The most important aspect of the results of elections to Lok Sabha held in April-June 2024 is that the drive of Modi led RSS-BJP to impose fascist system in the country has lost steam. In fact that was the most important issue in these elections for which progressive, democratic and […]
Ruling Class
RCEP and Modi Govt.
Indian Govt. has decided not to sign the agreement on Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for the time being while other fifteen countries have decided to proceed with the Agreement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reported to have remarked that the deal in its present form fails to reflect the […]
CC Statement on Union Budget 2018-‘19
Jugglery of figures, tax increases around the year and pronouncements of welfare schemes not backed by budgetary allocation or simply recycling old ones have robbed the Budget presentation of the seriousness associated with it. Despite all these shortcomings, one can discern the state of economy and the direction proposed by […]
Oppose GST, Support Struggles against GST and high taxes and Demand Abolition of Indirect Taxes
To increase the tax burden on the people, to favour the corporate big capital over the small enterprenuers and to undermine whatever fiscal rights are granted to the states in the Indian Constitution, RSS-BJP Govt. has launched Good & Services Tax (GST) from July 1, 2017. GST has long been […]
Demonetisation: Story of Ailing Banks and a Quackery
– SK Mohan Ham saada hi aise the ki yuun hi pazirai / Jis baar khizan aai samjhe ki bahar aai.. (We were so simple minded and accepted just like that/ When the autumn came, we took it to be the spring) – Faiz Ahmad Faiz On the 8th of […]
Demonetization and Peasantry : Agriculture, Rural Trade Demonetized by Pro-Corporate, Tax Hungry Govt.
Ashish Mital A story is popular in the villages. Some thieves entered a village in the dead of night. When the villagers raised an alarm of “chor”, “chor”, to escape identification the thieves joined the ruckus and themselves started shouting “chor, chor”. They ran around with the villagers in the […]
‘Demonetisation’ – The Poor pay for the debts of Super Rich – SK
‘We have land. We have water. And we make mud.’ – Ivan Kulekov The November 8th announcement by the Indian Prime Minister and subsequent decisions and statements by the government will remain etched as landmark events in the economic and political history of India. While some went to the […]
On Union Budget 2016-17 : Continuing Bonanza for the Super-rich and Burden on the Poor
Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley does not address any concern relating to the economic growth nor takes any step to ameliorate the deteriorating conditions of the people. It does not address the questions of peasant distress, industrial stagnation or the rising economic burden on the common people. […]
JNU: Modi led RSS-BJP Govt.’s Attack
The Modi led RSS BJP Central Govt., cornered and defensive over Rohith Vemula’s institutional murder and the exposure of its anti Dalit character, intervened in a routine event held in February at Jawahar Lal Nehru University (JNU) situated in Delhi to push its own agenda. It also got a golden […]
Statement on Agitation by Jats in Haryana
Militant agitation by Jats of Haryana for reservation in OBC category enjoys widespread support in that community. While violent attacks on other communities might have been engineered by vested interests linked to ruling class parties, the wide disillusionment and anger in the community is quite evident. We strongly condemn the […]