Peoples Democracy newsletter

Peoples Democracy newsletter

Vol. XLII No. 23

NARENDRA Modi had promised to create two crore jobs during the election campaign for 2014 general elections. This attracted massive support for the party and Modi because people were frustrated with a decade of jobless growth under the UPA. They thought achche din (good days) were finally going to come.Four years have passed and Modi government has spectacularly failed on this count. In fact Modi sarkar’s policies have led to job losses rather than creating more jobs.

The Push for Privatising Banks

FROM the very beginning, there has always been a demand for undoing bank nationalisation in India. This demand naturally gathered momentum with the adoption of neo-liberal policies. It was completely unacceptable to international finance capital that the bulk of the banking sector in a country like India should remain under public ownership.

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.

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.

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