MAHARASHTRA: Joint Convention against Modi’s Pet Bullet Train Project

ON June 3, 2018, a large convention against the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, a pet elitist project of the BJP’s Modi government that will lead to disastrous land acquisition from the peasantry in both Maharashtra and Gujarat, was held at Palghar by the Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan (BAA). The joint organisers were the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), Kashtakari Sanghatana, Shoshit Jan Andolan, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Gujarat Khedut Samaj, Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti and others.

Social Media Hub or a Tool of Mass Surveillance?

A RECENT tender document inviting bidders to set up a Social Media Communication Hub for the ministry of information and broadcasting is the latest assault by the NDA government on the rights of the people of India.

The Plastics Crisis

WORLD Environment Day (WED) is observed by the United Nations General Assembly each year on June 5, to commemorate the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment in 1972.

Mazdoor-Kisan March to Parliament on Sept 5

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU) have decided to conduct a massive ‘March to Parliament’ on September 5, 2018. This will be the first ever such march in the national capital, of the three major sections of the toiling people, who produce the wealth of this country.Soon after its general council meeting in the last week of March 2018, where the decision for organising such a rally was taken, CITU has started preparations for the campaign and mobilisation.

CPI(M) Releases Booklets on Four Years of Modi Govt’s Misrule

CPI(M) brought out four booklets which describe the ‘Four years of Modi Government’s misrule’ and ‘why it has to end’. Releasing the booklets on June 1, a press conference was held at the CPI(M) headquarters which was addressed by Sitaram Yechury, general secretary and Brinda Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M).Sitaram Yechury while introducing these booklets stated that this government must go as it has mounted unprecedented burdens on the people. The conditions of the common people have deteriorated very badly in these four years.

POA Act: Restore Status Quo Ante

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 7.THE CPI(M) opposes the announcement of the central government that it will not promulgate an ordinance to nullify the effect of the Supreme Court judgment that rendered the provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities (POA) Act ineffective. This is even more objectionable in the context of the central government refusing any public commitment to introduce a Bill in the monsoon session of parliament to rectify the situation. This is a complete reversal of the position the central government had tak

Bhima Koregaon Dalit Movement: Withdraw Vindictive Action

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on June 7THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its strong disapproval over the manner in which the Maharashtra government and its police is dealing with the aftermath of the widespread violence against large sections of the dalit population who had congregated in Bhima Koregaon to commemorate the anniversary of the battle which was started to be observed by Dr B R Ambedkar himself. This annual commemoration has come to be recognised as a symbol of self-respect of the dalit commun

WEST BENGAL: CPI(M) Supporter Killed in Coochbehar

MURDEROUS attacks on the opposition continue in West Bengal after blood-soaked panchayat elections in the state. Recent targets are those who won the elections braving terror and heinous attacks. In a gruesome incident, CPI(M) supporter Rajan Ali Mian was brutally murdered in Coochbehar district.The CPI(M) candidate Atabul Islam won in one seat in Harirbari village under Jamaldaha village panchayat in Mekhliganj in Coochbehar district. Atabul, a former SFI leader, is popular in his village. He was the only opposition candidate who won in that village panchayat.

Meanwhile in Tripura

The Third Martyr, Pradip DebbarmaTHE number of martyrs in the BJP-IPFT coalition regime rose to three on Monday, June 4. Comrade Pradip Debbarma (35), an active member of CPI(M) and TYF was brutally murdered by saffron goons and his body was thrown away in a nearby rivulet. On Monday morning his body was recovered from that rivulet near a brick cline along the Assam-Agartala national highway in Jirania Subdivision of West Tripura.Since the results of assembly elections, the house of Comrade Pradip has been attacked twice. He was not staying at home.

First Death Anniversary of Kisans of Mandsaur

THE first death anniversary of the six kisans who were shot dead in Mandsaur was observed by the BJP government and the kisan organisations in their own way.The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government turned the state into a fortress of police, fearing the fury and anger of the kisans. For a week, the print and visual media in the state was flooded with false achievements and promises of the government. The kisan organisations as part of the all India protest call, held a demonstration in Mandsaur.

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