Activists of the student and youth wings of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M), on Monday, staged a protest here to demand a ban on Endosulfan across the country. The activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) also burnt Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in effigy at Jantar Mantar. The demonstration coincided with ‘Anti-Endosulfan Day' being observed in Kerala where Chief Minister V.S....
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Half-baked idea by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan
Expectations of changes resulting from a movement bereft of a clear political and ideological thrust would be far-fetched. FROM the vacuum left by mainstream politics to the confusions of ideology and practice emerging out of half-baked socio-political engagement – the political trajectory of Anna Hazare's “anti-corruption” satyagraha movement demanding early introduction of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament can well be summed up thus. The wide support that the movement received from...
More »Anti-labour union by TK Rajalakshmi
The UPA-II government introduces with BJP support two anti-labour Bills, the Pension Bill and the Labour Laws Amendment Bill. ON March 24, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government managed to do what it had not been able to do in its first term – it reintroduced the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill in Parliament with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The objective of the Bill is...
More »CPI(M) seeks compensation
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Tuesday condemned the police firing at people protesting against the Jaitapur nuclear power project. It demanded adequate compensation for the kin of the deceased and those injured. In a statement, the party said the local people had opposed the location of the plant in their area and refused to accept the forceful acquisition of their lands. It said the Jaitapur project to be set...
More »Violence back in Nandigram, West Bengal's ground zero by Smita Gupta
Violence is back in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district as the polling date for the 16 Assembly seats here draws close: Communist Party of India (Marxist) cadres are returning, under police protection, to the villages from where they fled in the wake of the Trinamool Congress' stunning successes here in recent elections. In West Bengal's ground zero, Nandigram — located in Purba Medinipur district — the problem is particularly acute. The...
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