Kejriwal Arrest: Rise Unitedly in Protest

THE arrest and detention of Arvind Kejriwal, chief minister of Delhi, by the Enforcement Directorate is a turning point in the steady erosion of democracy in India. This brazen assault on the democratic system is a first in many respects. It is the first time a sitting chief minister whose party commands more than four-fifth majority in the assembly has been arrested, for the first time the head of a national political party has been put behind bars.

Workers Betrayed! Defeat BJP!!

THE ten years of Modi led BJP government saw a relentless attack on the livelihood and working conditions of the workers. The hard won rights of the workers are sought to be curtailed to facilitate their unbridled exploitation by the big corporates.The BJP government has subsumed twenty nine existing labour laws into four labour codes. It is being propagated that these would universalise minimum wage, expand social security coverage and improve working environment.

Amended Water Act Permits Pollution by Corporates

THE government has secured the latest in a series of enactments seriously diluting earlier legislation on environmental issues, this time on water pollution. As has become customary with the Modi government, objections by the opposition were brushed aside, and there was virtually no discussion in either house of parliament.

Tripura: Huge Youth Rally at Agartala Vows to Defeat BJP

AGARTALA, the capital city of Tripura, witnessed a large wave of red flags and banners on March 14. On that day, a huge youth rally was organised jointly by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) state committee and the Tribal Youth Federation (TYF). Thousands of youth coming from different corners of the state took siege of the city avenues and raised a call for protecting the country, the constitution, secularism, right to education and employment besides making a bold appeal against all sorts of drug addiction.

Comrade Jaisingh Mali

COMRADE Jaisingh Mali, who was a member of the CPI(M) Maharashtra state committee for over two decades, former district secretary of the CPI(M) Dhule-Nandurbar district committee, and for long one of the vice presidents of the AIKS Maharashtra state committee, passed away at his home in Mod village of Taloda tehsil of Nandurbar district, due to a sudden heart attack on March 16, 2024. 71-year-old Jaising Mali was one of the senior most adivasi comrades in Maharashtra, who joined the Party over 40 years ago in 1982.

TN: 'Modi's Guarantee to People was Hunger, Poverty and Bulldozer'

"PRIME Minister Modi had declared (about corruption), 'na khaunga na khane dunga' ( neither would I eat, nor would I allow anybody else to eat), but the electoral bonds reveal that his party is the greatest eater of corporate funding ever heard of, said Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member. They claimed to wipe out corruption and it is now clear that they lied to the nation and cheated the people of the country by taking more than half of the total sale of electoral bonds. Delivering the special address at the public meeting organised by the Central Chennai district committee of CPI(M)

Hindutva and Social Justice Cannot Go Together

THE cat was let out of the bag when Prime Minister Modi openly declared his support for sanatana dharma. In September of last year, when Udayanidhi Stalin made sharp and critical remarks suggesting that sanatana dharma opposes the notions of social justice and equality, Modi staunchly defended it. He rebuked those who criticised sanatana dharma, accusing them of harbouring a hidden agenda aimed at its destruction. He also goaded his ministers and party members to join the Hindutva propaganda brigade to mount a counter offensive against the detractors.

Delhi: Alipur Factory Fire: Exposing the Realities

TEN workers were killed in a massive fire and subsequent explosion that occurred on the morning of February 15, 2024, at a paint factory in Alipur, situated on the northern outskirts of Delhi. This incident is not an isolated one within Delhi's factories.

2024 Lok Sabha Elections: Second List of CPI(M) Candidates and Seats to be Contested

Number of seats contesting	Name of State	No of seats	Name of Constituency	Name of Candidate
	Andaman & Nicobar	1

No to ‘One Nation, One Election’

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 15THE recommendation of the High Level Committee to hold simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies and the steps proposed to achieve this are retrograde and will usher in a centralised authoritarian political system in the country. There are 18 amendments to the constitution and other statutes proposed in the report.

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