THE CPI(M) firmly stood by people’s struggles in different parts of Telangana. Be it the fight of tribals for right to forest land or the struggle of a remote village for basic amenities such as drinking water and road connectivity, the CPI(M) along with other parties actively supported the people and conducted successful agitations.Northern Telangana and Khammam and Bhadradri districts are covered with forests and are having a sizeable tribal population who are engaged in ‘Podu’, a form of cultivation of forest lands that tribal people follow.

CPI (M) Karnataka state committee, in a statement issued on February 10, 2022, has condemned the unnecessary controversy of ‘hijab and saffron shawl’ which started in a college in Udupi and has created a communal divide among students in educational institutions across the state. It has urged the state government to make sincere efforts to stop it.Communal organisations are responsible for this controversy and present state of affairs in the state.

DIFFERENT studies conducted by UNICEF, at different times, during the last two years after the breakout of the pandemic, have shown over and over again that reading, writing and arithmetic skills of children are being severely disadvantaged because of prolonged closure of schools, and this was adversely affecting their path to progress.

AT the call of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) given in its meeting at the Singhu border on January 15, 2022, tens of thousands of farmers across the nation came on the streets to observe the ‘Day of Betrayal’ condemning the Modi-led BJP central government on January 31.

DESPITE the mounting protest of opposition and the manipulations of a section of media, the government of Kerala is making efforts to materialise the SilverLine project, a semi high speed rail corridor. The project was one of the major promises of the LDF in its election manifesto in the 2021 assembly elections. The LDF government envisages this as the major infrastructure development project. This project is designed to avoid traffic snarls, road accidents and air pollution from vehicles, a major concern of the state.