Failure of Modi Govt in the Education Sector

IN the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, people gave singular majority to the BJP.Now, after almost five years, a lot of people who had believed the promises of ‘achhe din’, are probably biting their tongues and considering whether they did speak too soon? BJP wrote in its election manifesto in 2014,“25 crore employment opportunities will pull the on rising unemployment rate down.” The BJP had also promised that 2 crore new jobs will be provided every year in the run up to the 2014 election. However, the reality is different; 11 million jobs were lost in the year 2018.

Central Trade Unions Support BSNL Strike

THE united platform of all the unions of employees and officers of BSNL has jointly decided to go in for three days countrywide strike in all BSNL establishments in the country on February 18-20, against the blatant violation of the assurances given by the Government of India to sort out the long pending just demands of the employees and officers.

Baseless Allegations against Prajasakti Daily

A LIST of companies under the scanner of Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in the backdrop of demonetisation was announced in the parliament in March 2018. This list contains the name of Prajasakti Printers & Publishers Pvt Ltd also. Basing on this, some concocted, baseless stories appeared in some sections of media.

Forty Years of the 1979 Revolution and Iran Today

Below we publish the interview with Mohammad Omidvar, member of the Polit Bureau and Spokesperson of the Tudeh Party of Iran. He is the editor of Nameh Mardom, the party's central organ. 1. The February 1979 Revolution in Iran has been assessed as the most participative social revolution in the 20th century. What were the key factors in the final years of the Shah’s rule that led to the Revolution? Iran under the Shah had the appearance of a strong, pro-western state.

On Ominous Developments in West Bengal

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on February 4, 2019IT was way back in 2014 that the Supreme Court had asked the CBI to investigate on the larger conspiracy involved in the loot of crores of rupees of people’s savings by chit fund companies like Saradha, Rose Valley etc. For full five years, contrary to its loud promises, the Modi government did not move seriously on this matter. During this period, many of the Trinamool Congress leaders who were prime accused in these scams like MPs Mukul Roy and Hemanta Sharma, moved over to the BJP.

BJP’S Authoritarian Assault

CPI(M) Polit Bureau of has issued the following statement on February 2THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the arrest of Anand Teltumbde by the Pune Police. He was taken into custody at Mumbai airport at around 3.30 am.It may be noted that the Supreme Court of India has granted this renowned scholar four weeks protection from arrest to enable him to obtain bail.

Mock Battle between BJP and TMC

THE Supreme Court order directing the Kolkata police commissioner to present himself before the CBI for questioning at a neutral venue and, at the same time, directing the CBI not to take any coercive action like arrest against the police officer has exposed the political posturing by both sides – Mamata Banerjee and the TMC government on one side and the BJP and the Modi government on the other. While Mamata Banerjee sought to project herself and her government, through her dharna, as victims of the machinations of the BJP government at the centre, the BJP has been loudly asserting that th

Venezuelans Stand Tall

SO the reasons for the US meddling and interference in the internal affairs of Venezuela are finally out, direct from the horse’s mouth. Of course it is about oil, gold, diamonds and all the other natural resources that Venezuela has. But above all, it is about something more, as US president Donald Trump has stated in his State of the Union, ceremonial address to the US citizens.

Protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Responding to the call of the CPI(M) Central Committee to organise protest demonstrations throughout the country on February 4, demanding the withdrawal of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, protest rallies and processions were organised across the country.

Meanwhile in Tripura

THE Vision document of BJP for the assembly election of 2018 had promised to give 50,000 government jobs to the unemployed youths of Tripura within one year if they formed government. But after 11 months of the BJP led government in office, the much hyped promise of 50,000 government jobs remains unfulfilled. Further, the moves of the government make it clear that it wants to close the doors of government employment for the youth.

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