Drive for One-Party Rule Targets Opposition

THE BJP has launched a full-fledged drive to organise defections from the Congress and some other opposition parties. After getting Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD to defect to the BJP, there has been a spate of defections of individual leaders, MLAs and former legislators of the Congress in different states.In the past one month alone, there was the declaration by two Congress MLAs in Assam of supporting the BJP government in the state; one of them was the working president of the Assam Congress. This was followed by the defection of Ashok Chavan, former chief minister an

Odisha: CPI(M) Holds Padayatra of Tribal People in Malkangiri

RESPONDING to the call of the CPI(M) in Malkangiri district, the southern-most adivasi-dominated district of Odisha, 400 tribal youth donning red T-shirts and cape marched in a padayatra of 170 kilometres. The padayatra started on February 12 from Janbai and culminated at Malkangiri, the district headquarters, on February 20.Janbai is an area within the Chitrakonda reservoir in the ‘Swabhiman Anchal’, the erstwhile cutoff area encompassing 151 villages of nine gram panchayats surrounded by water from three sides.

Puducherry: Persisting Struggle for Reopening Ration Shops

THE Puducherry CPI(M) state unit has initiated a prolonged and widely supported struggle on February 19, 2024. The coalition government of NR Congress and BJP has persistently refused to reopen ration shops across the state since their electoral victory in 2021, causing significant distress to the poor, downtrodden, and middle-class people of Puducherry. The total population of the state is 15 lakhs.Out of the 3,52,382 ration cards issued, 1,60,211 are red ration cards (allocated to below poverty line families), and 1,66,142 are yellow ration cards.

Telangana: House Site Movement Activists Continue to Face Police Wrath

THE poor in Telangana, who have been waging struggles for houses and house site pattas for the last three years, are now looking towards the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government with high expectations. In this background, a state convention was held on February 20 in Hyderabad with the activists of the ‘hut centres’ (centres where landless poor demanding house pattas have erected huts).About 250 activists representing 69 centres in 19 districts participated in the convention and appealed to the newly formed Congress government for the allotment of house sites. It may be noted that only two

Defeat BJP to Protect the Transport Sector: AIRTWF

The national working committee meeting of the All India Road Transport Workers’ Federation (AIRTWF) , met on February 27-28 in Thiruvananthapuram, and unanimously resolved to work hard to defeat the BJP led NDA in the ensuing general elections.

Latest Family Spending Data Paints Bleak Picture of Incomes

AFTER a long wait of 11 years, the government finally released summary data for how much each person spends on all consumption in a month, known formally as monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE). Since there are no income surveys in India, this consumption expenditure data serves as a proxy for incomes – one can get an approximate idea of how much a family is earning from the numbers for how much it is spending.

WB: Mass Civil Disobedience Despite Police Atrocities

RESPONDING to the call of mass mobilisation, civil disobedience and grameen bandh given by Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), and the Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions/Federations/Associations and various other mass organisations of the state, Bengal erupted in a wave of protests on February 13. Though the programme was slated to happen on February 17, it was held earlier in the state due to the oncoming board examinations. Across the state, workers and farmers in huge numbers took to the streets and demonstrated against the anti-worker, anti-farmer policies of the Modi government.

Grameen Bandh Evokes Good Response in Bihar

AMIDST the political turmoil in Bihar caused by Nitish Kumar's shameless opportunism, the widespread anger of the people manifested itself on February 16, 2024.

AIKS Demands Safeguarding the Interests of Farmers in the WTO Negotiations

THE All India Kisan Sabha, in a statement issued on February 28, said the on-going 13th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at Abu Dhabi clearly demonstrates that its entire mechanism is inherently against the interests of the developing countries in general and against the interests of farmers and the poor producing classes in particular.

Maha: Tribal Farmers Demand Forest Land

Farmers and tribals under the banner of CPI(M), take part in an indefinite sit-in agitation in front of the Nashik district collectorate.

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