“Strengthen Federalism by Restructuring Centre – State Relations”

Below we reproduce the note submitted by Manik Sarkar, chief minister of Tripura to a meeting on federalism and centre-state relations organised in New Delhi on September 30, by the Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. INDIA requires a more federal system to strengthen the democratic framework of the Indian State. The powers of the states in the legislative, administrative and financial spheres are limited even though they have a major responsibility to ensure development and fulfill the needs of the people.

AIDWA Fights for "My Choice, My Right"

IN a democratic country where the constitution provides the right to live with dignity to all its citizens, choice becomes an important matter.

Arrest Sangeet Som

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on October 5, 2015.

THE Polit Bureau condemns the hate speech made by BJP MLA Sangeet Som in Bishada village in Dadri yesterday. This village was witness to the gruesome and pre-planned murder of Mohammad Akhlaq by a communal mob on the night of September 28. The relevant provisions of the law should be invoked against Som and he should be arrested immediately.

Organise Protests against Kolkata Lathicharge

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on October 2.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the brutal lathicharge on peaceful protesters in Kolkata on October 1. The Kolkata Left Front had organised a march to the Kolkata Police Headquarters at Lalbazar protesting against the deteriorating law and order in the city, police atrocities against Left Front workers and the hooliganism indulged in by the Trinamul Congress.

PUNJAB: Left Parties to Hold State-wide Dharna on Oct 12

Thousands of CPI(M) workers will participate in the dharnas in support of the demands of peasants and workers on October 12, 2015.THE CPI(M) Punjab State Committee has called for maximum participation of people in the dharnas to be held at all district headquarters in Punjab on October 12, 2015, in support of burning problems of peasants and agricultural workers.This was one of the key decisions taken at a meeting of the state committee held at Chandigarh on October 7, 2015.

Communal Killing in Dadri

THE Prime Minister maintains his record of “opportunistic silence” while his warriors wreck havoc on constitutional guarantees and legal frameworks. The horrific incident of lynching of a 50-year-old Muslim man and assault on his 21-year-old son in Bishada village following rumours that the family had killed a calf and eaten beef is the bloody harvest being reaped from the seeds of hatred sown by the Sangh Parivar on the issue of cow slaughter.

WEST BENGAL: Brutal Attack on Democracy

‘DACOITY in Daylight’, ‘Blood on the streets as Bengal goes to the polls in civic elections’, ‘Hide, Didi, Hide’, ‘ Unabated Lumpenraj’, ‘Elders stand up to goons of Trinamool in Bidhannagar’- these are some of the headlines in leading newspapers on October 4. They were reporting polls in three Corporations in West Bengal the day before.

Black Money Farce

NARENDRA Modi’s boastful claim that he will bring back all the black money stashed abroad is fast turning into a farce. Modi had promised during the Lok Sabha election, to bring the lakhs of crores of rupees illegally kept abroad. He had declared that when all this money comes home, every person in India would get Rs 15 lakhs. The government had got a legislation passed in parliament Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income & Assets) Imposition of Tax Act 2015.

West Bengal: War on the People

THERE was an all-out assault on democracy when elections to the Bidhannagar municipal corporation, the Greater Asansol corporation and the Bali corporation were held on October 3. Trinamul Congress gangs led by its leaders indulged in booth capturing and false voting. The elections in Salt Lake under the Bidhannagar corporation were completely falsified with fake voters being deployed from outside, attacks on genuine voters who tried to vote and assaults on journalists who sought to cover the rigging of the elections. The fact that 13 journalists were injured here shows the ferocity wit

Keep the Momentum Alive, says CITU Secretariat

THE full secretariat of the CITU met in New Delhi on September 23- 24, to have a preliminary review of the countrywide general strike on September 2, 2015 and formulate future tasks to carry the movement forward. 31 out of the total 35 secretariat members from all over the country attended the meeting. The initial assessment of the central trade unions that the strike was massive and unprecedented was endorsed by the full secretariat of the CITU.

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