Election-Eve Manoeuvres

THREE developments have taken place in the last week, on the eve of the Lok Sabha elections – one is positive and the other two are negative. The first issue is the Supreme Court’s order directing the State Bank of India to submit to the Election Commission by March 12 the details of electoral bonds and asking the Election Commission to put it up on their website by March 15. This order comes in the wake of SBI’s appeal for a time of four months till June 30 to submit all the details about the bonds.The Supreme Court has firmly rejected this appeal and finally the people will come to know

Capitalist Trap for Scientific Advances

THERE is a paradox at the core of the efflorescence of science that has occurred over the last millennium. In essence this efflorescence has the potential to increase human freedom immensely. It increases the capacity of man within the man-nature dialectic; scientific practice aims to go beyond the “given” not just in a once-for-all sense but as a perpetual movement through incessant self-questioning, so that this practice is potentially a collective act of liberation.

Assam: CAA is Unconstitutional, Communal and Violates Assam Accord

Below we publish the statement issued by CPI(M) Assam state committee on March 13

Ten Years that Crippled the Independent Media

“Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe”------- Shakespeare.INDEED, it is doubly so today, for the bulk of journalists in India, on the eve of what is billed to be the costliest democratic election seen in India, with a new era of hop step and jump defections gaining momentum. This is part of the general picture, of a vicious attack on democracy where one can also see the independent and critical press receiving its worst battering in recent years as the last ten years indicate.

AP: Protests Held at SBI Branches Demanding Disclosure of Electoral Bonds

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) demanded immediate disclosure of information regarding electoral bonds, as ordered by the Supreme Court. Protests were organised at SBI branches throughout Andhra Pradesh on March 11, in response to the Party's call. During the protest at the SBI main branch in Vijayawada, Party state secretary, V Srinivasa Rao, accused the ruling BJP of conducting politics with black money obtained from major corporations. He ridiculed the saffron party that talks about honesty while receiving kickbacks from corporate entities in the form of electoral bonds.

No India-EFTA Free Trade Agreement Without Consultation with States: AIKS

THE Narendra Modi led BJP government is said to be on the verge of concluding a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the European Free Trade Association comprising of four rich developed European nations namely Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. The earlier Congress-led UPA government and the present BJP-led NDA government have carried on secret negotiations since January, 2008 to conclude the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA).

Maha: Cotton and Soyabean Farmers’ State Convention

THE AIKS Maharashtra state committee organised cotton and soyabean farmers' state convention at Majalgaon in Beed district, in the Marathwada region on March 7, 2024.

AIFAWH President Detained by Assam Police

THE All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH), in a statement issued on March 13, has strongly condemned the atrocious detention of Usharani, president, AIFAWH and secretary CITU by Assam police at Guwahati Airport. She was on her way to participate in the ongoing struggle of anganwadi workers and helpers in Assam.Anganwadi workers and helpers in Assam have been on strike since February 13, 2024, demanding an increase in wages and addressing other pertinent issues.

Stop Moves for Hindutva Rashtra! Defeat BJP!

THE ten years of the Modi government have seen a serious assault on secularism and steps to desecularise the Indian State. The BJP-RSS have sought to implement the Hindutva communal ideology by targeting the minorities, particularly the Muslim community, and seeking to convert them as second class citizens. The various Hindutva outfits have unleashed violence against the minorities with the patronage and protection of the BJP-run state governments. All these constitute a grave onslaught on the secular principle embedded in the constitution and is a warning of the onset of a Hindutva Rash

TN: CPI(M) Holds Second Regional Level Meeting for Electoral Preparations

IN order to stop the horse-trading indulged in by BJP across the country and to save the democratic system as enshrined in the constitution, it is our bounden duty to defeat BJP and its allies in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, said the CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury. He was addressing the Party cadre attending the second zonal level meeting held at Chengalpattu on February 28 covering the northern districts of Tamil Nadu.Yechury further pointed out that the resources of the country are being looted in the interests of some of the friends of Modi.

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