Assam today stands at a crucial political juncture. After nearly a decade of BJP rule, discontent is visible across the state. Prices of essential commodities are rising, unemployment among the youth remains very high and farmers, workers and small traders are facing growing economic distress. Instead of addressing these basic problems, the BJP-led government has increasingly relied on divisive politics and communal polarisation along with authoritarian rule to strengthen its political base.

THE 10th conference of the Tripura Scheduled Caste Coordination Committee (Tripura Tapshil Jati Samanway Samity) concluded with the call to lay primary focus on the struggle for restoration of democracy which may give impetus to the day-to-day movements for livelihood and resist the divisive politics of the ruling BJP. The conference commenced on March 7 with flag hoisting and homage to the martyrs’ column in front of the Agartala Town Hall which was named after Sitaram Yechury. 

THE 2026–27 West Bengal budget, a Rs 4.06 lakh crore roadmap titled ‘Bengals Pride’, marks 15 years of a government defined by a carefully maintained image of pro-poor progressivism. Under Mamata Banerjee’s TMC administration, this narrative has been championed by a supportive liberal network that presents the state’s cash-transfer model as a radical defiance of neoliberalism.

THE two-day meeting of the Odisha State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was held at Koida in Sundargarh district on February 25–26, 2026. The meeting began with a massive procession and public rally at Koida, reflecting the strong participation and enthusiasm of workers, peasants, youth, and women. The rally was presided over by Comrade Laxman Munda, MLA (Bonai). Central and state leaders of the Party addressed the mammoth gathering.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan emphasized that Kerala must move forward on its own strength rather than rely on external aid. Speaking at the inauguration of the 5th International Kerala Studies Congress, he noted that in the last four years, the Central Government denied the state nearly ₹2 lakh crore. While central allocations account for 80% of revenue in some states, Kerala depends on it for only 20–25%.