Verdict in ED Case Threatens Civil Rights and Democracy: Prakash Karat

CPI(M) POLIT Bureau Member, Prakash Karat said that the Supreme Court's verdict upholding broad powers for the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act will have far-reaching consequences. The central government can use ED to trample democracy and civil rights. ED's actions against opposition parties, human rights activists and media will become more severe with the Supreme Court verdict.

WB: Streams of protests against scam

THOUSANDS of people, all over West Bengal, are now on the streets demanding a thorough probe of the teacher appointment scam and corruption of the TMC ministry. That the scam was conducted in a planned manner by TMC leaders and ministers is out in the open now.The state government has become paranoid. The ruling party is obsessed with shielding Mamata Banerjee. Sixteen people were arrested from south Kolkata even before a scheduled rally began. They included veteran theatre activist Bimal Chakraborty.

Re-open Closed Ration Shops in Puducherry! Don't Starve People!!

IN Puducherry union territory, public distribution system (PDS) shops have been kept closed for the past three years in all the regions, including Karaikkal, Mahe, and Yanam. As a result, people have not been receiving free rice or other subsidised food commodities. As a result, the poor and middle class people who are heavily dependent on PDS supplies, have been severely affected.In 2015, the BJP led government was in power at the centre. The then chief minister of Puducherry, Rangasamy, introduced the scheme of direct cash distribution, in lieu of the existing distribution of free rice.

Telangana: British Then and BJP Now

A LARGE road show WAS organised by the Hanumakonda district committee of the CPI(M) on July 26. Later addressing the public meeting, CPI(M) general secretary, Sitaram Yechury said that on the occasion of 75 years of independence, the central government is celebrating Amrit Utsav. He expressed unhappiness that even after 75 years people could not get education, healthcare, houses and employment in the country. PM Modi has given a call to hoist the national flag on every house on this occasion.

Youth Should be Motivated and Encouraged to Emulate Surjeet & Gopalan: Yechury

A YAADGARI samagam to mark the 14th death anniversary of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet was organised by daily Desh Sewak & Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan Memorial Trust at Chandigarh on August 3.

BJP's Land Has Slipped but Danger Remains

OTHER states of the country may have had their own experiences, but this is the first experience for Madhya Pradesh when there was no difference between the State Election Commission and the ruling BJP. On many occasions, it was the chief electoral officer who was seen showing the way to escape the BJP leaders. For example, in these elections, there was a mess in the voter lists, which was never seen before. Not only the names of the people were missing. Rather, the polling stations of members of the same family were different.

Countrywide Road Blockades by Farmers

ON July 31, 2022, Sardar Udham Singh’s Day of Martyrdom, lakhs of farmers in hundreds of places across the nation held massive road blockades and large protest demonstrations against the betrayal of the farmers by the BJP’s central government. In Punjab, in fact, the action was in the form of huge rail blockades at all the major railway stations in the state.This was by far the largest countrywide farmers’ mass action after the suspension of the historic farmers’ struggle around Delhi on December 11, 2021, consequent to the repeal of the three black farm laws.

CPC and World Marxist Political Parties Forum Held

THE International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) hosted ‘The CPC and World Marxist Political Parties Forum’, on July 28, 2022. The general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (PCV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee and President Miguel Diaz-Canel, sent congratulatory messages to the Forum.

Haryana Teachers Protest against CHEERAG

HARYANA school teachers organised protest actions against the CHEERAG scheme of the state government. Under this scheme, the government will reimburse fee of those students who leave government schools and join private schools. An amount of Rs 700 to Rs 1100 will be given as relief/assistance/grant per month. Haryana Vidyalaya Adhyapak Sangh and other teachers’ organisations protest this transfer of public funds to promote privatisation of education.

WHAT IS CHEERAG?

A Government That Controls Everything

PRIME Minister, Narendra Modi, spoke recently about how a strong government should be. Addressing a university convocation in Chennai on July 29, Modi said: “A strong government does not control everything or everyone. It controls the system’s impulse to interfere…A strong government does not move into every domain”. He further said: “A strong government’s strength lies in its humility to accept that it cannot know or do everything”.Fine words, indeed! The only catch is that the government, under Modi, is doing exactly the opposite of what has been pronounced by him.

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