Karnataka: Peoples Alternative Budget Session Held

A THREE-DAY (March 21-24) ‘Peoples Alternative Budget Session’ was held at Freedom Park, Bangalore. It was organised by Samyukta Horata Karnataka – a coordination committee of peasants, workers, dalits, students, youth, and mahila organisations. Ruling party governments do not have any pro-people orientation. No discussion or debate takes place on any vital issue concerning people in the budget session of Karnataka legislature.

Mallu Swarajyam

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on March 20

THE Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its deep grief at the passing away of Comrade Mallu Swarajyam, veteran leader of the Party and legendary fighter of the Telangana People’s Armed Struggle. She was 91.

NPRD Condemns Arbitrary Detention of Disabled Persons in TN

THE National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), in a statement issued on March 22, has strongly condemned the arbitrary detention of hundreds of disabled persons while they were proceeding to Chennai from different parts of Tamilnadu to participate in a demonstration before the state secretariat demanding an enhancement in the amount of disability “pension” at the call of the NPRD affiliate, the Tamilnadu Association for the Rights of all types of Differently Abled and Caregivers (TARATDAC).Reports of police forcibly de-boarding disabled passengers holding valid tickets from tr

Maharashtra CPI(M) State Conference Begins

“THE Narendra Modi-led RSS/BJP regime is sharpening attacks on the federal structure of the constitution, as Maharashtra is experiencing consistently”, said Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the CPI(M), inaugurating the 23rd Maharashtra State Conference at Nagpur on March 20, 2022.

Karnataka: CPI(M) Organises Harmony Convention

“NOBODY has a right to force a girl to wear or not to wear a headscarf. Let girls and their parents decide.” said Brinda Karat, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member at Mangalore, Karnataka. She was addressing a well-attended ‘Harmony Convention’ (Souhardata Samavesha) on March 21 at Kudmal Rangarao Bhavan (Townhall) organised by CPI(M) state committee.Brinda Karat expressed her sadness and anger at the condition of girls, who are breaking barriers to get education in Karnataka, but are being deprived of the universal right to education by a government order.

J&K: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Restoration of Constitutional Rights

THE 12th Party state conference of Jammu and Kashmir was held at Srinagar on March 23, 2022. Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Party attended this conference. The following resolution was adopted at the conference. The overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir has gone further downhill since the BJP government revoked the constitutional autonomy under Article 370 of the region and split it into two centrally controlled territories – Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh on August 5, 2019.

Desecularising the State

THE announcement by the Gujarat education minister that the Bhagavad Gita would be taught in schools as part of the syllabus for class 6 to class 12 students from the academic year 2022-23, is a flagrant breach of the secular principle of the State. It is a fundamental principle of all secular States that State-run schools do not impart religious instruction of any sort. The United States, France, Japan and a host of other countries follow this principle.

Ukraine and the Global Economic War: Barbarism or Civilisation?

DOES the Ukraine war and the action of the US, EU, and the UK spell the end of the dollar as the world's reserve currency? Even if the peace talks between Russia and Ukraine reach a 15-point peace plan, as Financial Times has reported, the fallout for the dollar still remains. For the first time, a major nuclear power and major economy were treated as a vassal state. Its $300 billion foreign exchange reserves lying with the US, EU and the UK were seized.The threat to the dollar hegemony is only one part of the fallout.

Huge Raise in Diesel Price for Bulk Buyers: Another Attack on Public Transport System, says CITU

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), in a statement issued on March 21, has condemns the hike of Rs 25 per litre of diesel for the bulk buyers.

Corporate Biased Recommendations of SC Appointed Committee on Farm Acts

THE All India Kisan Sabha, in a statement issued on March 22, has strongly condemned the recommendation by the Supreme Court appointed committee to bring back the three Farm Acts. AIKS would like to highlight the fact that the members of the SC appointed committee were known for their strong faithfulness to the three Farm Acts unilaterally brought by the union government.

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