Farmers Fight for Compensation for Land Taken Over for Solar Hub

HUNDREDS of farmers belonging to Nambulapoolakunta in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district have been protesting against the denial of compensation to them after their land was taken over for a solar hub. The government of Andhra Pradesh decided to establish the solar hub at Nambulapoolakunta and the responsibility for its construction was handed over to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).

An Exclusionary Judgment

THE recent judgment of Supreme Court (Rajbala & Ors. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors) upholding the amendments to the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act has been widely perceived as unjust, anti people, and exclusionary. In effect, it disqualifies a majority of persons including the most poor and marginalised sections of Haryana from contesting elections. These amendments add certain educational and other disqualifications for contesting elections to the three-tier panchayati raj institutions. They stipulate that a person has to pass the matriculation examination to contest.

Founding Conference of Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (Delhi-NCR) Held

THE founding conference of Dalit Shoshan Mukti Manch (Delhi-NCR) was held on November 29, 2015.

Dr Asim Bala, co-convener of the All India DSMM inaugurated the conference by garlanding the picture of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar. A three-member presidium consisting of Brahmjeet Singh, Rampal and Sonia Verma was elected to conduct the proceedings. A one member-credentials committee consisting of Maimoona Mollah and a one member-minutes committee consisting of Puran Chand was elected as well.

AIKS, AIAWU & CITU to Jointly Observe Jan 19 as an All India Day

IN view of the urgent need to intensify resistance to the onslaught of the neo-liberal policies and preserve unity of the toiling people, a meeting of the central leadership of All India Agricultural Workers’ Union (AIAWU), All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) was held to discuss possibilities of developing joint actions of these three sections.

Myanmar: Partial Comeback for Civilian Rule

IT has been an electoral sweep for the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party led by the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi in the general elections held on November 8. It was the first open elections held in the country after a gap of more than twenty five years. In the last free elections held in 1990, the NLD had won a landslide victory. The military junta ruling the country at the time refused to accept the electoral outcome. Harsh political repression followed. Suu Kyi was first arrested in 1989. In all, she spent around 15 years under house arrest.

CPI(M) State Committee Reviews Bihar Assembly Election Results, Thanks People for Defeating BJP

THE two-day meeting of CPI(M) Bihar state committee, held in Patna from December 2 to December 3, reviewed in detail the outcome of the assembly election, its impact, and the performance of the Party as well as the newly-formed Left bloc.The October-November assembly election attracted the nation’s attention and everybody was anxiously awaiting the results.

KARNATAKA: Writers of Four States who have Returned Awards Meet in Dharwad

ON November 27, a unique meet was held in Dharwad, the place where Prof Kalburgi was recently murdered. Writers who had returned their awards to Sahitya Akademi and various other academics and government servants from four states came together to tell the people why they had returned their awards. The occasion was the birthday of Prof Kalburgi. A group of writers from Gujarat under the leadership of Dr Ganesh Devy who had returned his Sahitya Akademi and Padma Sri awards, started a yatra from their state which they called Dakshinayan.

Join Struggles of CPI(M) to Build a Modern India: Yechury

JOIN the struggles of CPI(M) in order to build a modern India, Party general secretary Sitaram Yechury told at a public rally in Rajahmundry on December 12, organised on the occasion of the extended meeting of the Andhra Pradesh state committee. The rally was held at the historic Subrahmanya Maidan and it was presided over by CPI(M) East Godavari district committee secretary D Seshu Babji.

THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT

IN Lok Sabha, speaking on the flood situation in various parts of the country, M B Rajesh said that while Karnataka was declared drought hit, Tamil Nadu is facing devastating flood. The whole country has shown the great consideration and solidarity with the people of Tamil Nadu. I was participating in a fund collection in Cochin, within 20 minutes, we could collect more than Rs 1 lakh. As many as 302 districts out of 676 in the country are facing drought. Eight states have already been declared drought hit.

To Build a New World

THE Left and progressive forces in the Latin American continent are passing through turbulent times. Marta Harnecker, in her recently published book, A World to Build, Monthly Review Press, (Indian edition by Aakar) 2015, discusses very briefly the background in which the present Left, progressive governments had come to power, their character, differences between these governments and the challenges they are facing.

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