THE hijab worn by Muslim girl students has been seized upon by the BJP and Hindutva forces to create another divisive and anti-Muslim polarisation in Karnataka. The insistence of six girls on wearing hijab (head scarf) to class in the government pre-university college in Udupi was utilised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and Hindu Jagaran Vedika to get some Hindu students to wear saffron scarves and protest at the gate.
AT the call of Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) given in its meeting at the Singhu border on January 15, 2022, tens of thousands of farmers across the nation came on the streets to observe the ‘Day of Betrayal’ condemning the Modi-led BJP central government on January 31.
BUDGET 2022-23 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has not gone down well with major sections of the society including the working class, farmers and women. The unions representing these sections have criticised the budget calling it a reflection of the anti-people and pro-corporate nature of the BJP government.
PRESIDENT Ramnath Kovind kick-started the budget session of parliament with an address to both houses following which the Union Budget 2022-23 was presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget has quashed people’s expectations during the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic.
WHILE placing the budget in the parliament, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, proudly announced that 5G service would be launched in this financial year. In the same breath, she announced that 5G service would be launched only by the private telecom companies. It means the public sector BSNL is going to be deprived of 5G technology.It is a known fact that the Modi government discriminated BSNL in 4G technology also. It is already seven years since 4G service was launched in India. Till date, BSNL has not been able to start its 4G service.
THE All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), in a statement issued on February 9, has strongly condemned the failure of the Karnataka state government to protect the rights of Muslim girl students. It is unacceptable that these students are being denied their right to education because of wearing the hijab, it said.It is shocking that the state government has irresponsibly stood by watching the issue spiral in the state without intervening proactively to fulfill its constitutional duty to protect the right to education of Muslim girls.
DESPITE the mounting protest of opposition and the manipulations of a section of media, the government of Kerala is making efforts to materialise the SilverLine project, a semi high speed rail corridor. The project was one of the major promises of the LDF in its election manifesto in the 2021 assembly elections. The LDF government envisages this as the major infrastructure development project. This project is designed to avoid traffic snarls, road accidents and air pollution from vehicles, a major concern of the state.
(Adopted at the Central Committee Meeting held on January 07-09, 2022 at Hyderabad) 0.1 The period since the 22nd Congress has seen the further consolidation of the BJP, which being in government is aggressively pursuing the Hindutva agenda of the fascistic RSS.
The Central Committee has proposed the following amendments to the Constitution to be taken up for consideration and adoption at the 23rd Congress: Article XVCentral CommitteeAdd as clause 16: The Central Committee may fix an age limit eligibility and a quota of women for members to be elected to the Central Committee.
THE news of impending destruction and chaos in Kyiv is the new love of the global strategic community that relishes wars and is constantly on a lookout for hotspots where the US military can intervene and reiterate the American primacy. The western media has launched a propaganda blitzkrieg to tell the world that there is a massive Russian military build-up along Ukraine’s borders and President Vladimir Putin is on the verge of launching a large-scale invasion.