BJP Trying Hard to Divide People on Caste & Communal Lines in Bihar: Yechury

ON the occasion of 7th death anniversary of Harkishan Singh Surjeet, a programme was organised at Bundala Manjhki in Punjab's Jalandhar on September 21. The gathering was addressed by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury among others. At the meeting, Yechury expressed fear that the BJP under Prime minister Narendra Modi might use fundamentalist and divisive tactics in the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections to garner Hindu votes.

Joint Platform of Mass Organisations Formed in Bengal

IN a first of its kind, more than hundred mass organisations in West Bengal have formed a common platform to fight on burning issues of the people. Trade Unions, peasant organisations, teachers’ organisations, student-youth-women organisations and representative organisations of all sections of people have joined in this platform, which has been named ‘Bengal Platform of Mass Organisations” (BPMO). This platform will organise a mass convention on September 28 to finalise the schedule of movements.

CITU Condemns Brutal Police Lathicharge on ASHA Workers

The following is the press statement issued by the Centre for Indian Trade Unions on September 23.THE CITU secretariat meeting being held on September 23-24 in New Delhi condemns the severe lathicharge on ASHAs at Nalgonda, Adilabad and Mahboobnagar collectorates of Telangana state on September 23.

Nepal Constitution: A Historic Step

THE adoption of a federal, democratic and secular Constitution in Nepal is a historic occasion. The protracted struggle of the Nepalese people against feudal authoritarianism and for democracy has culminated in the establishment of a federal, democratic and secular State. Eight years after the interim Constitution, after a tortuous political process, the Constituent Assembly voted overwhelmingly (507 out of 601) to approve the Constitution.

RSS against Social Justice: Call to Review Reservations

THE RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat’s call for setting up a committee to suggest changes in the reservation policy was not a stray comment.

TNUEF Organises Seminar to Mark Ambedkar’s 125th Birth Anniversary

TO MARK the 125TH birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, a seminar was organised in Coimbatore by the Coimbatore District Committee of Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF). CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat delivered the special address.

No Protection for Dalits under ‘AHinDa’ Govt

KARNATAKA CM Siddaramayya claims his is an ‘AHinDa’ (government of and for minorities, backwards and dalits) government. But every week events and developments confirm it is anything but true. Two incidents of atrocities on dalits last week in which CPI(M) intervened bear it out clearly. Attacks on dalit homes started in Sigaranahalli (in Hassan district) to ‘punish’ entry of dalit women to a temple (a ‘crime’ according to caste Hindus). In Hulivana village (of Mandya district) the ‘crime’ of a dalit youth was that he fell in love with a caste Hindu girl and married her.

KARNATAKA: Yechury Visits Injured Tribal

ON his way to release the Kannada Daily at Kasaragod on September 10, Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, visited Sundara Malekudiya who was admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru on September 3.48 year old Sundara Malekudiya, a tribal residing at the hilly area of Neriya village of Dakshina Kannada district, was assaulted by a landlord, Gopala Gowda with a weed-cutting machine on July 27. He had suffered serious injury on his left elbow and has lost two fingers in his right hand.

Syria, Empire Driven Catastrophe & the Refugee Crisis

WAS it a mere coincidence? The day Britain and the world was trying to reconcile with the stunning spectacle of Jeremy Corbyn being elected as leader of the Labour Party, London and other major cities across Europe were witnessing massive ‘welcome refugees’ rallies of people.

On Students’ Union Elections in Delhi

ELECTIONS to both Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) were held on 11th September. Both these elections were being held at time when, after the first 500 days of the Modi regime, all the tall claims of ‘achhe din’ have withered away. The assaults on people’s rights and livelihood continue unabated, with unrelenting price rise and attempts to dilute various labour laws.

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