THE Kerala CPI(M)’s major political campaign, Janakeeya Prathirodha Jatha   (People’s Resistance March), was inaugurated at Kasargode on February 20 and it will conclude on March 18 at Putherikandam Maidan in Thiruvananthapuram after marching through all the 140 assembly constituencies in the state. The jatha is led by MV Govindan, Polit Bureau member and state secretary of the Party, and the jatha team consists of CS Sujatha, M Swaraj, Jaik C Thomas and KT Jaleel with PK Biju as the manager.THE CONTEXTThe jatha is taking place in the background of severe financial

ELECTIONS to Tripura assembly were held on February 16 and the results were declared on March 2, along with Meghalaya and Nagaland, where elections were held on February 27.The Tripura results reveal that in the 60-member legislative assembly, BJP-led ruling alliance got a thin majority – winning 33 seats. They lost 11 seats which they secured in the 2018 election. The CPI(M) won in 11 seats, witnessing a reduction of 5 seats it had won in 2018 (when there was a direct contest between the Left Front and the BJP alliance).

ON February 26, 2023, a programme was organised on the topic 'Three Years of North-East Delhi Communal Violence' at the Quami Ekta Bhawan of Major Jaipal Singh Trust in North East Delhi. Around 110 people took part in this programme. Indumati started the programme by reciting a poem.A large number of people from the families affected by the violence participated. Among the affected, Malika, Aagaz, Ramsugarath and Rehana narrated their harrowing experiences. All of them had one thing to say that neither justice was served nor adequate compensation.

IN the recently held elections to the University of Hyderabad Students’ Union, the Students’ Federation of India led alliance stood victorious by sweeping all office bearer posts along with the GSCASH panel with huge margins. These elections happened after three and a half years since the last held election in 2019.In a context where the entire country is reeling under a regime of neoliberal and fascistic nexus, and where all democratic institutions are dismantled by the current BJP-led government, the victory of SFI-led alliance in HCU elections provides a spark of hope.

THE AIKS West Bengal state committee has called for an intense movement by blocking national and state highways on March 11 to force the state government to buy potatoes at a fair price. For this, a massive campaign has been started among farmers in districts. The leaders of the AIKS West Bengal state committee have said that there is no other way to save the farmers from committing suicide due to the potato crisis.