TRIPURA PANCHAYAT POLLS: Resounding Victory for Left Front

THE Left Front in Tripura has registered a magnificent victory in the just concluded three tier panchayat elections. It has swept the eight zilla parishads. Of the total 116 ZP seats, the CPI(M) won 115 conceding just one seat to the Indian National Congress.

In the panchayat samitis also, the opposition was decimated. The Left Front secured a majority in all the 35 samitis. Of the 418 panchayat samiti seats for which results were declared (out of the total 419 seats), the Left Front won 409 and the Congress 9.

Telangana Shuts Down to Protest Polvaram Bill

AS during the question of division of state, once again it was the CPI(M) that adopted a principled, unified, pro-people stand, while the units of Congress, TDP and BJP took regional, diametrically opposite stands in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states. This time the issue was about the decision of NDA government to get the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill rushed through parliament without any meaningful discussion. The Bill enables the transfer of seven mandals of Telangana to Andhra Pradesh for the Polavaram dam project.

Protest Rallies Condem Israel’s War Against Gaza

DELHI THE world is witness to the brutal attack that Israeli forces have launched on Gaza in which more than two hundred people have died, thousands wounded and more than one lakh people had to flee from the Gaza city, very large number of whom are women and children. To protest against these brutal attacks, Palestinian Solidarity Committee, All India Peace Solidarity Organisation (AIPSO) and Indian People in Solidarity with Gaza called for a demonstration on July 17, 2014 in front of the Israeli Embassy in which a large number of people from CPI(M), CPI, RSP, Forward Bloc

On Union Budget 2014-15

Below we publish the reactions of some of the mass organisations on the union budget 2014-15. All India Kisan Saba The union budget of 2014 presented by the Narendra Modi led NDA government has reaffirmed its pro-corporate and anti-Farmer bias. It aims to promote unbridled profiteering by foreign and domestic capital. It has belied the hopes of the people and also gone back on the pre-election promises of Narendra Modi to control inflation, and make agriculture remunerative as well as an attractive proposition.

Zohra Segal (April 1912- July 2014)

ZOHRA Segal was born in a family of Rohela Pathans in Saharanpur in 1912. It has become fashionable to add the prefix ‘conservative’ before Rohela Pathan, and this is done to highlight the fact that she chose dancing and acting as a career. Obviously the prefix helps reinforce the image of the Muslim as intolerant and posits Zohra as the rebel and therefore abnormal as far as the Muslims were concerned.

The Week in Parliament

IN the beginning of the budget session on July 7, 2014, there was a pandemonium in both the houses. Opposition MPs stormed the well of both the houses protesting against many issues, including increase in prices of essential commodities and petroleum products, rail fare hike, and the ordinance relating to the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Bill.

Forward to Eighth AIAWU All India Conference

AFTER its successful seventh all India conference at Trichy in Tamil Nadu, the All India Agricultural Workers Union now prepares for its eighth all India conference at Warangal in Telengana from July 30-August 2, 2014.

Heavy & Peaceful Polling Recorded In Panchayat Elections

MAINTAINING its record of high percentage of polling, the people of rural Tripura exercised their democratic rights in the elections to the three tier panchayat bodies of the state, on July 15. Though the final figures are still awaited, sources in the state election commission said that the polling percentage could be around 85%.

Left Front Delegation Attacked in Burdwan

A LEFT Front delegation, led by chairman Biman Basu encountered attacks from Trinamool workers in Burdwan when they tried to resettle the Left supporters who had been forcibly driven out of the village.The incident, another example of ruthless atrocities by ruling party goons, took place on July 14 in Hatgobindapur village. The entire village has witnessed cruel torture by TMC hooligans after Lok Sabha elections. Many CPI(M) supporters have been driven out of the village. Particularly the male members of many families are forced to live outside.

The World Cup Is Over, Hail the FIFA!

THE month long football carnival is over and so are the sleepless, night long vigils. The game has once again proved that our hearts and heads need not necessarily be sharing the same vibes. Heart wanted one to win, head said the other will win and win they did. Local favourite and host Brazil lost badly coming out fourth in the competition. For the first time in the history of the game, a European team has won the championship in Latin America. All these are a spectacle for our consumption. Tear off the skin and we will find the real winners and losers.

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