2026

FIVE INDIAN STATES go to the hustings in April 2026, amidst a huge tussle going on between federalism and unitarianism. This makes these assembly elections crucial to the survival of our constitutionally mandated federal structure. Election watchers need to also keep in mind that these will be the last assembly elections with existing population numbers, assembly seats will be re-determined after the next census. Populations of southern States will be much lesser than the northern States, (…)

March 24, 2026
I would like to ask some questions to Narendra Modi, who is coming to Kerala as a campaigner for the BJP candidate. It is not without remembering that he was not ready to answer the questions of the media during his tenure as the Prime Minister. When you were the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2007, your face, which trembled before the questions of the brave journalist Karan Thapar, asked for a drink of water and ended the interview halfway, is still fresh in memory as if it (…)

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In a democracy, Citizens are the sovereign and sole authorities. By the way of elections, citizens choose their representatives who can voice their needs and aspirations in the Parliament/Assembly. Most of the democratic nations have electoral laws that bans/prevents the entry of candidates with criminal offences charges/background. In certain democracies, the disqualification of elected representative applies after framing the charges by the investigative agency or conviction by (…)

Political parties have always attempted strategies to consolidate the support of particular communities to remain in power in a democracy. Over the years we have seen that several political parties and their affiliated institutions have capitalised on the religious values, beliefs, traditions, and practices not only to win elections but also to gain legitimacy and exercise control. We see increasing allegations of religious conversions and cow slaughter resulting in troubling patterns of (…)

The ongoing US-Israeli invasion on Iran has entered the fourth week. In the beginning of invasion, aerial carpet bombing and assassination of supreme leader Khamenei

$12 billion in two weeks. Oil above $108. The Strait of Hormuz shut. 3.2 million Iranians are displaced. In Delhi, families are paying Rs 3,000 for a black-market LPG cylinder. This war is now a month old.
The joint US-Israeli war on Iran, four weeks old now, has produced what the IEA calls the largest oil supply disruption in history, sent Brent crude above $108, shut the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping, displaced 3.2 million Iranians, and triggered an LPG crisis across India. (…)

Reproduced from: Soviet Russia (New York). Vol. 3 No. 24. December 11, 1920.
[rouge]At the time of writing Rakovsky was Chairman of the Council of People

The following statement issued to the media by the platform of Central Trade Unions, independent Sectoral Federations and Associations on 27th March 2026
Observe 1st April 2026 as Black Day Against Four Labour Codes
The Platform of Central Trade Unions and Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations call upon the trade unions to organise 1st April as Black Day, a day prior declared by the union government as the day for notification of the Central rules for the implementation of (…)

A resolution was adopted at the Jan Aakrosh Rally, organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on March 24, 2026, at the Ramlila Maidan, Delhi. We are herewith releasing the text of the resolution for publication.
US-Israel attack on Iran is having a big impact on our lives. Due to the failure of the BJP-led government to assess the situation and take necessary steps, there is scarcity of gas cylinders even in small villages. On top of it, the government has increased the price of (…)

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