KARNATAKA has voted in the most crucial state elections before 2024. Preliminary estimates suggest that the voter turnout was 72.67 per cent, but the final figures are expected to increase. In the 2018 elections, the voter turnout was 72.36 per cent. According to exit polls and other indications, the BJP is likely to be voted out, and the Congress party is expected to form the next government. The election was fiercely contested, with close contests in almost all constituencies, and an intense campaign in the last few days.

IN a major win for the AAP government, the Supreme Court on May 11, 2023 in a unanimous verdict ruled that the Delhi government has legislative and executive powers over services except for public order, police and land.Asserting that an elected government needs to have control over the administration, a five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, said the union territory of Delhi has "sui generis (unique) character" and refused to agree with the 2019 judgement of Justice Ashok Bhushan that the Delhi government has no power over the issue of services."Further expa

THE CPI(M) West Bengal state committee has announced a programme to immediately launch a mass signature collection campaign against the pervasive corruption. CPI(M) workers will collect signatures and campaign door-to-door throughout the month of May. During a press conference in Kolkata on Wednesday, May 3, CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim announced the initiative, stating that the campaign's goal is to fight for justice.

THE political campaign launched by CPI(M) and CPI in Andhra Pradesh from April 14 to May 4 was successful in exposing the disastrous policies of the BJP central government. The campaign aimed to highlight the corporate-communal nexus in power at the centre, which has been cheating the people and favouring the wealthy by using public funds. The message of the campaign resonated well with the people, and it succeeded in raising awareness about the corrupt practices of the BJP.

THE national meeting of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) was held on April 30, 2023 at Delhi. More than 200 farmer leaders of constituent organisations attended. The three-member presidium of the meeting comprised Joginder Singh Ugrahan (president, BKU-Ekta Ugrahan), Ashok Dhawale (president, AIKS) and Tajinder Singh Virk (president, Tarai Kisan Sanghatan). Others who attended on behalf of the AIKS were Hannan Mollah, Vijoo Krishnan, P Krishnaprasad and Inderjit Singh.This meeting was being held after the impressive SKM public meeting at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi on March 20.