Rich in Rhetoric; Poor in Substance, says CITU Union Budget 2016–17 presented by the union finance minister Arun Jaitley is nothing but a grand exercise in rhetoric, totally devoid of anything substantial that provides relief to the common people and workers. The finance minister sought to camouflage his government’s drive to provide further benefits to the corporate sector by resorting to high sounding words.

THE Left parties, CPI(M) and CPI, have jointly embarked on a 14 day-long ‘Rayalaseema Bus Yatra’ to focus on the issues of backward region and with a demand that a comprehensive package of Rs1,000 crore be announced for the development of Rayalaseema districts.The ‘Rayalaseema Bus Yatra’ was formally flagged off from Tirupati on February 20 by Prakash Karat, Polit Bureau member of the CPI(M) and CPI National Secretariat member K Narayana .The yatra continues  up to March 5, during which period the Left party leaders plan to visit the nook and corner of the region.Addressing a public meeting

THE union budget for the year 2016-17 presented to parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 29, has been termed “pro-poor” and “pro-farmer” by the media. Nothing else could be further from the truth.

Q. Why is the sedition law objectionable and why is the Party opposed to it when there are secessionist forces active in the country? Rajkumar, ChandigarhTHE sedition clause in the Indian Penal Code is contained in Section 124A. This clause was introduced by the British colonial government in the IPC to suppress people who were opposed to British rule. Sedition means inciting people against the authority of the State or the monarch. This notorious clause was used rampantly by the British against freedom fighters.

PRIME Minister Narender Modi had come to Jind to attend an election rally during Haryana assembly elections in 2014.