Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund

Splendid Response in Kerala THERE has been a splendid response in Kerala to the appeal given by the CPI(M) Polit Bureau for collecting funds to help in the relief and rehabilitation efforts of the victims of the massive earthquake in Nepal. In the mass collection conducted by Party units throughout the state during the first few days of May, the Party collected Rs. 2,84,99,853. Given below is the district-wise break up of the collection in the state.

Ensure Universal PDS

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 29.

Withdraw Order Derecognising APSC: DSMM

THE Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch in a statement issued on May 30 has condemned the anti-democratic move of the administration of the IIT Madras that has de-recognised the Ambedkar–Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a voluntary body of students that has been functioning on the IIT Madras campus. The dean of students has cancelled the recognition given to APSC for its criticism of the policies of the RSS and the BJP government. It clearly shows the intolerance of the BJP led government at the centre to any dissent and criticism of its policies.

Modi on Minority Issues

IT is for the first time in the history of post-Independent India that the prime minister has been compelled to defend himself publicly that he is fully committed to the constitutional values of secularism. This affirmation by media, unfortunately for the whole country, has been made in American magazine Time, to which he gave an interview published on May 7 to 8, 2015. What is the reason for a prime minister of a sovereign democratic republic to defend his domestic policy before a foreign audience?

Oppose Attempts to Amend Section 498A

THE central executive committee of the All India Democratic Women’s Association had given a call for a nationwide campaign against the BJP led NDA government’s moves to amend Section 498A, which provides protection to women from atrocities.Following this call, the Telangana state committee of AIDWA has decided to launch the campaign jointly with other women’s organisations including some NGOs. It organised a round table meeting with 15 women’s organisations and NGOs, including some lawyers. On April 21, it also organised a seminar against sexual remarks made by some political leaders and

DYFI Holds State Study Camp in Maharashtra

A three-day study camp was organised by the DYFI Maharashtra State Committee for its leading activists in the state from May 8 to 10, 2015 at Uran in Raigad district. The camp was attended by 92 delegates from 14 districts.Dr. Sulabha Brahme, well-known economist and intellectual, inaugurated the camp. In her inaugural address, she pointed out that Maharashtra has become a distress-ridden state. The large majority of the people in the state are facing serious challenges to their livelihood. The misery of the people is particularly severe in the tribal and rural areas.

CITU Observes Action Day on its Foundation Day on May 30

IN a statement issued on May 30, the Centre of Indian Trade Unions has congratulated the working class of India for the successful observance of the ‘Action Day against Attacks on the Life and Livelihood of People’, on its foundation day on May 30, 2015.

CPI(M) Leaders Visiting Atali Victims

THE attack on the minority community in Atali village of Haryana’s Faridabad district on May 25 was the result of a well-planned conspiracy by hardcore Hindutva forces. Preparations for the attack had been going on for many days in the area and people were mobilised from adjoining villages through spreading rumour. From the chain of events, it is clear that the attack was carried out with political and administrative patronage.

All India Strike of Construction Workers Held Successfully

AT the call of Construction Workers’ Federation of India, 1.5 million construction workers participated in the all India strike on June 1, 2015. In West Bengal, Tripura, Assam, Manipur, Bihar, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh (Ghaziabad), Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, the strike was observed successfully.

TAMILNADU:Ban on APSC is an Attack on Right to Expression

THE Democratic Youth Federation of India and the Students’ Federation of India led a statewide protest against IIT Madras in Tamilnadu for the past one week condemning the derecognition of Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC).

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has derecognised the Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC), a student study group, following an anonymous complaint that it was instigating protests against the policies of the central government and creating “hatred” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hindus.

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