Youth Should be Motivated and Encouraged to Emulate Surjeet & Gopalan: Yechury

A YAADGARI samagam to mark the 14th death anniversary of Comrade Harkishan Singh Surjeet was organised by daily Desh Sewak & Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna Bhawan Memorial Trust at Chandigarh on August 3.

BJP's Land Has Slipped but Danger Remains

OTHER states of the country may have had their own experiences, but this is the first experience for Madhya Pradesh when there was no difference between the State Election Commission and the ruling BJP. On many occasions, it was the chief electoral officer who was seen showing the way to escape the BJP leaders. For example, in these elections, there was a mess in the voter lists, which was never seen before. Not only the names of the people were missing. Rather, the polling stations of members of the same family were different.

Countrywide Road Blockades by Farmers

ON July 31, 2022, Sardar Udham Singh’s Day of Martyrdom, lakhs of farmers in hundreds of places across the nation held massive road blockades and large protest demonstrations against the betrayal of the farmers by the BJP’s central government. In Punjab, in fact, the action was in the form of huge rail blockades at all the major railway stations in the state.This was by far the largest countrywide farmers’ mass action after the suspension of the historic farmers’ struggle around Delhi on December 11, 2021, consequent to the repeal of the three black farm laws.

CPC and World Marxist Political Parties Forum Held

THE International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) hosted ‘The CPC and World Marxist Political Parties Forum’, on July 28, 2022. The general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the Forum. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (PCV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong, and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) Central Committee and President Miguel Diaz-Canel, sent congratulatory messages to the Forum.

Haryana Teachers Protest against CHEERAG

HARYANA school teachers organised protest actions against the CHEERAG scheme of the state government. Under this scheme, the government will reimburse fee of those students who leave government schools and join private schools. An amount of Rs 700 to Rs 1100 will be given as relief/assistance/grant per month. Haryana Vidyalaya Adhyapak Sangh and other teachers’ organisations protest this transfer of public funds to promote privatisation of education.

WHAT IS CHEERAG?

Tripura Lawyers Convention Assaults on the Constitution and Human Rights

“IN no circumstances, the State can deny the human rights of an individual who inherits the rights at the moment he/she comes out of his/her mother’s womb. Human rights are the rights of sustenance of life.

Construction Workers Hold Protest Demonstration in Jammu

CONSTRUCTION workers working in organised and unorganised sectors held a protest demonstration on August 2, at the office of the CEO/secretary of BOCW Welfare Board Jammu. They strongly denounced the management of the welfare board for its casual approach to providing social security benefits to beneficiaries of schemes framed under J&K BOCW(RE&CS) Rules 2006.

Anganwadi Adhikar Mahapadav Calls for Jawab Maango Campaign

DEFYING the rains and adverse weather conditions, more than eight thousand anganwadi workers and helpers from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal sat on ‘Anganwadi Adhikar Mahapadav’ dharna that was organised by the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers (AIFAWH), for three continuous days from July 26-28 at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.This massive all India mobilisation held

WB: Protest against Teacher Recruitment Scam

THOUSANDS of people came into streets demanding the sacking of Partha Chatterjee, minister for industries in West Bengal after his arrest in massive corruption. Chatterjee, former education minister has been arrested by the ED in school teacher recruitment scam involving hundreds of crores of rupees. The scam has already been exposed in the courts, which directed the CBI and ED to investigate.That the TMC ministers and top leaders were involved was a known fact to the people of the state.

TN: Leaders Call for Unity Among Secular Forces to Defeat Communalism

IN a meeting organised by the Tamil Nadu platform for people's unity at Chennai Raja Annamalai Mandram on July 23, leaders of secular parties called for unity among all the secular forces and parties to defeat fascist forces in the country and to save democracy. Speaking on the occasion, senior Congress leader and the former union minister, P Chidambaram said that not only in India but also in all other countries religion is traversing a dangerous political path.MIXING RELIGION WITH POLITICS DANGEROUSHe said: “We should see the atmosphere prevailing now.

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