The RBI Governor’s Unwarranted Remarks

THE governor of the Reserve bank of India, Dr Raghuram Rajan, while inaugurating the annual conference of the Indian Economic Association at Udaipur on December 27, questioned the wisdom of the debt-waiver scheme for agriculturists, which the UPA government had announced in order to halt peasant suicides. He suggested that it had actually affected adversely the flow of credit to the agricultural sector. Dr Rajan is not the first to question the wisdom of the debt-waiver scheme for agriculturists; many others, especially neo-liberal economists, have done so in the past.

Anti-People Coal Mines Bill

THE Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014 is aimed at de-nationalising the entire coal sector and doing away with the historic Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973. The Bill is not in the interest of the national economy, but in the interest of private corporate entities, both domestic and foreign, as it allows them to play with the most crucial natural resource owned by the people of India for their private gains.

TAMILNADU: Writers Condemn Burning of Tamil Novel by Hindutva Outfits

THE Tamilnadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association (TPWAA) has vehemently condemned RSS and its Hindutva outfits for burning the copies of Madhorubagan, a Tamil Novel by Prof Perumal Murugan.

Alleging that Perumal Murugan’s novel, Madhorubagan, has portrayed the Kailasanathar temple in Tiruchengode and women devotees in bad light, the BJP, RSS and other Hindu outfits have demanded its ban and the arrest of the author. They burnt copies of the book on December 26 at Tiruchengode in Namakkal district.

Tributes Paid to Comrades Ananda Pathak and Arati Dasgupta

RICH tributes were paid to Comrade Ananda Pathak and Comrade Arati Dasguta, frontline leaders of working class movement and CPI(M), in a condolence meeting on December 29 at Kolkata. Both of them breathed their last on November 28.The meeting, presided over by Biman Basu particularly remembered their contribution to the development of working class movement in the state.

CPI(M) Condemns Political Violence in Silli Constituency

THE Jharkhand state secretariat of the CPI(M) has, in a statement issued on December 29, strongly condemned the killing of two adivasi youth and wounding of another person by AJSU backed miscreants in Rahe Block of Silli assembly constituency in Ranchi district.

Govt Formation in J & K

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on December 26.

THE formation of the government of Jammu & Kashmir has become complicated because of the nature of the result and a hung assembly. The BJP, which benefited from the polarisation in the Jammu region, is trying to impose its political design in the formation of the government. This should be resisted in the interests of the unity of the state and safeguarding its special status.

Assam Killings: Govt’s Failure Evident

THE CPI(M) Assam state committee has strongly condemned the barbaric killing of innocent people by terrorists belonging to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (Songbijit) in Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts of the state on December 23. This incident has proved that the state government led by chief minister Tarun Gogoi has once again failed miserably in tackling the terrorist activities and protecting the lives and properties of the people.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau Calls For National Solidarity Actions with Assam Adivasis

BETWEEN January 1 -15, CPI(M) units will organise solidarity actions with the adivasis in Assam who have been the targets of brutal attacks by Bodo extremist organisations. Over 70 adivasis have been killed and 1.15 lakh adivasis have been forced to flee their homes and are living in miserable conditions in camps. While organising such actions on different dates within this period, funds for relief can also be collected.

Land Acquisition Ordinance: Authoritarian Step

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on December 30.

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly opposes the decision of the BJP government to amend the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act through the ordinance route to favour the interests of the corporates and real estate barons. The proposed amendment surrenders the genuine interests of the peasantry and land owners.

Big Business: Illusions about Modi & Hindutva

THE last two weeks have seen various business organisations, editorials in the corporate media and political commentators decrying the spate of communal activities and propaganda in the country. Under the Modi government, the RSS and its outfits are increasingly asserting the Hindutva agenda. The latest has been the campaign to “reconvert” those who have left the Hindu fold. According to the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat, this is not conversion but a ‘ghar wapasi’ and in his words, the return of `maal’ stolen by a thief.

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