Will the farmers’ crusade against the two anti-farmer bills usher in a new dawn?
The two anti-farmer bills passed by Modi’s BJP in the Parliament has triggered large-scale protests. Can the farmers’ movements change India?
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The anti-farmer farm sector reforms to ruin India’s agriculture for corporates
The farm sector reforms unleashed by the Modi regime through three ordinances will help the corporates profiteer at the cost of India’s farmers.
Farmers’ suffering due to lockdown intensify in UP due to lack of wheat MSP
In Uttar Pradesh the middle, small and marginal farmers’ suffering due to lockdown intensified as they don’t get MSP for wheat from private buyers.
Extension of the 21-day lockdown and an imminent food crisis
The extension of the 21-day lockdown in India must be done judiciously as there is a need to complete Rabi harvesting and prevent a major food crisis.
8 January Bharat Bandh going to be a tight slap for the Modi regime
The 8 January Bharat Bandh is going to be a nationwide upheaval of the working class, peasantry, students and youth against the Hindutva fascist Modi regime
Nirmala Sitharaman’s rhetoric-filled budget ignores farmers’ agony and agricultural crisis
Though she spoke in length about rural development, Nirmala Sitharaman’s Union Budget 2019-20 didn’t provide roadmap for farm crisis and farmers’ welfare.
Can Modi’s war propaganda hide the real problems for long?
On all media platforms the Modi regime and its sycophants are gloating over successful “Surgical Strike 2.0”. Can they hide the unemployment issue for long?
Kisan Mukti March Overshadowed the VHP’s Ram Mandir Movement
The Kisan Mukti March has captured the headlines of even the national mainstream media due to the overwhelming participation of farmers from all over the country in the rally, especially due to the participation of a large section of the farmers from the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The issue of … Read more
Kisan Mukti March Challenging Modi’s Tyranny
The Kisan Mukti March rocking Delhi is throwing a challenge to the unpopular and tyrant Modi regime.
Kisan Kranti Padyatra Demands Can’t Wither With Police Assault on Farmers
Once again another platoon of farmers, distressed, angry and agitated, reached the outskirts of New Delhi, raising their fists in opposition to the government’s indifference towards them, and these very unarmed farmers, walking or riding tractors, were brutally assaulted by the Delhi Police and the Rapid Action Force to ensure no disturbance is caused by … Read more
Why Modi Government’s 50% MSP Hike on 14 Kharif Crops Isn’t a Pro-Farmer Move?
The Modi regime has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 notified Kharif crops to fulfil the BJP’s poll promise of increasing farmers’ income in comparison to the input cost of farming by 50 per cent. This promise was reiterated during the Union Budget 2018-19 and the government announced the increase in MSP on … Read more
Kisan Long March – A Critical Review of the Farmers’ Rally to Mumbai
There was a time when the mills of Bombay were the citadel of the militant working class movement led by the communist-influenced trade unions. More than Calcutta, the militant movement of the Bombay mill workers would panic the big comprador capitalists and their foreign investors, as at the end of the day, Bombay housed all … Read more
The Modi Government’s budget- “Much ado about nothing”
Year after year, budgets are praised and criticised. I find all budgets good, as each budget allocates fund for various schemes/programmes. But when it comes to implementation of these schemes in a timely manner, I see miserable failure all around. While many false promises are made by all political parties, people expected a lot from … Read more
Know why the Union Budget 2018-19 is an Anti-Farmer Budget
Ever since Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabled the Union Budget 2018-19, there has been a hullabaloo over the budget’s theme, which the corporate world and the mainstream media controlled by it labelled as a pro-farmer budget, much before the BJP laid the same claim on the last full budget of the Modi regime. This eccentric … Read more