Left Parties Hold People’s Political Convention in Bihar

SIX Left parties – CPI(M), CPI, CPI(ML), SUCI (Communist), RSP and Forward Block – held a joint people’s political convention on September 7, and exhorted the electorate of Bihar to defeat the pro-feudal, communal-corporate combination led by the BJP, to reject the opportunist alliance of JD(U), RJD, Congress combine and to strengthen the Left in the ensuing assembly polls.

Bihar Legislative Council Election: Money Power Subverts Democratic Process

THE outcome of elections to the 24 local body constituencies of Bihar Legislative Council has thrown up new challenges before the Left and democratic forces. The BJP, which managed to bag half of the 24 seats riding on its money power, has now started flexing its muscle over the JD-U, RJD and Congress combine, which poorly imitated the election tactics adopted by the saffron outfit under the leadership of Narendra Modi.

On the Political Developments in Bihar

ELECTION bugle has been sounded in Bihar. Each and every party worth the name has started preparing its political strategy to face the coming assembly elections by posing itself as a savior of a particular caste as caste mobilisation plays a crucial role in Bihar politics due to the structurally entrenched feudal system dominating the day-to-day life of common people of Bihar.

Bihar: A farmer's Suicide Raises Many Questions

DAILY tormented by local money-lenders whom he owed a huge amount of money, Gajendra Singh, a peasant of Sherbhukha village under Maner block, just 25 km away from Bihar capital Patna, committed suicide on April 26.

Education in Bihar: Govt Claims Are Far-fetched

THE condition of education in Bihar is not as encouraging as the state government wants us to believe. The government claims that lots of works have been done in the field of education in the state and the attendance ratio in schools has increased with every child going to school. But as one takes a closer look at the prevailing situation what he/she finds is that the government claims are far-fetched and detached from ground reality.

Bihar Embarks on the Path of Left Unity

THE Left unity got a big phillip in Bihar when CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat and CPI leader Atul Anjan shared dais with CPI(ML) General Secretary Deepankar Bhattacharya in Patna in a ‘Jan Sunwai’ (People’s Court) organised by the CPI(ML) to launch a book exposing the myth of the so-called development of Bihar which is a stinging indictment of the BJP-JD(U) combine who shared power for almost a decade in Bihar.

Trade Union Activities in Bihar

SINCE the state-level conference of CITU in Bihar, many organisational and agitation activities have taken place in the state and they have opened up new possibilities of reaching out to the so-far-untouched sections of the organised and un-organised sector workers in private and public institutions and to the vast masses of self-employed groups.

Six Mahadalit Girls Gang-raped in Bihar

THE horrendous incident of gang-rape of six teenager Mahadalit girls in Kurmuri village under Sikarhatta police station of Bhojpur district did not create the situation which we had witnessed during the Delhi gang rape case.
There was no candle march, no outpourings of emotions, no media reporting from ground zero, no panel discussions on various TV channels and no celebrity visited the place to console the hapless girls who had gone to sell the scrap which they had collected from garbage heaps to help their families in their daily struggle for survival.

SFI Bihar State Conference Held

THE Bihar state conference of SFI, held in Patna on September 6 after a long gap, has raised a great hope among the participants and the newly-elected leadership to bring the mass of the students under the banner of ‘independence, democracy and socialism’ and foster the vision of socialism as the battle cry against the onslaught of neo-liberal agenda pursued by the ruling classes of the county.

Political Developments in Bihar And the Significance of Left Unity

THE 16th Lok Sabha elections have brought about a sea-change in the political landscape of Bihar and have posed a serious challenge before the Left forces in particular and the secular forces in general.

Search form

Peoples Democracy

Bihar