THE Janwadi Mahila Samiti, Delhi held its XII State Conference from April 15-17, 2016 in the context of growing assault on the rights of women and working classes under the current Modi government. The conference was attended by 147 women from the NCR region and held deliberations on political situation today and its implications for the social and economic rights of women.

AFTER the assumption of power by the BJP alliance at the centre and Mahagathbandhan alliance comprising of JD(U), RJD, Congress in Bihar, the feudal and the rich classes feel emboldened. They have become more aggressive towards the poor people. Attacks have grown manifold against the weaker sections like dalits, mahadalits, extremely backward classes, minorities and women.On the birthday of Sahjanand Saraswati, the first president of Kisan Sabha and a legendry peasant leader, the entire Kachia village in Nawadah district inhabited by mahadalits, was set on fire.

THE first conference of Telangana Girijana Sangham was held at Achampet in Mahabubnagar district. Addressing a public meeting organised in connection with the inauguration of the two-day conference on April 17, CPI(M) MP from Tripura Jatin Choudary called upon the different sects of people belonging to the  Scheduled Tribes in the country to fight unitedly for their rights. Though the Modi government at the centre has celebrated the 125th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, the framer of the Indian constitution, it has ignored his ideals and objectives, Jatin Choudary has said.

1.  The Party should use scientific methods to move forward. Recently more stress is being given for Whatsapp/Facebook etc. Will this Whatsapp/Facebook alone attract the youths towards our party?2. The mouth propaganda is an important form of campaign for Communists. But the capitalism is trying to prevent this. The advent of new media has tied the people inside houses. The public meetings could not attract the people. This affects our campaign heavily. As communists how to overcome this?Mohan, Trichy1.

THE state committee of the CPI(M) convened a day-long meeting on April 20 for threadbare deliberations on various issues of public importance particularly the recent civilian killings in Handwara area and crisis incited at the National Institute of Technology (NIT).Referring to civilian killings in Kupwara district, the committee strongly condemned the firing incident at the hands of security forces and demanded a time bound judicial probe into these incidents.