A DELEGATION of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) visited Enkoor village in Bhalki taluk of Bidar district on October 1, 2026, and conducted a detailed study of the developments surrounding the submission of Form 7 objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The visit brought several facts to light.

The delegation comprised Comrade K. Neela, State Secretariat member of the CPI(M), and Comrades Shashikant Dange, Prabhu Santoshkar and Gausoddin, all members of the Bidar District Organising Committee of the party.

CRONY capitalism is one of the hallmarks of the current Union government. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which acts as a mouthpiece and tool for a regime that cosies up to capitalists, has once again become active in Kerala. In this context, it would be appropriate to examine the real picture of the Modi-ED-Adani nexus, which has largely gone unnoticed.

A FEW days ago, Subhash Chandra, a former Member of Parliament of the ruling party and the owner of Zee Group, which helped bring them to power, was hard to miss in the media. That was when the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), passed by the Indian Parliament in 2016 for the benefit of corporate giants, and the associated 'haircuts' came to light, at least to some extent. Some people were shocked to hear that 99.97 per cent of the dues simply vanished into thin air. Those who were shocked should remain vigilant.

VERY recently the eloquent reticence of the Chief Election Commissioner of India, Gyanesh Kumar, has given way to an extremely brief observation. He has opined that notwithstanding the ‘little inconvenience’ of some citizens, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) carried out across the country was necessary to clean up the Electoral Rolls for conducting a ‘fair election’. This could be regarded as the greatest understatement of the century.

RSS sarsanghchalak (supremo) Mohan Bhagwat’s periodic attempts to portray the RSS ideology – and its brand of fanatic Hindutva – as mellow, tolerant, and inclusive are becoming more and more pathetic and meaningless. Nobody believes these sermons, not even their own khaki clad cadres. The most recent instance of Bhagwat’s reflections was in New York, USA, where he declared, “If any Hindu thinks that there should be no Muslim in Bharat (India), he will not remain Hindu.”