Jharkhand

AIDWA Protest March in Ranchi Against Anti-Women Policies of Modi Govt

A PROTEST march was organised in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on July 25 by the AIDWA state committee against the anti-people and anti-women policies of the Modi government. Later, a delegation met the Governor and submitted a memorandum containing an 18-point charter of demands. Hundreds of All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) activists gathered at Jaipal Singh Stadium and then marched through the main thoroughfares of the city to the Governor’s House, where it culminated into a mass meeting.

Anti-People Policies: Left Parties Plan Demonstrations across Jharkhand

SIX Left parties in Jharkhand have decided to stage protest demonstrations before the Governor House’s in Ranchi and at all district headquarters on July 20 on the issues affecting the people of the state including spiralling price rise, delay and non-supply of text books in government schools and privatisation of public health services.

CPI(M) Welcomes Appointment of First Tribal Woman Governor in Jharkhand

CPI(M) has welcomed the appointment of Draupadi Murmu as the Governor of Jharkhand. Murmu is the first tribal woman to hold the post. Greeting Murmu on her appointment, CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat said the state’s tribal population will be looking forward to the crucial role of the new Governor with great expectations at a time when the Modi government at the Centre is introducing a series of draconian laws including the Land Acquisition Bill and the Mining Act, unleashing a ruthless attack on the rights of tribal people.

CPI(M) Team Meets CEC

ON March 30, a delegation of the CPI(M)’s Jharkhand state committee, led by its secretary G K Baksi, met the chief election commissioner V S Sampat, at the Administrative Training Institute at Ranchi. It was part of the series of meetings scheduled by the commission to meet the representatives of different political parties independently.
The memorandum submitted by the CPI(M) delegation invited attention of the commission and asked for its intervention on the following issues.

Adivasi Adhikar Manch Holds State Convention

THE Adivasi Adhikar Manch organised a state level convention at Dumka in Jharkhand on November 24, 2013 at Shahid Siddhu-Kanhu Nagar, while the stage was rechristened as the Birsa Munda Manch. The convention was filled with zeal to unify the tribals against the various fundamentalist and opportunist groups that are trying to drive a wedge between tribals on religious grounds, i.e. between the Christians and the followers of the Sarna cult.

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