Cash Transfers for Women: Unmasking BJP’s Deception

OVER the last few years, we have seen how the direct cash transfer schemes targeted at women have become a central feature of the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral strategy across multiple states. Now, as we move towards the assembly elections in five states, it becomes extremely crucial that we revisit this tool of Direct Bank Transfer (DBT) schemes that has been repeatedly and successfully deployed by BJP and its allies.

Tripura: Confront BJP-Motha’s Betrayal and Conspiracy: Jitendra Chaudhury

Vehicles were hired free of cost. Yet many of them ran almost empty. Several quintals of cooked meat were also distributed for free. It was an extravagant arrangement, reinforced by threats and intimidation in different localities. Despite all this, on January 10, Damchhara witnessed a dull and uninspiring public meeting of the Tripura chief minister, staged by mobilising people from across North Tripura district.

Repeated assaults on Kashmiris outside a disturbing pattern, demand urgent action: Tarigami

CPI(M) leader and Kulgam MLA Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has strongly condemned the harassment and attacks on Kashmiris in several states of the country, including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana, saying such incidents send a deeply disturbing message to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Their Questions, Our Answers

WITH the West Bengal assembly elections approaching, the Left parties, particularly the CPI(M), are facing intense media scrutiny, prompting numerous questions about their current political position. Interestingly, those who once dismissed the CPI(M) as irrelevant are now faced with its visible presence. Unable to ignore the party's activities, they are attempting to mislead the public by raising contentious issues. It is therefore crucial to address some of these concerns directly.

Imperialist Chessboard and Socialist Shield: Defending India’s Sovereignty in a Unipolar Trap

AS we stand on the precipice of 2026, observing the tectonic shifts of the New World Order, a glaring dichotomy emerges in how nations respond to the bullying tactics of American hegemony. From the vantage point of a political observer tracking these geopolitical fractures, the contrast is stark. On one side, we witness the developed nations of the West—ostensibly sovereign but economically tethered to the neoliberal consensus—capitulating one by one to Washington’s dictates.

US-India Trade Deal – Attack on our Sovereignty

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 08, 2026

As details of the Indo–US trade deal slowly emerge, it is becoming evident that the BJP-led Union government has made sweeping concessions to the United States in the so-called ‘interim deal’. These concessions pose a serious threat to India’s economy, agriculture, and national sovereignty.

TN: Gandhi Memorial Day Observed as Anti-Religious Chauvinism Day

GANDHI Memorial Day (January 30) was observed as Anti-Religious Chauvinism Day by the Tamil Nadu Platform for People’s Unity in more than 30 districts across the state.

At every programme, the day was marked by a collective pledge taken by all participants. The text of this pledge is as follows:

Pledge on the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi

Beloved Leader!

From Protection to Facilitation: Repeal the Overseas Mobility Bill, 2025

THE Overseas Mobility (Facilitation and Welfare) Bill, 2025, which the Union Government intends to table in the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, arrives not as a shield for the vulnerable, but as a legislative auction block where the Indian working class is sold to the highest bidder. This Bill represents an institutionalized betrayal, a premeditated retreat by the State from its fundamental duty to protect its citizens.

The Quiet Defiance of Mostari Banu

EVEN as the brouhaha over the dramatic appearance of Mamata Banerjee to argue her petition against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal by the Election Commission of India (ECI) dies down, Mostari Banu is tidying her files and preparing for another round of hearings in the Supreme Court.

Servile Erosion of Autonomy

THE role of US, and specifically of President Donald Trump, is assuming the spectacle of ‘bulldozer’. In India, we are now familiar with the unilateral deployment of ‘bulldozers’ to trample legitimate rights of the weak and the defenceless. In a majoritarian ambience, such display of naked aggression finds loud approval from the bhakt brigade in the social media space.

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