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Barricades Broken as Women March Over Voter Deletions

THE contest over electoral enfranchisement took a confrontational turn on the thoroughfares of central Kolkata as hundreds of women, alongside students, youth, and civil society activists, marched toward the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday September 25. Demonstrators demanded the immediate, unconditional restoration of an estimated 27 lakh names struck off the electoral rolls during the contentious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

LDF Makes a Triumphant Comeback

IN the first local body by-elections held after the Assembly elections, the CPIM led Left Democratic Front has registered a triumphant comeback. It wrested seven seats from the UDF, including one district panchayat division, two block divisions, and a municipal ward. This includes the sitting seats of two UDF MLAs. The LDF increased its tally from 15 to 18 seats, while the UDF’s count dropped from 22 to 19. Twenty 20 retained its single seat. The BJP failed to win anywhere.

Scrap Demographic Committee

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement September 30, 2026

The suspicious intent behind the constitution of the High Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) has been unravelled through media reports about various questions asked by the HLCDC. The CPI(M)  had expressed  its strong opposition and apprehensions when the committee was constituted.

INDIA Bloc Call

The INDIA Bloc met on September 30, to discuss about the situation arising after the expose on the role of the Chief Election Commissioner in the functioning of the Election Commission of India and the entire SIR process, how they were used to influence the electoral process. 

Ushering in Maha-Jungle Raj

THE recent groping of a young girl accompanying her classmate to visit a scenic spot, in broad daylight in Jamui, filming the most shameful act on mobile and uploading it, has made the blood of every sensitive Bihari boil and ask the govt whether the state is being driven towards Maha-Jungle Raj.

Nitish Kumar had time and again reminded the people of 'Jungle Raj' prevailing during Lalu regime, and he used to boast that during his regime women and girls could go anywhere freely even at night without any fear and sense of insecurity.

The Vilest Subversion

EVER since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the Electoral Rolls was launched, we have been chronicling the trajectory of the process through reports and Editorials in the People’s Democracy. This process has been mired in controversy since its inception on June 24, 2025, in Bihar.

Starving Farmers Will Bring Streets to a Standstill, Warns SKM

In an emphatic display of agrarian anger, thousands of cultivators from across the districts of West Bengal converged on Rani Rashmoni Road, Kolkata on September 28, staging a day-long sit-in following a statewide mobilisation call by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM). The heart of central Kolkata witnessed extensive disruptions by early afternoon as two massive feeder processions originating from Howrah and Sealdah railway stations poured into the avenue, filling the protest ground to capacity.

Worker-Farmer Unity to End Corporate Communal Regime

The New Delhi Declaration of the All-India Convention of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and the Joint Declaration of the National Convention of Workers and Farmers held on July 28 and 29, respectively, at New Delhi will be marked in modern India's history as a decisive strategic action plan to demand a shift in development policy to protect the interests of the working people.

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