but the BJP government led by Bhajan Lal Sharma has not taken any action yet. The rapists and murderers are still roaming free, and the family's pleas have gone unheard.

THE health department of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) issued an order dated June 6, 2024 regularising 3049 domestic breeding checkers (DBCs) vide creation of the MTS (PH) posts. This historic victory has strengthened the struggles for regularisation, that too in government departments, not only in Delhi, but across the country. The multidimensional impacts of this victory are manifested in three planks: First, it has successfully created a dent over the overwhelming neoliberal consensus manufactured by ruling class in favour of contract system of the perennial jobs.

AS part of its political strategy, the BJP has consistently tried to establish a presence in Tamil Nadu through various methods. However, unlike other states in southern India, the people of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have once again made it abundantly clear that they do not welcome the saffron party on their soil, regardless of the tactics used or promises made.