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For Stability and Prosperity : A Coalition of Secular Democratic Alternative

ADDRESSING the nation on the eve of the Republic Day, President Pranab Mukherjee articulated the almost universal concern in the country over the failure to meet people’s aspirations. Hailing the establishment and evolution of Indian democracy, he said, “I am not a cynic because I know that democracy has this marvellous ability to self-correct. It is the physician that heals itself, and 2014 must become a year of healing after the fractured and contentious politics of the last few years”.

Sit-In against India-Japan Nuclear Agreement

A SIT-IN was organised on January 25, 2014 by Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) at Jantar-Mantar in New Delhi against the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as the chief guest for this year’s Republic Day ceremony on January 26, 2014. His visit was linked with the proposed finalisation of signing of the India-Japan nuclear agreement, which the two governments have been pushing for a long time. January 25 was declared as the National Day of Protest against the India-Japan Nuclear agreement.

MB: Ideological Warrior of the CPI(M)

WE are observing the birth centenary year of Comrade M Basavapunnaiah which began on December 14, 2013. M Basavapunnaiah was one of the key leaders of the Communist Party. Like many leaders of his generation, MB made an all-sided contribution to the development of the Communist movement in the country. From being a student activist he directly joined the Communist Party in 1934 unlike many of his contemporaries who came to the Communist Party after being in the Congress and the Congress Socialist Party.

Polit Bureau Communique

 The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met in New Delhi on January 21 and 22, 2014. It has issued the following statement on January 22, 2014.
 
CURB PRICE RISE OF LPG CYLINDERS
 
The CPI(M) and the Left parties have been protesting against the exorbitant rise in the price of unsubsidised gas cylinders and the ceiling on subsidised gas cylinders of nine per year. Protests against this price rise were held in various parts of the country. In Kerala alone in 1400 places CPI(M) leaders began indefinite hunger strike from January 15.
 

‘Ensure Passage of Street Vendors Bill’

CPI(M) MP and general secretary of CITU, Tapan Sen, has written the following letter to prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh on 25th December seeking his intervention in urgently passing the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2013 in Rajya Sabha. A copy of this letter has been sent to union labour and employment minister, Oscar Fernandes.

ASHA Workers Organise Rally in Bathinda

AT the call of Punjab CITU, a militant rally and meeting was organised in Bathinda on January 20. Despite biting cold, about 1000 ASHA workers and facilitators took part in this rally which was held near Civil Hospital, Bathinda. Several ASHA workers had their little babies with them. The district administration imposed Section 144 and did not allow the holding of rally and procession. But the police had to make a retreat when the CITU leadership told the police that they would defy prohibitory orders and would court arrest.

Night Watch Protest Against Gang-Rape of Danish Woman

THE brutality and brazenness of the recent gang rape of Danish woman near New Delhi Railway Station has shocked everyone in the capital. In the light of growing incidents of sexual assault at public places and increasing feeling of insecurity amongst women, All India Democratic Women’s Association, Jana Natya Manch, Democratic Youth Federation of India, Students’ Federation of India, Jansanskriti, Democratic Teachers’ Federation, Centre of Indian Trade Unions together held a night watch protest at the site of rape incident on January 17.

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