THE 12th state conference of DYFI Himachal Pradesh was held on January 8-9, 2022 at Shimla. The main slogan of the conference was “stop hate and drugs, provide employment”.The conference was held at a time when there was heavy snowing in Shimla and most of the roads leading to the state capital were blocked. Still, the delegates, some of whom had to walk to the town from miles away reached and attended this conference.INAUGURAL SESSION The 12th state conference was inaugurated by Kushal Bhardwaj, former state president and secretary of DYFI.

THE Modi government decided to raise the legal age of marriage of women from 18 to 21 years. The union cabinet cleared the proposal and a bill to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 was introduced in Parliament.

THE 23rd state conference of the Karnataka committee of the   CPI (M) was held from January 2-4 at Gangavathi, Koppal district, in Comrades K Varadarajan and Balappa Nagar. The conference hall was named after veteran leader of the trade union movement and of the Party, Comrade B Madhava and another trade union leader Comrade R Srinivas who underwent life imprisonment (and was released after 16 years in jail) in a false case.

A MEETING of the All-India Kisan Council (AIKC) of the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was held at the P Sundarayya Vignana Kendram at Hyderabad, capital of Telangana, on January 10-11, 2022. It was the first meeting of the AIKC after the epic victory of the historic nationwide farmers’ struggle in November-December 2021 and was therefore full of enthusiasm.

THE 26th conference of the Andhra Pradesh committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was held from January 27-29 at Tadepalli in Guntur district in an enthusiastic atmosphere. The conference venue was named after departed leaders Comrades Jakka Venkaiah, T Narasimhaiah, Sunnam Rajaiah, Reddy Sriramamurty and T Shadrek. B R Tulasirao, senior leader of the Party hoisted the red flag marking the beginning. Tributes were paid at the Martyrs’ column.INAUGURAL SESSIONP Madhu, Party state secretary presided over the inaugural session.