WB: People Defeat Fear and Coercion in the Fifth and Sixth Phases

NEAR the end of the election cycle, Trinamool Congress, under Mamata Banerjee's leadership, is increasingly relying on religious polarisation to maintain its eroding support base. Prime Minister Modi is also visiting the state frequently, making provocative statements to further fuel this polarisation and deepen the divide. Both parties are using religious polarisation to distract voters from issues like corruption, misgovernance, and criminalisation. However, this strategy appears to be losing effectiveness, as shown by the massive turnouts at Left parties' and Congress rallies.

Open Statement by Former Civil Servants on Post-Election Scenario

Below we publish an open statement issued by the Constitutional Conduct Group comprising former civil servants, on May 25, 2024. The statement was signed by 98 signatories.

Camouflaging a Class Agenda

AN object lesson in how fascistic outfits operate is provided by the BJP’s attitude towards an inheritance tax. The fact that there has been an immense increase in income and wealth inequality in the country during the neoliberal era is well-known. Indeed this is not a phenomenon confined to India alone; it is an international phenomenon which has been much discussed even in high-bourgeois circles for quite some time.

Migration under Neoliberalism

MOVEMENT of people under capitalism is related to the structure of capitalist accumulation. This entails a complex process of creating new images of modernity, creation of new spaces, consumption of new goods and habits and new areas of commodification and production.

BSNL Employees Union Raises Concern Over BSNL Asset Monetisation

THE BSNL Employees Union (BSNLEU) has addressed a letter to Neeraj Mittal, secretary of telecom, and PK Purwar, chairman and managing director of BSNL, on May 27, to draw their attention to the following concerns requiring prompt action.The secretary of telecom, through letter No. 10-1/2022 – Asset Management, dated May 21, 2024, has highlighted the sale of BSNL’s assets situated in prime locations nationwide. This communication has been widely disseminated on social media platforms, causing apprehensions among BSNL employees.

INDIA Alliance is Poised to Get Majority Seats in Bihar

AFTER the sixth phase of the parliamentary election, only eight seats remain to go to the polls in the last phase on June 1, 2024, in Bihar. The electioneering has reached a fever pitch with visits from prime minister Narendra Modi and various other BJP leaders, who are perturbed by the groundswell of support for the INDIA alliance from the very beginning. This trend has gathered momentum in the last leg of campaigning.

Corruption Grows in the Ten Years of BJP’s Rule

THE BJP's chaal, chehra and charitra is clear. It is no longer a secret that the world's so-called biggest party and its parent organisation RSS are actually the world's richest party and organisation. This wealth is not based on the donations of the party workers and the general public, but on the loot of the common people and the country's resources.

WB: Red Volunteers in Action

RED volunteers have jumped into relief operations in the areas affected by Cyclone Remal in West Bengal. They are actively engaged in providing relief and rehabilitation to the people. Red volunteers, who provided assistance to people during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown, are once again attending to the needs of those affected by Cyclone Remal. They are moving around the affected areas on scooters and bicycles, delivering necessary relief materials to the people.

Remove Cuba from the List of State Sponsors of Terrorism

THE National Committee for Solidarity with Cuba, in a statement issued on May 24, 2024 has demanded the immediate removal of Cuba from the list of State sponsors of terrorism.On May 15, the US had come out with a list excluding Cuba from a list of nations that ‘do not fully cooperate in the fight against terrorism’, which is a welcome but a small step. This however does not mean elimination of Cuba from the general list of the US that designates countries as ‘State sponsors of terrorism’.

It is All About the Constitution

AS the last phase of polling is about to be completed, there is no doubt that the Constitution of India and its protection has been one of the main issues in the Lok Sabha election. Right from the beginning, the leaders of the INDIA bloc of parties had pitched the defence of the constitution as a central theme in their election platform.This had a major impact on a large number of people who had experienced the various facets of authoritarian rule in the country in the past one decade.

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