IT is rare when a chief minister stages a sit-in protest in Delhi. But Delhi’s Jantar Mantar witnessed this rare spectacle when the Tripura Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar led thousands of people from various states and sat on a dharna on November 26.

A CPI(M) delegation from Jharkhand submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission on November 12, requesting the poll panel to ensure strict measures to curb the use of money and muscle power in the upcoming assembly elections in the state.

AN impressive procession of peasants, workers, women and youth was held in Deoria in Uttar Pradesh on November 1 in solidarity with the people of West Bengal who are under serious attack by the ruling party, TMC goons – police – administration combine.

The procession began from Deoria Sadar railway station and marched through the main thoroughfares of the town, raising slogans and distributing handbills, reached the district magistrate’s office where it converted into a rally, dharna and public meeting.

THE draft Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2014 has been formulated and put in the public domain without assessing the ground realities prevailing in the country. It is claimed that the vision of the Bill is to provide a framework for “safer, faster, and cost effective movements of passengers and freight in the country”. Statements from the ministry also suggest that the Bill incorporates the best evidence-based international safety policies.

THE School Teachers' Federation of India (STFI) organised a national education convention on November 13 in New Delhi's Constitution Club. The slogans were 'Strengthen and Implement the RTE Act, and Save and Uphold the Public Education'. CPI(M) MP Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the convention and Abhijit Mukherjee, the president of STFI, presided over it. Professor Anil Sadgopal, presidium member of all-India forum for right to education, and Professor Santa Sinha, former chairperson of NCPCR, delivered special address at the convention.