Bishnu Mohanty: One of Odisha’s tallest trade union leaders no more

Comrade Bishnu Mohanty, all-India vice-president of CITU, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on May 9. He was 75. He had been suffering from pneumonia and acute diabetic, and was admitted to the hospital on April 23.

Dismantling the MGNREGS

THE Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was perhaps the most consequential legislation enacted in post-independence India.

Condemn Leakage of NEET Exam Paper Disband NTA Immediately

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 12, 2026

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) condemns the leakage of the NEET exam paper.

CPI(M) Denounces Operationalisation of Labour Codes State Governments should bring in Amendments

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement on May 9, 2026

THE Communist Party of India (Marxist) denounces the operationalisation of Labour Codes by the Union Government, through the notification of Central Rules for the same, on May 8, 2026.

Under Guise of “Nari Shakti Vandan”, A Blow to Women’s Reservation

AS part of its campaign in recent elections, the BJP organised “Nari Shakti Vandan” programmes in various parts of the country in the form of women’s outrage rallies or torch processions.

In Uttar Pradesh, under the “Nari Shakti Mission”, letters have been sent by the Higher Education Secretary to degree colleges instructing them to organise seminars and various programs on “Nari Shakti Vandan” among girl students and to send reports along with photographs to the government.

Maha: CPI(M)-AIKS Rallies in Thane-Palghar, Mobilise 31,000, Submit Land-related Claims

STARTING from May 5, 2026, the birth anniversary of Karl Marx, to May 12, six massive rallies under the leadership of the CPI(M) and the AIKS, with the participation of more than 31,000 peasant women and men, marched to the respective sub-divisional officers’ (SDO) offices in Dahanu, Bhiwandi, Wada, Jawhar, Vasai and Palghar, and submitted thousands of land-related claims.

Aftermath of Assembly Elections and the Enormous Challenges

THE results of election for the five assemblies were announced on May 4. The implications are far reaching. Naturally, the challenges arising out of this new situation can be belittled only at our own peril, particularly the future of the secular democratic republic.

CITU Calls for Nationwide Defiance Following Final Notification of all Four Labour Codes

THE Central Government had notified the implementation of the four Labour Codes from November 21, 2025 onwards without heeding the collective opinion of the Central Trade Unions immediately after the BJP victory in the Bihar Assembly Elections. These Codes strike at the heart of workers’ interests and aim at enslaving the workers to squeeze them more brutally. Consequently, on December 30, 2025, the central Labour Ministry had published the draft Central Rules for all four Labour Codes.

AIAWU Rejects Central Government Notification for Implementation of VB-G RAM G

The Ministry of Rural Development has notified the implementation date for Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G). The notification is titled ‘Historic Commencement of VB-G RAM G.’ It is indeed historic in the way this act has been forcibly pushed through parliament and it is historic because it puts an end to the only nationwide demand drive scheme of guaranteed employment – the MGNREGA Act.

Tamil Nadu: Left Support for Secular Govt

IN Tamil Nadu, CPI(M) faced the election as part of the DMK front to defeat the ADMK-BJP alliance in the state. Though the allocation of seats to be contested by us was not satisfactory, five seats offered by DMK were accepted and work was started in the larger interest and the main goal of defeating ADMK-BJP alliance. CPI(M) contested in Padmanabhapuram, Palani, Thiruvotriyur and the two seats won by us in 2021, Keezhvelur and Gandharvakottai. It secured victory in two seats, namely Padmanabhapuram and Keezhvelur.

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