Special Intensive Revision (SIR) or Intensive Subversion of Rolls (ISR)? This is the most hotly debated topic this election season – not just in the run up but perhaps even more so in its aftermath.
SIR is Unprecedented: Not Revision, but Subversion
THE illegal US-Israeli war on Iran has entered a dangerous new phase. What began in late February as a coordinated United States–Israeli military campaign aimed at crippling Iran’s nuclear energy and missile infrastructure has evolved into a prolonged regional conflict with profound geopolitical consequences. Over the past week, the fragile ceasefire negotiated in April has steadily deteriorated, with renewed clashes in the Strait of Hormuz threatening to engulf the Persian Gulf in a wider war.
Results of the recently concluded assembly elections point to various churnings in the Indian political landscape. One, the CPI(M)-led LDF’s defeat in Kerala despite historical initiatives in development and welfare calls for serious introspection on our part. Two, BJP’s victory in West Bengal, re-election in Assam and the NDA being elected back to office in Puducherry underlines the consolidation of BJP’s electoral prowess.
THE massive victory of BJP in West Bengal has temporarily relegated to the background the quiet and Machiavellian tactics of BJP to take power in Bihar.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 9, 2026
THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) denounces the operationalisation of Labour Codes by the Union Government, through the notification of Central Rules for the same, on May 8, 2026.
AS part of its campaign in recent elections, the BJP organised “Nari Shakti Vandan” programmes in various parts of the country in the form of women’s outrage rallies or torch processions.
In Uttar Pradesh, under the “Nari Shakti Mission”, letters have been sent by the Higher Education Secretary to degree colleges instructing them to organise seminars and various programs on “Nari Shakti Vandan” among girl students and to send reports along with photographs to the government.
STARTING from May 5, 2026, the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, to May 12, six massive rallies under the leadership of the CPI(M) and the AIKS, with the participation of more than 31,000 peasant women and men, marched to the respective sub-divisional officers’ (SDO) offices in Dahanu, Bhiwandi, Wada, Jawhar, Vasai and Palghar, and submitted thousands of land-related claims.