The Week in Parliament

THE 17th Lok Sabha assembled for its first sitting on June 17. On the first day, Virendra Kumar took oath before the president and assumed the charge of pro-tem speaker. Subsequently, all the newly elected members of Lok Sabha took oath. On June 19, BJP MP Om Birla was elected the Speaker. P R Natarajan will be the floor leader of the CPI(M) in Lok Sabha. Felicitating the speaker, Natarajan said Birla has an experience of more than 25 years in legislative assembly as well as in Lok Sabha.

The Sluggish Growth in Tax Revenue

THE growth in tax revenue of the union government has slowed down perceptibly in the last two years. The growth (over the previous year) in total tax revenue accruing to the centre was 17 per cent in 2016-17; it slowed to 11 per cent in 2017-18, and further to a mere 8 per cent in 2018-19. Since this growth is in nominal terms, the growth in real terms has been even slower. In fact in 2018-19 the growth in real tax revenue could not have been more than about 3 per cent over the previous year, which is much less than the growth in the real GDP of the country.

TELANGANA: CPI(M) Opposes Construction of New Assembly, Secretariat Buildings

THE CPI(M) has condemned the decision of the TRS government in Telangana to demolish a 150-year-old heritage structure and construct a new secretariat building at Erra Manzil. CPI(M) state secretary Tammineni Veerabhadram said the funds earmarked for the construction of the new secretariat building should be used for various welfare schemes. Buildings in the old secretariat are fully equipped for smooth functioning of the state legislature and administration, he added.The high court too pulled up the state government.

Hold Assembly Elections in the State of Jammu & Kashmir

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 29, 2019THE union home minister’s intervention in parliament while moving the extension of president’s rule for another six months in Jammu & Kashmir was provocative, leading to further alienation of the people of the state. This is not healthy for India’s unity and integrity. Alienation only feeds growth of terrorism, which the country is unitedly determined to defeat.If the conditions were conducive for the holding of the parliamentary elections in the state, there is no reason to believe that

NUPF: Another Knee Jerk Reaction

NATIONAL Urban Policy Framework (NUPF) is the new paradigm policy shift which the previous BJP government had proposed in 2018. The draft of the NUPF was uploaded by the ministry of housing and urban affairs on its website and suggestions, comments were sought from the people.There was widespread resentment amongst the urban practitioners, including civil society organisations, mainly those who are working amongst the urban poor on the following grounds.

Centenary Observation of Jallianwala Bagh

WHO killed the unarmed Indians in Jallianwala Bagh? Not General Dyer, he did not fire a single shot, he commanded to fire; the Indian soldiers of the British Indian army killed more than 1,000 people on April 13, 1919 on the Baisakhi day.

KERALA: LDF Scores an Emphatic Victory in LSG By-polls

DISMISSING all hate campaign against CPI (M) and LDF government, more than 75,000 people across 44 local self government bodies have given an emphatic victory to the ruling front in the by-elections held on June 28. LDF has won 22 seats out of 44 seats across 13 districts in the state. UDF has won 17 seats and BJP won five. LDF wrested eight seats from the opposition UDF. The by-elections were held just one month after the Lok Sabha polls results were announced.

CPI(M) Delegation meets Family of Tabrez Ansari

A FIVE member ‘fact finding’ team including Prakash Viplav and Sufal Mahto, state secretariat members of CPI(M), AIDWA leader Rangowati Devi and secretaries of Sariakela and East Singhbhum district committees of CPI(M) in Jharkhand state, visited Kadamdih village under Sariakela Kharsawa district and met family of Mohammad Tabrez Ansari. Tabrez Ansari who was just 22 years old, he was killed by a mob a few days ago. This is the 18th mob violence victim in Jharkhand in last three years.

Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails you Lose

THE US, after walking out of the Iran accord, is now shouting foul as Iran breaches the 300 Kg enriched-uranium stockpile limit of the accord. So does the US expect Iran to live up to the accord while it happily reneges on it?

HATE, THREAT & VIOLENCE: Bodies of Muslims, Dalits Piling Up On Path to Modi’s ‘New India’

SINCE the Narendra Modi dispensation assumed office for a second term, mob lynching and attacks on Muslims and dalits have become a regular occurrence. Their script bears chilling similarity, and their geographical spread and frequency are horrifying.

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