TN: Governor’s Antipathy to Federalism

THAT Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi is on an overdrive to serve his masters at the Centre was proved once again when he, during his customary address to the Assembly, intentionally omitted important phrases and words from the speech prepared by the state government and subsequently approved by him.

Book on Key Issues in Education Sells More than Two Lakh Copies!

A BOOK sells at the most 10,000 copies in Tamil Nadu. The figure for Kerala is said to be 100,000. (Kerala's population is less than half of Tamil Nadu's.) But Ayesha, a book in Tamil relating to children's education, written by a dedicated teacher who is also a wonderful narrator, has crossed 200,000 in sales! This great achievement was celebrated at a meeting on January 5, 2023, organised by Bharathi Puthakalayam, the publisher of the book, at its book gallery for children in Chennai.

Citizens Call ‘Save Constitution, Save Democracy’

COMBATING right reactionary onslaught on constitution, its ethos and core values, All India Lawyers Union (AILU), Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) Democratic Teachers Front (DTF) jointly organised a national convention on ‘Save Constitution, Save Democracy’ on January 7, in New Delhi.Justice V Gopala Gowda, former judge of the Supreme Court of India inaugurated the convention.

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Telangana: CITU Conference Resolves to Intensify Workers’ Struggles

THE state conference of CITU Telangana committee was held successfully at Comrade Mallu Swarajyam Nagar in Siddhipet from December 21-23, 2022. Thousands of workers participated in a rally held from Zilla Parishad High School to Comrade Sunnam Rajaiah meeting ground in the city ahead of the public meeting on the last day of the conference. Sivan Kutty, Kerala state labour and education minister, attended the public meeting as the chief guest and CITU central leaders Tapan Sen, Hemalata and M Saibabu participated.

Telangana: AIAWU State Conference Begins with a Huge Public Meeting

THE third state conference of the All India Agricultural Workers’ Union was held from December 29-31, 2022 at Khammam. More than six hundred delegates from all corners of the Telangana state attended the conference.On December 29, a huge public meeting was organised at SR & BGNR College grounds, Khammam town. More than one lakh people attended the public meeting and made it a huge, huge success. This has been the largest gathering in this ground.Thirty thousand people in red shirts, and red sarees marched in the streets of Khammam and painted the whole town red.

Maharashtra Electricity Workers on Mahasangram against Adani Group

THE Maharashtra state government has been forced to bow down to the united will of the heroic striking electricity workers. Under immense pressure from all corners, the deputy chief minister and energy minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis has publicly promised to roll-back the proposed granting of parallel license for electricity distribution to Adani Group.

MP: ‘Unite the People to Protect the Country’

Addressing the Samaj Jagao, Bhaichara Banao, Samvidhan Bachao rally at the Chhatarpur Mela Ground on December 29, CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury expressed anger over the poor condition of Bundelkhand even after 75 years of independence. He said that instead of working towards improvement, the present government is pushing the situation towards further deterioration. Discussing the national situation, he said that as a result of the erroneous and destructive economic policies of the Modi government, the country is heading towards an economic slowdown.

Maha: AIDWA Holds State Camp, March on Assembly

THE AIDWA in Maharashtra successfully organised a three-day state study camp from December 9-11, 2022 at Godutai Parulekar Bidi Housing Complex, Solapur. A total of 103 selected activists from 19 districts, namely Thane, Palghar, Solapur, Mumbai, Pune, Raigad, Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur, Wardha, Nagpur, Amravati, Chandrapur, Nashik, Jalna, Aurangabad, Nanded, Parbhani and Ahmednagar attended the camp.

WB: ‘Left Ideological Struggle against Sangh Parivar is the Need of the Hour’

WHILE neoliberalism has made people’s lives miserable, far-right ideologies are flourishing. Prakash Karat, Polit Bureau member and former general secretary of CPI(M) called for intensifying the struggle for livelihood along with the promotion of Left political ideological struggle against the far-right Hindutva forces. If the BJP regime, India's biggest threat after independence, is to be removed from power, these two battles must be fought together.

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