HIMACHAL PRADESH: CPI(M) Condemns Congress Govt’s Attack on its Office

THE Himachal Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in a press statement issued on March 19 has strongly condemned the brutal lathicharge on the protesting students at Vidhan Sabha chowk, which was followed by an attack on CPI(M) office which was ransacked and the leadership of the Party was mercilessly beaten up. The leaders were dragged and given harsh beating inside the office and were taken to Boileauganj police station. Even there they were not spared and each one of them was separately beaten up in a room while the lights were switched off.

KERALA: Murder of Democracy and Assault on Women MLAs

THE heinous manner in which the UDF government in Kerala sought to crush the protest of the LDF against K M Mani who faces bribery charges in connection with the bar license row, led to a series of unruly scenes in the assembly.

NPRD Says Rail Budget is Disappointing

THE executive committee of the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD) in a statement issued on February 26, 2015 noted that the rail budget was very disappointing from the perspective of persons with disabilities.

Politics RSS Plays

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi, under pressure at home and from abroad, felt compelled to state that “my government will not allow any religious group, belonging to the majority or the minority, to incite hatred against others, overtly or covertly”.

Politics First, Education Can Wait

IMPERIOUS and heedless, the Trinamool Congress decided that its priority, to hold and presumably win in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections was higher, in fact much higher than the needs of 1.53 lakh applicants from West Bengal and other states waiting to take the Joint Entrance Examinations for admission in engineering and medical courses.

THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

THE second week of the Budget Session witnessed a historical victory of the CPI(M). It was only the fourth instance in Rajya Sabha's history that an amendment moved by the Opposition to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address was passed. The amendment was passed in embarrassment to the Modi government reminding it of its minority status in the Upper House.More than 80 amendments were moved in both the houses of Parliament by CPI(M) members.

Confidence Inspiring Conference

THE first state conference of Telangana state unit of CPI(M) was marked by confidence inspiring deliberations about the future of the Party and the Left in the newly created state. Placing the Political-Organisational Report after the inaugural session before the 700 delegates, state secretary Thammineni Veerabhadram said the crucial element for the future is the unity between Left, democratic and social forces in Telangana. The CPI(M) is committed to taking this unity to higher levels. Already 10 Left parties in the state are working in tandem on various issues facing the public.

People Determined as Brigade Clads Red

ELECTORAL reverses or ruling class terror, nothing can prevent Red flag in West Bengal from marching forward. Brigade Parade Ground, scene of many historic rallies in Kolkata, stood witness to this fact again on March 8 with a massive rally of the CPI(M).This year’s Brigade rally marks the inauguration of the 24th West Bengal state conference of the Party. For the last few days, numerous streets and walls of this state carried the call of ‘Brigade Cholo’ with posters and flexes.

Funds from Masses & Work for Masses

THE experience of the Party state committees of Andhra Pradesh (AP) and Telangana in raising funds from the masses in the run up to the 21st Congress has been very rich and inspiring. These fund collection drives were conducted in Hyderabad from January 20 to February 10 and in all 13 district headquarters of AP from March 1 to 10.About 3,000 workers and activists from all districts of Telangana participated in the drive in Hyderabad. Of them, about 1,800 were part of the drive throughout.

‘Forest Land Cultivators’ Fight Back Police Action

IN Karnataka “Forest land cultivators” or “Bagair-Hukum” cultivators is how the government describes the peasants who have been cultivating the forest land for generations. There are more than 16 lakh such cultivators in the state who have applied for getting the rights over their land. The government however, summarily rejected 12 lakh applications and also the future of the rest is hanging in doubt. These cultivators have been termed as “encroachers”, equated with land grabbers and the government has filed an affidavit to that effect in the High Court.

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