The Week in Parliament

IN the second week of the Winter Session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off a debate on the 150th anniversary of Vande Mataram. Taking part in the debate in the Rajya Sabha, V Sivadasan said the occasion reminds us of the history of the great national movement. The stanza of the poem is not only to salute the soil of the nation but also to salute the fighting spirit of the masses.

The SHANTI BILL and its Ashanti

THE Modi government's new Bill, the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India (SHANTI) Bill, 2025 (passed by Lok Sabha on December 17 and under discussion in Rajya Sabha), effectively gives a free pass to the suppliers of nuclear plant and equipment.

Higher Education: NEP 2020 to Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill

PROJECTED as a reform to enhance quality and governance, the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 is the legislative culmination of the NEP 2020 project. It centralises control over higher education, erodes federalism and institutional autonomy, facilitates corporatisation and commercialisation, and embeds a Hindutva-driven ideological agenda under the guise of Indian Knowledge Systems.

The Angry Tide Has Washed into Chile.

ON 14 December, the predictable happened: José Antonio Kast, the candidate of the far-right Republican Party, prevailed in the presidential election over Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party of Chile by 58.16 per cent to 41.84 per cent. Kast ran as the candidate of the Cambio por Chile (Change for Chile) platform and was backed by all the parties of the traditional right and the centre-right.

Oppose the Entry of Private Companies in Nuclear Production and 100 percent FDI in Insurance

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on December 13, 2025

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) opposes the Union Cabinet’s decision to open nuclear power generation to allow the entry of private and foreign companies. It also disapproves of the Cabinet’s decision to allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector.

CPI(M) Kerala State Secretariat Review of Local Body Elections

The CPI(M) State Secretariat said in a statement that it will conduct a detailed review into the unexpected setback in the local body elections. The party has moved forward by conducting proper reviews at all stages and making necessary corrections. Through this, the party has a history of regaining more trust.

22 December – All India Protest Day-Left Parties Call for Protest Against Changes in MGNREGA

Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, Revolutionary Socialist Party and All India Forward Bloc issued the following joint statement on December 17, 2025

This Astronomical Level of Inequality is Unsustainable

SOME time back, when Thomas Piketty, renowned for his work on inequality, had observed that inequality in India had surpassed the levels prevailing under the British Raj, all hell had broken loose. Now that the World Inequality Report, 2026 is out in the public domain, issues underlining Piketty’s observation are coming out with sharper relief.

The World Bank Miracle: How to Show Rising Poverty as Declining

OF late, there have been several academic papers and media write-ups on the World Bank’s 2025 claim of steeply declining extreme poverty in the world, especially in Asia. It would be wonderful if this was true, but it is not true. This claim is spurious, arising from a statistical legerdemain that the Bank and governments have practised for many decades, ignoring all criticism.

The Great Kolkata G.O.A.T Scam

AH, the legendary Messi Kolkata visit — truly a masterclass on how to take a multi-million-dollar opportunity and deliver absolutely nothing in return, all thanks to the impeccable management skills of the powers that be!

Let us all stand and applaud the sheer, unparalleled brilliance of the esteemed state government and their associated organising bodies. They didn't just host an event; they orchestrated a perfectly efficient display of VIP greed and administrative incompetence that will forever be etched in the annals of sporting farce.

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