Plan to destroy Indigenous Defence Manufacturing Capability

CENTRAL government issued an order on September 24, 2021, to dissolve the ordnance factory board(OFB) with effect from October 1, 2021.

Delhi: Workers’ Strike Leaves an Imprint

A SUCCESSFUL workers’ strike took place in Delhi on November 25. The call was given by the trade unions and CITU played an important role in effective implementation.

BJP’s Contempt for Parliament

THE first day of the winter session of parliament revealed a great deal of what the Modi government’s attitude to parliament is – outright contempt for parliament and its democratic functioning.Contrary to what prime minister Modi had declared, at the outset, that the government is willing to discuss any issue and reply to any question raised by the opposition, the ruling party refused to allow any discussion on the repeal of the three farm laws and attendant issues.Just as the government had ran through the three farm laws in September 2020 without any proper discussion and scrutiny by the

Tripura: Farce of a Rigged Election

THE farce enacted in the name of municipal elections in Tripura has led to the BJP “winning” 329 of the 334 seats in the 20 urban local bodies, including the Agartala municipal corporation. Of these, 112 seats were won unopposed by which seven local bodies were captured without a contest. For the 13 other urban bodies, including the Agartala corporation, elections were held on November 25. What was witnessed was large-scale booth capturing, attacks on polling agents of opposition candidates and prevention of voters wanting to cast their vote. As a result, all 51 seats in the Agartala cor

Historic Victory for United Kisan Struggle

THERE are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. In keeping with this adage, Indian kisans wrote a new chapter in history defying all prophecies of imminent defeat and canards claiming that the united kisan movement was petering out. The united kisan struggle with the unprecedented support of the working class and the masses has won a historic victory forcing the arrogant Narendra Modi led BJP government to bend down on its knees, tender an apology to farmers and announce the decision to repeal the three anti-farmer acts.

Will the Court Directives Stop Lynching of Democracy in Tripura?

THE safety and security of voters has become a prime issue of concern in the ongoing civic body elections in Tripura.

TN: ‘Youth…Come Forward to Break the Chains of Caste Discrimination’

IN Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, amidst heavy rains, two important events took place on November 19. One is the unveiling of a bronze statue of Karl Marx and the other is the massive convention demanding a separate legislation to curb honour crimes.When the district committee took the decision of erecting a statue of Karl Marx, it came up with the novel idea of collecting brass vessels from the Party members and their families and create funds from their sale.

The Peasantry’s Victory over Imperialism

PARTICULAR battles often have a significance that goes beyond the immediate context, of which even the combatants may not be fully aware at the time. One such was the Battle of Plassey, which was not even a battle since one side’s general had already been bribed by the other not to lead his troops against it; and yet what happened in the woods of Plassey that day ushered in a whole new epoch in world history.The battle between the kisan movement and the Modi government falls into the same genre.

Repealing farm laws: Protesting farmers forced 'obdurate' PM to bend: Yechury

COMMUNIST Party of India (Marxist) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury on Friday, November 19, said the protesting farmers have succeeded in forcing an "obdurate" prime minister and his government to bend and accept their demand of repealing the "three black laws".Yechury said this at a press conference in Delhi, hours after the prime minister, Narendra Modi said the centre has decided to repeal the three agriculture laws, which the farmers have been protesting since November 26, 2020, under the leadership of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), terming it "anti-farmer''."This is a huge victory for

Asset Monetisation: Public Assets for Corporate Profits

THE government of India proposes to recycle publicly owned brownfield capital assets mostly underutilised or with low returns into revenue generating assets controlled by private corporates with a view to fund National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) involving Rs 111 lakh crores stretched over a period of five years. In this connection National Asset Monetisation Pipeline (NAMP) has been announced which sets a target of mobilising roughly Rs 6 lakh crores which however amounts to 14 per cent of Rs 43 lakh crores suggested to be the proposed outlay of central government in the NIP.

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