Propaganda Can Never Fill Stomachs

THE official celebrations of this BJP-led NDA government’s completion of one year have begun, Prime Minister Modi launched the celebrations amidst a flurry of media blitz from Mathura. The BJP has announced the holding of 200 public meetings across the country. All union ministers, we are told, are to hold at least three public meetings and three press conferences each, ie, over 200 public meetings and 200 press conferences across the country. This may be in addition to the 200 public meetings other RSS/BJP leaders may hold.

Trade Unions Call for Countrywide Strike on Sep 2

AMIDST thundering slogans from the presidium and from the participant delegates, the National Convention of Workers held on May 26 in Mavalankar Hall in New Delhi adopted a declaration calling upon every worker in the country to go for a day’s General Strike on September 2, 2015.The convention called by the eleven Central Trade Unions along with independent National Federations was attended by delegates from all over the country, representing unions in organised, unorganised sectors and from the Scheme Workers. They were from both the public and private sector.

Red Carpet to Corporates is Modi's 'Development'

LAYING red carpet to corporate sector is being packaged as 'development' by Modi government charged CPI(M) Polit Bureau member and former general secretary Prakash Karat. He said the NDA government is charging forward in implementation of neo-liberal economic reforms and consequently there is growing inequality in the country.

Reserve Jobs in Private Sector, Says Yechury

A LAW should be enacted by the central government to provide reservation in employment in the private sector for Scheduled Castes, demanded Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of CPI(M) while speaking at the second state conference of the TNUEF (Tamilnadu Untouchability Eradication Front) which was held at Virudhunagar.The first conference of the TNUEF was held in 2010. The journey of the TNUEF began with the struggle for demolishing the untouchability wall in Uthapuram in Madurai district.

Yemen under Attack: Civilians Pay the Price

YEMEN has been experiencing political turmoil for many years now. The problems in the country have been exacerbated after the ouster of the long ruling president, Ali Abdullah Saleh from power in 2012. An interim government was formed under the leadership of Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi following Saleh's departure. Hadi was Saleh's deputy but he did not have the kind of support his predecessor had. Under his watch, the country had to function without a representative government.

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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

THE NDA government, after assuming office, has been constantly trying to bypass well-established parliamentary procedures. To push through crucial legislations without proper scrutiny, the government’s approach is to firstly use its “brute majority” in the Lok Sabha to bulldoze all oppositions to anti-people laws, and secondly, to pass off any legislation that deals with or relates to finance as a ‘Money Bill’, which under our Constitution, does not required approval by the Rajya Sabha, where the ruling dispensation is in minority.

Bihar: A farmer's Suicide Raises Many Questions

DAILY tormented by local money-lenders whom he owed a huge amount of money, Gajendra Singh, a peasant of Sherbhukha village under Maner block, just 25 km away from Bihar capital Patna, committed suicide on April 26.

Erosion of Special Category Status of NE States Unacceptable: Manik Sarkar

TRIPURA Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi opposing the central government's move to virtually abolish the special category status that has traditionally been granted to all the North Eastern states.

Modi’s Report Card from Haryana

PUNJAB and Haryana were the poster-twins of the Green Revolution. The states were in the forefront of the transformation of India from a perpetually food deficit “Ship-To-Mouth” existence to a situation of food self-sufficiency. They were showcased as the land of prosperity and the farmers were credited with feeding the hungry millions through their toil and resilience. The farmers soon came to epitomise the “Annadata” or provider of food security and their penchant for joining the armed forces also led to the much romanticised slogan of “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan”.

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