Two Agendas: One Modi

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi during his one year of undisputed and unchallenged leadership of the Indian State had to single-handedly carry on his shoulders an extremely contradictory complex agenda of rising to the expectations of the Hindu Sangh Parivar on one hand and on the other the capitalist class. The public celebrations have been focused on the so-called achievements of the one year of the Narendra Modi government with a view to communicate with the various sections of the public about government’s achievements. However, the one- year celebrations are focused on peripheral basis.

CITU Opposes Govt Move to Amend Industrial Employment Rules

THE Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has opposed the proposed amendment to the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central Rules, 1946, which aims at introducing “fixed term employment” with the unfettered right of the employer to retrench without notice and compensation, and appealed to the government to withdraw the proposal.In a letter to Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya on June 9, CITU General Secretary Tapan Sen said, “It is really shocking because, the Ministry could silently issue the notification without consulting the Central Trade Unions and asking their opinion on

CITU Organises Massive Picketing in Tamilnadu

DEMANDING implementation of seven-point charter of demands, members from various unorganised sectors affiliated to the CITU staged a massive picketing across Tamilnadu on June 9.

The Resistible Rise of Economic and Religious Rights in Gujarat

IN Liberalization, Hindu Nationalism and the State: A Biography of Gujarat (OUP 2012), Nikita Sud traces the state's politics under colonialism and later under its Hindu religious and business elites. Their joint vested interests led to the parallel consolidations of the economic and religious rights in Gujarat. The region inherited a rich mercantile as well as a rich peasant-artisan based handicrafts traditions that go back to three millennia. The region also inherited a rich plural culture that has been well chronicled in early and medieval Indian and Asian sources.

A Small Victory

THE ban on the Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle (APSC) at the IIT Madras and the subsequent lifting of the ban has exposed the intolerance and hypocrisy of the BJP government at the centre. This episode has come at a time when the RSS and the BJP are trying to appropriate the legacy of Dr B R Ambedkar utilising the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of this illustrious leader. In order to do so, they are falsifying history and facts to show that Dr Ambedkar was a supporter of Hindutva and an admirer of the RSS.Ambedkar was a lifelong opponent of the caste system which he identified wit

A Corporate Capital City in the Making

THE Andhra Pradesh government has collaborated with the Singapore government in the building of the planned capital city ‘Amaravati’. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is closely monitoring the collaboration, apart from his regular visits to Singapore. What is unheard of is that this entire process of building the capital city in partnership with foreign companies is resulting in the large-scale displacement of farmers, agricultural labourers and other rural unorganised workers.

Powerloom Workers Stage Massive Rally

ON May 20, 2015, over 15,000 powerloom workers from all four major powerloom centres of Maharashtra held a large and militant rally at Azad Maidan in Mumbai. Although it was held under the banner of the Powerloom Workers Joint Action Committee, the mobilisation of the CITU was by far the largest.

Yechury Underlines Need for Reservations in Private Sector

DODDI Komaraiah Bhavan, commemorating Telangana armed struggle hero from Nalgonda district Doddi Komaraiah, was inaugurated by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury in Nalgonda town on Tuesday, June 02nd. It will be a centre for conducting multifarious activities with involvement of various mass organisations. CPI(M) Central Committee member Cherupalli Seetharamulu hoisted the Party flag while veteran leader Anantharama Sharma unveiled Doddi Komaraiah memorial arch.

Evil Nexus against RTE Act in Tamilnadu:SFI Organises Militant Protests

THE Students' Federation of India organised militant protests across Tamilnadu against the evil nexus of the private schools and the school education department of the government of Tamilnadu, on June 9.J Rajmohan , SFI state secretary, who led a protest at the Directorate of School Education in Chennai asked the government to monitor the fees, since many private schools charge higher than the amount stipulated by the fee fixation committee.There are several schools in the state that charge two to three times higher than the amount fixed by the committee.

Assault on Free Speech will be Strongly Resisted

THE authorities of the IIT Madras have withdrawn the decision to derecognise the student association named Ambedkar-Periyar Study Circle (APSC) on June 6, 2015. It has happened not because of the goodwill of the officials but due to the nationwide struggle launched by democratic and progressive forces in our country. APSC had been derecognised by the dean of students of IIT Madras at the instigation of the ministry of human resource development on May 28, 2015.

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