AIDWA condemns CJI's Comment against Trade Unions

The AIDWA has strongly condemned the recent remarks of the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, blaming trade unions for industrial slowdown and questioning minimum wages for domestic workers. These observations reflect a neo-liberal mindset that seeks to weaken workers’ struggles and undermine constitutionally guaranteed labour rights.

Uphold the Spirit of the Constitution

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 12, 2026

The Government of India has issued an order giving precedence to the National Song over the National Anthem, which does not reflect the spirit of the Constitution.

Congratulations to Working Class on Successful General Strike

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 12, 2026

The Perverse Strategy of the Budget

SINCE even the highest bourgeois oracle, the IMF, has cast doubts on the veracity of India’s GDP estimates, the precise budget figures based on the assumptions of a certain level, and growth rate, in nominal GDP, mean very little; in fact, the current budget, while announcing several tax measures, has not even bothered to give estimates of how much revenue loss or gain they would cause.

Politics of Displacement and Reclamation of Citizenship: Loka Kerala Sabha as a Socialist Model

TO grow up in Vengara, a quiet geography in the Malappuram district of Kerala, is to witness the paradoxical nature of global capitalism from the front row. I do not write this from the perspective of an expatriate family; my own lineage remained rooted in the soil of Malabar. Yet, as an observer born into this historic cradle of Gulf migration, I have watched my village transform.

‘Fiscal Prudence’ at the Cost of Common People

THE finance minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman presents her ninth budget for the financial year 2026-27 with an estimated GDP of the economy pegged at Rs 393 lakh crores, 10 per cent higher than the GDP of Rs 357 lakh crores estimated for the current financial year. Before the budget, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the First Advance Estimate of GDP for the year 2025-26 on January 7, 2026 and the Economic Survey 2025-26 was tabled by the Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on January 29.

Absent League, Bangladesh Heads to the Polls

FOR the first time in the history of independent Bangladesh, Jamaat-e-Islami believes that a genuine possibility of victory has opened up before it. Even if it does not win outright, it is set to emerge as a powerful opposition force.

An Imbalanced Trade Deal

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 03, 2026.

The announcement of a trade deal between the US and India has generated euphoria in the corporate media. But this is completely misplaced as the details of the agreement are not yet available. It is only when the full scope and details of the trade deal are available, one can make a proper assessment.

A Thoroughly Anti People, Anti Federal Budget

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on February 01, 2026.

Against US Threats to Cuba

Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party, and All India Forward Bloc issued the following joint statement on February 01, 2026

WE strongly condemn the threats issued by the United States of America against socialist Cuba and denounce its decision to block the shipment of oil. This is against the international law and a violation of the UN Charter.

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