TMC MP booked by Delhi police over alleged 'derogatory' remark on NCW chief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2M1kch9wHg | WION In India the Delhi police has registered case against trial Congress Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra for alleged derogatory remarks against National Commission of Women Chief Rekha Sharma. Mahua Moitra Booked For Mocking NCW Chief, Challenges Delhi Police To Arrest Her: ‘If You Need Me…’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8rbo1W5Lk Hindustan Times मैं वही महुआ हूँ | The same Mahua https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21PlyjcleYk Ravish Kumar अपने पहले ही भाषण में महुआ मोइत्रा ने बता दिया है कि वे पिछली बार से ज़्यादा निडर और बेबाक़ हो कर आई हैं। उनकी सांसदी छीनी गई, मगर एक नेता के रूप में वे इस आत्मविश्वास से भरी हुई नज़र आईं कि उन्हें कृष्णानगर की जनता ने दोबारा चुनकर भेजा है। जब महुआ को संसद से निलम्बित किया गया तब एक तरह से कृष्णानगर की जनता को भी संसद से निलम्बित किया गया। महुआ ने जनता और उसके प्रतिनिधि के बीच के रिश्ते की ताक़त को आज संसद में सबके सामने दिखा दिया। उन्होंने कहा है कि जैसे महाभारत में कृष्ण ने द्रौपदी की रक्षा की थी, वैसे ही कृष्णानगर की जनता ने उनकी रक्षा की है। PM Modi, Adani, INDIA और Mamata Banerjee पर TMC नेता Mahua Moitra ने Interview में क्या कहा? Jamghat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeVSOL7NV4U The Lallantop Spirited Mahua Moitra Lok Sabha speech in full & her remarks on former CJI's sexual harassment case https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRjAyqtvYs In her speech during the discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address Tuesday, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra slammed the Centre for making 'hate and bigotry' a part of its narrative and alleged that the judiciary has also failed the country. Referring to the 2019 sexual harassment allegations made against Ranjan Gogoi, who was then the Chief Justice of India, Moitra said it is a matter of great shame that someone sitting in that chair was accused of 'such a horrible act'. TMC's Mahua Moitra points out "7 signs of Fascism" in Lok Sabha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NBmCY9W5D4 Jun 26, 2019 While debating on President's address to both the houses of parliament, TMC's Mahua Moitra stood as voice of dissent. In her address she said that the parliament house also belongs to opposition and they will claim every inch of it. What’s so intriguing about Mahua? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCeZ3vohZr4 Brut India Nov 17, 2023 This is the story of a banker-turned-politician whose sharp words became her boon and bane.

Maharashtra Public Security Bill aims to legitimise the criminalisation of dissenting citizens, human rights defenders and political opponents : PUCL https://www.groundxero.in/2024/07/14/21310/ 14.7.24

Techies as slaves? All about Indians-run programming racket in US https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/princeton-programming-racket-indians-arrested-human-trafficking-forced-labor-texas-javascript-jobs-2565377-2024-07-11 Four Indians have been arrested for alleged human trafficking and forcing people to do programming work in shell companies in Texas, US. Fifteen women have been rescued, but police believe there could be 50 or more victims. Upon interviewing the rescued women, police found they believed they were on an internship to learn JavaScript programming, CBS News reported, citing police affidavits. The women would apply for jobs and, after landing one, would get their salaries credited to a company run by Katkoori and his wife. The company would charge a 20% commission for that, according to the report. A USA Today report says the women were being forced to work at multiple locations in Princeton and other nearby towns like Melissa and McKinney. Katkoori's lawyer, Jeremy Rosenthal, rejected the charges and criticised the Princeton police for their “shoot-first, aim-later” approach. “These workers were in the IT field and nothing about this was forced labour,” Rosenthal said in a statement released.

Milk farmers across Maharashtra have launched an agitation with the main demand of giving Rs 40 per litre for cow milk, along with other important demands. Demonstrations, rasta roko, and other forms of struggle are being used by thousands of milk farmers . Farmers in Maharashtra are currently getting as low as Rs 24-27 per litre for cow milk, which is being sold in the market for Rs 56-60 per litre. The low price to farmers is because of faulty state government policies, adulteration of milk, and the brand war in the state. While Gujarat has only one milk brand Amul, and Karnataka has only one brand Nandini, Maharashtra has over 350 brands of milk, leading to cut-throat competition and subsequent loot of both farmers and consumers. In addition, while 3.5 lakh tonnes of milk powder is lying unsold in the country, the Modi government has recently given permission for the import of 10,000 tonnes, to please its foreign masters. AIKS Leaders Meet New MPs of MVA-INDIA from Maharashtra to Enlist their Support in Milk Farmers Struggle. On 2 July 2024, after the AIKS Central Office Bearers meeting in Delhi, AIKS National President Dr Ashok Dhawale and AIKS Maharashtra General Secretary Dr Ajit Nawale met three newly-elected MPs of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA-INDIA) from the milk belt of Maharashtra. They were Dr Amol Kolhe (NCP), Bhausaheb Wakchaure (SS), and Nilesh Lanke (NCP). ... the AIKS leaders apprised them of the milk farmers struggle which is intensifying in the state under the leadership of the AIKS and the Milk Farmers Joint Struggle Committee, and requested them to support it. All three MPs agreed not only to support, but also to take the initiative in this struggle.

