Chattisgarh: CPI(M) participates in Human Chain

THE CPI(M) participated in the Human Chain in different parts of the state along with other mass organisations and Left Parties and took oath on secularism and on protecting the Constitution of India. The call was observed on January 30th. In Raipur, the capital of Chattisgarh, Sanjay Parate addressed the meeting after the Human Chain. He said the CAA is a divisive law that divides the country on the basis of religion and goes against the basic tenets of our constitution. He appealed to the people that the NPR questionnaire should not be answered.

Satyagraha call on Mahatma Gandhi’s martyrdom day

THE Left parties comprising CPI(ML)-Liberation, CPI and CPI(M) observed one day satyagraha programme in different parts of the state. This call was given against the attacks on the democratic rights of the people of the country especially after the unilateral passing of the Citizenship(Amendment) Act and the proposed implementation of the NPR and NRC. In Patna, the capital of Bihar, in front of the Gandhi’s statue, in Gandhi Maidan, leaders of Left Parties participated in the programme.

City planners and activists demand withdrawal of CAA-NPR-NRC

THE National Coalition for Inclusive and Sustainable Urbanisation (NCU), a network of urban planners and activists the urban realm, issued a statement signed by 149 experts, demanding withdrawal of CAA and stopping the exercise of NPR and NRC.

Haryana: Seminar on 100 years of Communist Party formation

THE communist movement that grew out of the independence movement in India is the real alternative to the ideology of hatred and communalism spread by the RSS-BJP in the present era. These were the emphatic words of Prakash Karat, former general secretary of CPI(M), while speaking in a seminar observing 100 years of the formation of the Communist Party in India.

In Defence of Secularism and Pluralism: The Mumbai Collective 2020

THE constitution of India is the foundational document that guides our country's polity. For every Indian citizen, the constitution secures justice, freedom of thought, expression, belief, worship and faith as well as equality of status. The constitution was the outcome of our national movement for independence from colonial rule that involved people from all strata of Indian society. It is a matter of great concern, however, that many of these constitutional guarantees available to Indian citizens are threatened in the recent period.

DELHI: DU Teachers March to Parliament

TEACHERS of Delhi University marched to Parliament Street on February 10, to draw attention to their demands related to their service conditions, including pensions, promotions, permanency in jobs and unwarranted recoveries from salaries. A key demand of the over two month long DUTA agitation is the one-time regulation for absorption of ad-hoc and temporary teachers which will allow the regularisation of the services of the thousands of temporary/ad-hoc teachers.

Two Day Countrywide Successful Bank Strike

THE two-day countrywide bank strike on January 31 and February 1, 2020 was observed successfully. The strike was called by United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU), an umbrella organisation of nine all India federations of officers as well as workmen.

TRIPURA: Badal Chowdhury Released on Bail

AFTER spending 86 days in police and judicial custody as a victim of political vendetta of the BJP- IPFT government, Badal Chowdhury, CPI(M) Central Committee member and deputy leader of opposition in state legislative assembly, finally got bail on February 1. Justice Arindam Lodh of Tripura High Court granted him bail as the police failed to submit chargesheet against him even after almost three months.

Forty Lakh Join Anti-CAA Human Chains across Tamil Nadu

THE Tamil Nadu Platform for People's Unity (TNPPU) had organised a historic human chain programme across the state with a participation of over 40 lakh people from all sections of the society, protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC), on January 30.

ODISHA: Big March against CAA-NRC-NPR in Bhubaneswar

ON January 30, the martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi, the state capital of Odisha witnessed an unprecedented march against CAA-NRC-NPR in response to a united call given by secular and progressive political outfits, social groups, academics, artists, students and youth under the banner of “We the People of India”. A peaceful gathering of more than 50,000 people solemnly reaffirmed their faith in the Constitution of India and took a pledge to uphold its all-inclusive principles and values at any cost.

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