Trump in India

THE visit of United States president, Donald Trump, to India was like none other by an American president in recent times. Though a State visit, the highlight was the “Namaste Trump” event at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, where Narendra Modi enacted an Indian version of ‘Howdy Modi’ in Houston last year. However it would not be correct to dismiss this show as just ‘optics’, or, a tamasha.

DELHI: Left Parties Appeal on Current Prevailing Situation

AN urgent meeting of the Left parties of Delhi state was held on February 25, to take note of violence and rioting in North-East Delhi yesterday. It took a serious objection to the fact that BJP leader Kapil Mishra on February 23 at Babarpur threatened the anti-CAA, NRC, NPR protesters as an extra judicial authority in the presence of a senior police officer. In fact, he should be held responsible for the rioting.

Defending the Constitution is the Patriotic Duty of every Indian: Yechury

A MASSIVE rally organised in Bijapur, Karnataka, by the Samvidhaan Bachao Aandolan, was well attended by over 400,000 people on February 24. Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M) addressed it along with other leaders that includes Siddaramaiah, former chief minister of Karnataka and Mallikarjun Kharge, former leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha.Sitaram Yechury while addressing the rally said that Modi and Shah have paranoia of terming all those who oppose them as “anti-nationals”. This is done to hide their abject failure in ruling this country.

ANDHRA PRADESH: One Lakh Telugu copies of Communist Manifesto Published

Book release, Sales and Reading Programmes throughout the Telugu States in 400 Centres61,000 Sold Out in One Day in AP and TelanganaONE lakh copies of Communist Manifesto were published in Telugu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Left parties leaders and cadres mobiliSed people in a big way and observed the Red Books Day enthusiastically on February 21. Five Left publications Prajasakti, Nava Telangana, Visalandhra, Nava Chetana and Peacock Classics jointly published one lakh copies of the Manifesto in Telugu. The book includes ‘Communist Principles’ also.

Protest against US President’s Visit

THE All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO), along with various other mass organisations and social movements organised a protest demonstration opposing the visit of US President Donald Trump on February 24, 2020 at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.Hundreds of people representing the common people of our country – workers, kisans, women, youth, students – participated in the demonstration.Leaders denounced the unwarranted welcome accorded to the US president by the Indian government.

Odisha: Rally against CAA-NPR-NRC in Bhubaneswar

ADDRESSING a state-level mass rally at Odisha’s state capital, Bhubaneswar on February 13, the CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury called upon the people to rise in unison to defeat the trident attack of the Modi-Shah led BJP government through the CAA-NPR-NRC and save the constitution and the secular democratic Republic.

Tamil Nadu: Refuse to Answer NPR Questions

To implement NRC across the country, the centre is hell-bent to begin the NPR process from April 1. CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury called upon the people not to answer the questions raised by the enumerators during the NPR process. He also asked them to conduct a door to door house campaign in this regard urging the people to defy the NPR.

A Forgotten Emergency Crackdown Remembered

NEAR Sultanpur, in Uttar Pradesh state, is the site of a forgotten crackdown that took place nearly 44 years ago. Such struggles from the past have come to the present, asking people to unite and fight for their rights.Today, every page of the constitution is under attack. Institutions that are supposed to protect and strengthen democracy have once again started to crumble. The mass media is not silent but singing accolades to the government.

Communist Pioneers – Leaders of Social Reform Movement

MANY communist pioneers were also leaders of social reform movements. The Communist Party, as can be seen from various documents adopted from its initial days, was firmly against discrimination and oppression based on caste and religion. They were also for equal status to women. Many youngsters and freedom fighters were attracted towards the Party due to these ideals and also because of the practical work done by the communists among the masses.

Will the 74th CAA get resuscitated?

SOME of the studies done on decentralised urban governance have shown that the cities, barring a few states like Kerala and West Bengal, where the Mayor in Council governed the city governance, in majority of the states, the cities are considered mere adjuncts of the state governments.Twenty-five years have passed since the 74th constitutional amendment was brought out. There are 18 functions that were supposed to have been transferred to the city governments under the 12th Schedule of the Constitution.

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