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Telangana: Memorial Stupas in Memory of Comrades Kunja Bojji and Sunnam Rajaiah

CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat unveiled the memorial stupas erected for Comrades Kunja Bojji and Sunnam Rajaiah, ex-MLAs of CPI(M) who lost their lives to coronavirus last year. Both the leaders were outstanding and dedicated party leaders of the agency areas and worked for the welfare of tribals and other peoples in both the Telugu states, she said.  Speaking at the memorial meeting on November 11, Brinda Karat said that the real tribute to the leaders would be for everyone to walk in the path laid by them.

Tamil Nadu State Level Convention against LIC IPO

THE Tamil Nadu State Special Convention against LIC IPO was held on November 14 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru who was instrumental in the creation of the public sector which acted as a backbone of the development of economy in India. The convention was conducted by the South Zone Insurance Employees’ Federation involving the eight divisional units of Life Insurance and three regional units of General Insurance in Tamil Nadu.G Meenakshisundaram, Madurai division president of Insurance Corporation Employees’ Union (ICEU), hoisted the flag of the organisation.

The Ominous Design: Journey towards a Security State

MODI government has promulgated two ordinances allowing the central government to extend tenures of the directors of CBI and ED from two to five years. That both these central agencies have been functioning as the political tool of the ruling party to advance the government’s agenda is a cliché in India today. Leaders of opposition parties and dissenting voices, intellectuals who dare to call the government to account are being regularly targeted.

How Modi Government Loots through Central Taxes on Petrol and Diesel

FACING massive anger at the relentless raising of petrol/diesel and cooking gas prices, the Modi government has resorted to trickery. It has shifted the onus of bringing down prices on to state governments. BJP state governments have been forced to comply with this tactic, and political pressure is being manufactured and applied on non-BJP state governments to do the same. The purpose is to deflect attention from the monumental burden that has been put on the people over the past seven years of BJP rule at the centre and present it as the doing of state governments.

Rescind These Ordinances

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements on November 15THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) denounces the promulgation of two ordinances allowing the central government to extend the tenures of the directors of CBI and ED from two to five years.Both the CBI and ED have been functioning as the political arm of the ruling party to advance its agenda. Leaders of opposition parties are regularly targeted.

Fifth Death Anniversary of Fidel Castro: Solidarity with Cuba

THE fifth death anniversary of Fidel Castro was observed by the National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba and All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation, on November 16 at HKS Surjeet Bhavan, in New Delhi. CPI(M) general secretary,  Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary, D Raja, All India Forward Bloc secretary, Devarajan, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, MA Baby, participated.Convenor of the National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, Nilotpal Basu, highlighted the relevance of the observance in the present context, where imperialism is trying to impose its hegemony over the entire world.

Preparations for Peasant-Worker Actions

HECTIC nationwide preparations are on by peasants and workers across India to make the nationwide actions on and around November 26 a resounding success. November 26, 2021 marks the completion of one year of the historic farmers’ struggle, the first anniversary of the nationwide strike by the working class, and also the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of India. On that day, massive congregations will be held at all the Delhi borders, and also throughout the country, at the joint call of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Central Trade Unions (CTUs).

Díaz-Canel joins Red Bandana Sit-in

Yesterday, November 14, around noon, President Miguel Díaz-Canel arrived at Havana’s Central Park to join the sit-in organized by the Red Bandana collective, an initiative of social network activists, members of Cuban civil society organizations, and promoters of community projects

"I am grateful to be able to spend a bit of my Sunday with you," President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said to the young and not so young crowd camping out in Havana’s Central Park for more than 48 hours, in what they hav

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