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Uttar Pradesh Left-led Protests against CAA and NRC

RESPONDING to Left parties’ call to organise countywide protest on December 19, 2019 against CAA and NRC; Left activists, mainly of CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML), and at some places SUCI and AIFB, came out on the streets, in hundreds, at least in 33 districts in Uttar Pradesh as per available reports so far. At some places, Sharad Yadav’s party and some other smalerl parties also joined.

New Govt Declares Review of Modi’s Pet Bullet Train Project

THE new chief minister of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi coalition government, Uddhav Thackeray, soon after taking office, has made the welcome announcement that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Project of the BJP central government will be subjected to a thorough review. This announcement is the result of the consistent struggle waged by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and the Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan (BAA) against the bullet train project for the last few years.

Twelfth National Conference of AIDWA

THE 12th national conference of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), held from December 27-30, 2019 in Mumbai concluded with the call to safeguard the constitution and fight the neoliberal policies and Manuvadi ideology of the current BJP-RSS regime.740 delegates from 24 states attended the conference held in Ahilya Rangnekar Nagar and Mangleshwari Debbarma Hall, Saboo Siddik Polytechnic at Byculla in Mumbai.

State Govt Led Violence in Muzaffarnagar

POLICE violence committed on the residents of Muzaffarnagar on December 20, Friday prayer day, biased treatment meted out to the victims of police violence in respect of the registration of first information reports and complaints by the state and district level administration of Uttar Pradesh, and lack of medical attention to injured is under discussion in the national and international media.Dinesh Abrol (Delhi Science Forum) and Subir Banerjee (Delhi state CPIM) visited the town area of Muzaffarnagar on December 28, 2019 to meet the victims of police atrocities and to hear from them abou

‘PM Pleading Ignorance on NRC is Meaningless’

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that there had been no discussion on a countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC) is not correct, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury has said. Talking to the media in Hyderabad on December 28, Yechury said, “In 2014, answering to my question, the home minister said that NPR (National Population Register) will be started and on the basis of which the process of NRC will begin in all the states. Since then the announcement of NRC made for eight times. This is on record.

Protest Demonstrations Continue across the Country against Citizenship (Amendment) Act

TAMIL NADUAS waves of protest arose in the country against the draconian Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) over the past week, Secular Democratic Front (SDF) led by the DMK had organised a rally in Chennai to join the cause and to expose the subservient role of the ruling AIADMK to the BJP in the centre, which has supported the Act.Chennai police had denied permission to the rally on flimsy grounds and a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was also filed before the Madras High Court to prevent the rally.

Road Transport Workers Oppose CAA

THE All India Road Transport Workers' Federation (AIRTWF), in a statement issued on December 21, has demanded the central BJP government to repeal the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and condemned the brutal attack on protesters.The BJP government, amidst strong protesting voices in the parliament, had passed the CAA to keep away a section of people living in India by striping their rights as citizens. The government has imposed religious criteria by considering certain sections of people, violating the provisions of our constitution.

All India Conference of AIAWU on Jan 1-3

THE All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) with a membership of over seven million members in 16 states of the country is one of the premier organisations of the rural working masses. It is deeply concerned with the worsening condition of the economy of the country whose GDP has sunk to 4.5 per cent, in 2019-20 from 7.2 per cent in 2014-15, with industrial growth falling from 7.3 per cent in July 2018 to  2.1 per cent in July 2019.

Towards National Conference of AILU

THE 13th all India conference of All India Lawyers Union(AILU) will be held on December 27-29,  2019 at Kochi in Kerala. A reception committee of 350 members was formed with P Rajeev former MP as its chairman.The AILU all India conference will deliberate on the issues pertaining to the country especially the recently passed constitutional amendment act, which hits at the basic spirit of the Indian constitution.

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