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INDIA Bloc’s Loktantra Bachao Maha Rally

A United Pledge to Defend India’s Constitution, Democracy and Rights of PeopleON March 14, 2024 farmers, workers and agricultural workers from various organisations and states rallied at the Mazdoor-Kisan Mahapanchayat at Delhi's Ramlila Ground. The aim of this 'Mahapanchayat’ called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, was to pass a resolution to 'heighten the struggle' against the anti-farmer policies of the Modi government.

'Economic Inequality in India Now Sharper Than Under British Raj'

Under Modi Raj, India’s top 1 per cent income share is among the very highest in the world, higher than even South Africa, Brazil and the US, as per a latest World Inequality Database paper.INDIA may boast winding long highways and expressways, glittering airports, malls and skylines dotting its cities, but when it comes to economic inequality, it has become far worse than during British Raj, says a new paper by World Inequality Database.The world’s largest democracy, which is providing free food to 81 crore hungry Indians, also has “Billionaire Raj” with the top 1 per cent holding

On the Undermining of Elementary Freedoms in India

Some friends of mine have recently written a cogent statement on the violation of elementary freedoms in contemporary India, and, even though I do not, as a rule, sign joint letters, I would like to add my voice to theirs. So this is written as a general statement addressed to my fellow citizens.Under British rule, Indians were often arrested and imprisoned without trial, and some were kept in prison for a long time.

JNUSU Election Results: A Resolute Mandate against Regressive Politics

AFTER four long years of wait and struggle demanding elections, students of Jawaharlal Nehru University finally were able to elect their new student union on March 22, 2024, giving a thumping mandate to the United Left Panel consisting of SFI, AISA, DSF and AISF.The very process of conducting elections was a site of struggle between the administration and their allies – the ABVP, and the student community at large.On the one hand, the administration tried to stall the elections by arguing that they do not recognise the outgoing student union and constantly attempting to intervene in the stu

A Statement on the Undermining of Elementary Freedoms in India

WE, the signatories to this statement, write with the greatest of concern because we admire the democratic structures that India embraced since gaining independence from colonial rule, including a set of constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights for every citizen. This entire democratic tradition is being fundamentally undermined by some recent developments in that country.

Tripura: Huge Youth Rally at Agartala Vows to Defeat BJP

AGARTALA, the capital city of Tripura, witnessed a large wave of red flags and banners on March 14. On that day, a huge youth rally was organised jointly by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) state committee and the Tribal Youth Federation (TYF). Thousands of youth coming from different corners of the state took siege of the city avenues and raised a call for protecting the country, the constitution, secularism, right to education and employment besides making a bold appeal against all sorts of drug addiction.

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