-IndiaToday.com On Saturday, Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to look into the MSP issue. He urged the protesting farmers to "go home". However, the farmers said they need more clarity. On Saturday, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar said that PM Modi has announced the constitution of a committee to make the minimum support price (MSP)...
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Kisan Movement’s Direct Action Defeated not Just Modi Govt, but Imperialist Forces too -Prabhat Patnaik
-Newsclick.in While the farmers’ movement used the political threat of working against BJP in the coming elections, it also resorted to direct action, which is an extreme rarity under neo-liberalism. Particular battles often have a significance that goes beyond the immediate context, of which even the combatants may not be fully aware at the time. One such was the Battle of Plassey, which was not even a battle since one side's general...
More »Prime Minister Modi’s chilling charms -P Sainath
-National Herald The Prime Minister lamented his failure to persuade a ‘section of the farmers’ that the three farm laws were good for them. But how did he seek to persuade the farmers? What the media can never openly admit is that the largest peaceful democratic protest the world has seen in years – certainly the greatest organised at the height of the pandemic – has won a mighty victory. A victory that...
More »Forced eviction a design to target Bengali speaking Muslims by projecting them “encroachers”: Enquiry report -Mahibul Hoque
-TwoCircles.net Since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the Government in Assam in 2016, the state has witnessed a spree of evictions uprooting thousands of people. The forced eviction drive became rampant after Himanta Biswa Sarma took charge as chief minister in 2021. GUWAHATI: The forced eviction drive of Bengali speaking Muslims in Assam by the state Government was aimed at serving “vested interest with ulterior motives” against the people who were...
More »Constitution Day: What Nine Pending Cases Say About the Rights India’s Citizens Enjoy -Jahnavi Sen
-TheWire.in In high courts across the country and in the Supreme Court, a number of cases are pending relating to basic rights India's citizens are supposed to enjoy. New Delhi: Seventy-two years ago on this day, the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India. Two months after that, on January 26, 1950, the country’s Constitution came into effect. But how has the implementation of our constitutional rights and safeguards been going? In high...
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