ON March 17, the fifth budget of the BJP_IPFT coalition government was placed in the assembly by the finance minister. The total budget proposal is Rs 26,892.67 crore with a deficit of Rs 569.52 crore. Eyeing on the assembly elections in February 2023 there was no proposal for new taxes.The much tom-tommed campaign of implementing the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission was also missing in the budget speech.

THE war in Ukraine is not a simple war. This is not a war merely between two neighbours about a border dispute, for instance. It is a complex war, a war not only between Russia and Ukraine but also a war that involves the United States and NATO (the Trojan Horse of the United States). The battlefield is Ukraine, but it is not only Ukraine.

ON March 21, a big meeting under the banner of the CPI(M) Madhepura district committee was held at Rajni village where landless people have been living for the last 50 years on 300 acres of land. Patna High Court has also given its verdict in favour of these landless people. But a new claimant has arrived on the scene and with the active connivance of the local police, he along with his goons are threatening the people with dire consequences. But the residents are equally determined to save their land with red flags in their hands.

KANNUR, the land with a revolutionary legacy of agrarian revolts and struggles, is in the final stage of preparations to host the 23rd Party Congress of the CPI(M). Arrangements for the conference at the E K Nayanar Academy, Kannur, are almost complete and a public meeting and rally will be held at A K G Nagar at Kannur Jawahar Stadium. The delegate session will be held at the specially constructed E K Nayanar Nagar in E K Nayanar Academy.An exhibition of historical paintings and sculptures titled- 'History A Weapon,’ will start on March 30, 2022, at K Varadarajan Nagar.