PUT money in the pockets of the people! This was the clarion demand of the Left Parties who organised massive campaign in the country as part of the all India call given against the ruinous economic policies of Modi government.

WITH a scintillating performance in the by-elections for five assembly constituencies in Kerala, the ruling Left Democratic Front has increased its tally from 92 to 93. After winning Pala assembly segment which was a 45-year old UDF bastion, the LDF has wrested two more seats from the UDF base, though lost one to the UDF.In Vattiyoorkavu assembly segment in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram, and Konni in Pathanamthitta distrtict, which are both decade long sitting seats of the Congress, LDF won with huge margins.

THE Telangana chief minister, who often creates ‘sensational news’, himself inadvertently confirmed the wide magnitude of the united strike of TSRCTC workers. Out of total 49,190 workers, 48,000 plus workers are on strike at the call of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Telangana SRTC Employees and Workers’ Unions since October 5 early morning. From the agitated reaction of the chief minister, the serious impact of the strike becomes obvious.

THE logo for the 16th all India conference of the CITU was released in Chennai by A Soundararajan, chairperson of the reception committee. The conference is going to held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from January 23-27,  2020.The reception committee has started its work with mega planning which includes massive fund collection as well as broader campaign. To accelerate the works, the committee has opened its office in Chennai.The office of the reception committee was inaugurated by veteran comrade, V Meenakshi Sundaram, former editor of The Marxist, Tamil.

THE union cabinet, in its meeting held on October 23, 2019, has approved a revival package for BSNL and MTNL and the same has been announced in a press conference, by Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister for communications & IT. In his briefing to the press, he stated that BSNL and MTNL are the strategic assets of the nation and that they would not be closed down, or disinvested or handed over to any third party. The minister also highlighted that it was BSNL which has served the nation and the people in times of natural calamities.