WB: People Defeat Fear and Coercion in the Fifth and Sixth Phases

NEAR the end of the election cycle, Trinamool Congress, under Mamata Banerjee's leadership, is increasingly relying on religious polarisation to maintain its eroding support base. Prime Minister Modi is also visiting the state frequently, making provocative statements to further fuel this polarisation and deepen the divide. Both parties are using religious polarisation to distract voters from issues like corruption, misgovernance, and criminalisation. However, this strategy appears to be losing effectiveness, as shown by the massive turnouts at Left parties' and Congress rallies.

Open Statement by Former Civil Servants on Post-Election Scenario

Below we publish an open statement issued by the Constitutional Conduct Group comprising former civil servants, on May 25, 2024. The statement was signed by 98 signatories.

BSNL Employees Union Raises Concern Over BSNL Asset Monetisation

THE BSNL Employees Union (BSNLEU) has addressed a letter to Neeraj Mittal, secretary of telecom, and PK Purwar, chairman and managing director of BSNL, on May 27, to draw their attention to the following concerns requiring prompt action.The secretary of telecom, through letter No. 10-1/2022 – Asset Management, dated May 21, 2024, has highlighted the sale of BSNL’s assets situated in prime locations nationwide. This communication has been widely disseminated on social media platforms, causing apprehensions among BSNL employees.

INDIA Alliance is Poised to Get Majority Seats in Bihar

AFTER the sixth phase of the parliamentary election, only eight seats remain to go to the polls in the last phase on June 1, 2024, in Bihar. The electioneering has reached a fever pitch with visits from prime minister Narendra Modi and various other BJP leaders, who are perturbed by the groundswell of support for the INDIA alliance from the very beginning. This trend has gathered momentum in the last leg of campaigning.

WB: Red Volunteers in Action

RED volunteers have jumped into relief operations in the areas affected by Cyclone Remal in West Bengal. They are actively engaged in providing relief and rehabilitation to the people. Red volunteers, who provided assistance to people during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, are once again attending to the needs of those affected by Cyclone Remal. They are moving around the affected areas on scooters and bicycles, delivering necessary relief materials to the people.

Remove Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

THE National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, in a statement issued on May 24, 2024 has demanded the immediate removal of Cuba from the list of State sponsors of terrorism.On May 15, the US had come out with a list excluding Cuba from a list of nations that ‘do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism’, which is a welcome but a small step. This however does not mean elimination of Cuba from the general list of the US that designates countries as ‘State sponsors of terrorism’.

The Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election Scene 2024

ERE’s the smell of the blood still.

Massive Coal Scam Exposes Modi Govt-Adani Nexus

THE country is shocked today by the huge expose of the coal import fraud staged by the Adani group under the direct patronage of the Modi government. In fact, the Electricity Employees’ Federation of India (EEFI), the largest conglomerate of electricity workers and employees unions in our country, has been spearheading an intensive campaign against the coal import fraud as well as the larger anti-people and anti-national power sector reforms pushed by the Modi regime for the last one year.

AIRTWF Calls for Revoking Uber's Bus Service permit

Enable GingerCannot connect to Ginger Check your internet connectionor reload the browserDisable GingerRephraseRephrase with Ginger (Ctrl+Alt+E)THE All India Road Transport Workers Federation (AIRTWF), in a statement issued on May 21, has urged the Delhi government to revoke permission for aggregator Uber to operate buses in Delhi. Recent reports from media sources indicate that the transport department of the Delhi government has granted Uber permission to run buses in the city.

Of Citizenship and Democracy

Marathi Editions of Prabir Purkayastha’s Keeping up the Good Fight and Justice K Chandru’s Listen to My Case Released in Mumbai“DO we want the Constitution of India or do we want a government that will destroy it, is the real question in this election,” were the concluding words of the speech by Justice K Chandru at a function in Mumbai on May 9, 2024. Justice K Chandru was speaking as a special guest at the release of two Marathi books, Phakt Ladh Mhana and Aika Majhi Firyad, published by Janshakti Granth Prakashan.

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