2021

by Radhakrishnan Puthenveetil*
Election to the Kerala assembly was held on April 6. Its outcome is expected to be in stark contrast to that of the 2019 Lok Sabha election which was an unholy alliance for unruly politicking by the BJP and the Congress against the backdrop of the Supreme Court judgment of 28 September 2018 on entry of women to the Sabarimala Ayyappan temple.
The judgment of a five-member constitution bench headed by the chief justice of India, Dipak Misra, in a 4-1 (…)

by Nurul Hassan
Assam is considered as one of the Congress-ruled states of India. Although Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) had ruled Assam for two terms after the historic Assam Movement (1979-85), but Congress was a close competitor at that time. However, in 2014, the Modi wave propelled the Congress to struggle for power in every sphere of politics. In 2016, there was anti-incumbency factor, massive Modi wave etc., and subsequently Congress lost its fabulous ground, but performance was not as (…)

by Tarun Kumar Basu
Police recovered the blood-spattered body of a BJP worker in Salboni in West Midnapore, underlining how elections and violence were inseparable in the state during the first phase of the election in West Bengal on March 27. The house of a BJP leader in North Dinajpur district who had rebelled from the TMC was gutted. A former TMC MLA was heckled and his car vandalized in North Bengal. CPI(M) candidate Susanta Ghosh was taunted and stones were hurled at his car (…)

IMPRESSIONS
Let us face it, Corona has swept across India in ways that point to a failure of leadership. Shameful details that highlight this keep surfacing one after another. Hospital have been running out of oxygen, but India exported more than 9000 metric tons of oxygen during the current financial year’s first three quarters. Who is responsible for this idiotic situation? Bodies have been stacking up in morgues and crematoriums but central and state governments hide the (…)

Bare truth
When the Prime Minister imposed a sudden lockdown in the country last year on the night of 24-25 March, the heart-wrenching scenes of the exodus of migrant laborers brought forth the naked truth that the corporate India, which was being constructed for three decades, is sustained on the back of the hard-working masses. This truth is kept under wraps by the ruling classes under a mutual understanding as there is consensus among them on this very venture of corporate India. That (…)

by Bobby Ramakant and Sandeep Pandey *
As India runs a drive for vaccination against Covid the nature reminds us about our diminutiveness by an accompanying surge in Covid cases. In 2020, India had reported the highest number of 98,795 cases in 24 hours on 17 September 2020 but now the new unfortunate peak in April 2021 is past the 3 lakhs mark. We pointed out even last year when the government was busy proclaiming its adept handling of the spread of disease, that government health (…)

[The following statement was issued to the press by the joint platform of Central Trade Unions and sectoral Federations and Associations today 28th April 2021] Trade Unions write to the Prime Minister Deplore callous attitude of government in handling covid 19 crises Calls for observing May Day Against the anti worker, anti-farmer, anti-people policies of the Government
The online meeting of Joint Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations held on 28th April (…)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Press Release
Date: Saturday, April 24, 2021
We are releasing herewith the letter addressed to the Prime Minister by CPI(M) General Secretary on the urgent need to ensure uninterrupted supply of medical oxygen to all hospitals and patients across the country and provision of vaccines free and universally. The letter was sent by email to the PMs office this evening.
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April 24, 2021
Dear Pradhan Mantriji,
I am writing to you in great pain, (…)

Communist Party of India - Central office Ajoy Bhawan, 15 Com. Indrajit Gupta Marg, New Delhi 110002
April 26, 2021
Press Release
The National Secretariat of the Communist Party of India issued the following statement today (on April 26, 2021) urging the central government to ensure enough oxygen and free supply of vaccine:
The second wave of Covid-19 pandemic has reached an alarming situation and is turning worse everyday. Hospitals are being forced to turn away the patients as (…)

[April 25, 2021]
To,
Rahul Shivshankar, Navika Kumar, Padmaja Joshi
From,
The beleaguered and disillusioned employees of Times Now
Respected Sir/Madam
We, the former and current employees of Times Now, never imagined that we would come to a situation where we would have to write an open letter to remind the editors of the channel about the basic ethics and values of journalism. We are tired, dismayed, upset, angry and disillusioned looking at all that is unfolding around us and (…)