Vol. L No. 41 October 11, 2026

Enough is Enough

THE independent constitutional authority, Election Commission of India, tasked to conduct free and fair elections, today stands like the naked Emperor. Since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was launched on June 24, 2025, for Bihar, it was clear that it was not intended to clean up the electoral rolls. It had no precedent contrary to what was claimed...
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The Specificity of Neo-fascism

GEORGI DIMITROV, the outstanding Bulgarian Communist leader who had presided over the Seventh Congress of the Comintern and piloted the tactics of United Front to fight fascism, had earlier been an accused in the Reichstag Fire case and imprisoned by the Nazis after they had come to power in Germany in 1933. Dimitrov had rejected the offer of a lawyer provided by the Court and had defended himself during the trial. In his defence he had wanted to cross examine Herman Goering...

The Bug is Not in the EVM But Who Selects the Voter

"YOU have no business asking them to fill Form 6 because the system didn't allow you to do it on Form 8." With this one sentence, on 30 September, a division bench of the Bombay High Court at Goa, Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar, put its finger on the key issue of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). The SIR has left out more than 13 crore voters, and their only way back is to lie and claim they are first-time voters.

Neoliberalism and Limits of Democracy

It seems to be a paradox that Indian democracy faces its biggest crisis when the economy is recording the highest growth rate in the world. The growth rates of GDP and the tall claims of emerging as a Viswaguru, and promises of becoming Viksitbharat by 2047, under the stewardship of Modi are increasingly failing to contain the rising discontent among the masses. Capitalism often faces crisis in either of the two ways: first, a crisis of profitability or a...

Karnataka: RSS/BJP Conspire to Get Muslim Voters Deleted Through Form 7

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.

Tripura: Left Front Holds Ground despite Repression in Tripura ADC Village Polls

Despite attacks, intimidation, threats and attempts to prevent the Left Front from contesting, the CPI(M)-led Left Front has registered a significant increase in its vote share in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) village committee elections. The results have also exposed the limitations of the ruling BJP and its allies in expanding their support...

CPI(M) Condemns the Arrest of Youth and Student Protesters

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the detention of hundreds of youth and students who had gathered at Jantar Mantar, Delhi, today demanding the immediate ouster of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who was instrumental in converting the ECI into a back office of the BJP’s election work.

The Struggle for a New West Asian Order

EVER since the end of World War II, the United States – along with the former colonial powers of the region, Britain and France – dominated the region of West Asia from the Mediterranean Sea to the Hindu Kush mountains. With the emergence of the region as a major producer of oil and natural gas – the fuel of the modern industrial era – the United States invested resources to build a web of military bases and to work with its NATO allies to ensure that no...

AP:From Dissent to Power: How Successive State Govts Turned Against Protests

The pattern of championing democracy while in opposition but resorting to coercive measures after coming to power has characterised successive governments in Andhra Pradesh. During its five-year tenure, the TDP government, the first government after the bifurcation of the state, adopted a hostile approach towards opposition parties, civil society organisations and employees,...

Oust the CEC, Halt the SIR

On October 8, the Delhi unit of the INDIA Bloc held a strong protest at the office of the Chief Electoral Officer in Kashmere Gate, Delhi, against the deletion of lakhs of voters’ names from the electoral rolls through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Hundreds of people participated in the protest and demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.

Lucknow Seminar Discusses Deepening Inequality in Education System

A SEMINAR was organised by the Jan Vichar Manch on September 20, at the packed Kaifi Azmi Auditorium in Lucknow to remember Comrades Ashok Garg and K.K. Chaturvedi. The theme of the seminar was “Our Education, Our Future.” The keynote speaker was renowned educationist Prof. Anita Rampal, former Dean of the Department of Education at the University of Delhi.

Polit Bureau Statements

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statements

 

Condemn BJP Government’s Disgraceful Position on Venezuela