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has held The PM and Home Minster Responsible for Growing Hate Crimes. They have demanded Compensation of Rs 1 Crore and One Job for each Victim’s Famil y of the Three Cattle Transport Workers killed in Chhattisgarh/ They have also demanded a Law Against Mob Lynching and Hate Crimes with Fast Track Courts and thatGovernment must Purchase Cattle at Market Rates from Farmers For Full text of Press Release: On 5 July 2024, an All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)-All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) delegation visited the families of the three victims of the planned killings of Muslim youth transporting cattle, on 7 June near the Mahanadi Bridge on the Mahasamund-Raipur border in Chhattisgarh by BJP-RSS criminals posing as cow vigilantes. The delegation visited Lakhnauti village in Saharanpur district and Banat town in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, and handed over cheques of one lakh rupees each to the three families of the victims. The planned murders took place just three days after the declaration of the results of the Lok Sabha elections on 4 June, in which Narendra Modi and the BJP-NDA came to power for the third time, although with a much-reduced majority. This has been followed by similar attacks on Muslims by Sangh Parivar criminals in several states. The AIKS-AIAWU delegation visited the bereaved families of Tehsim Qureshi at Banat town, and Chand Mian and Saddam Qureshi in Lakhnauti village, in Uttar Pradesh. The delegation comprised V Sivadasan, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and treasurer of AIAWU, AIKS president Dr Ashok Dhawale, general secretary Vijoo Krishnan, finance secretary P Krishnaprasad, AIAWU general secretary B Venkat, joint secretary Vikram Singh and AIKS CKC members Pushpendra Tyagi and Manoj Kumar. They were accompanied by AIKS leaders from Uttar Pradesh Daud Khan, Sushil Kumar Rana, Dharmendra Singh and Virender Singh. So far no government officials have visited the family of Tehsim Qureshi while the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) had visited the two families in Lakhnauti village. No compensation or treatment expenditure was provided to these families by either the state government of Chhattisgarh or Uttar Pradesh, both led by the BJP. AIKS demands compensation of Rs one crore, and one permanent job to each victim’s family by the Chhattisgarh state government. It may be recalled that the BJP-led state government of Haryana did not pay any compensation to the family of Pehlu Khan, a cattle farmer of Mewat who was lynched by Bajrang Dal goons on 1 April 2017 in Alwar, Rajasthan. Then also farmers across India had collected money and AIKS gave a sum of Rs 10 lakh to assist the family of Pehlu Khan. The Chhattisgarh incident happened between 2-3 am on 7 June when a gang of 11-12 people followed the truck loaded with cattle - all buffaloes, not a single cow - and stopped the truck at the Mahanadi bridge and attacked the workers. It is a case of premeditated murder and hate crime and not mob lynching. The state police registered FIR under section 304 and 307 of IPC for attempt to murder and culpable homicide that attracts punishment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with a fine or with both. There is no section 302 of IPC for murder. This reveals the rabidly communal bias of the Chhattisgarh State Police. Among the four belatedly arrested in this case is Raja Agrawal, who is district propaganda chief of the BJYM. The BJP MP Brijmohan Aggarwal of Raipur has publicly stated that the workers were not murdered, but they have committed suicide by jumping from the bridge. This is nothing but an attempt to protect the murderers and is hence a serious crime. The BJP-led state government has done nothing in this matter. AIKS again strongly demands a judicial enquiry, strong action against the top police officers involved in the conspiracy to protect the murderers, and prosecution of the BJP MP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are directly responsible for the current wave of widespread increase of hate crimes against Muslims all over India in the post poll scenario. The RSS and its outfits constantly instigate hatred against the minorities. This fosters alienation and insecurity among the minorities, which breeds fundamentalist trends, weakens the secular foundation of India and endangers national unity. Defence of minority rights is a crucial aspect of the struggle to strengthen democracy and secularism. The cattle economy is part of agriculture contributing 27% of the income of farmer households. India is the second largest country in beef export. The attack on traders and workers in the cattle industry severely affects the cattle farmers, who are unable to sell their animals or get remunerative prices since there is no cattle trade market. AIKS strongly demands that the NDA Union Government and Parliament enact a stringent law against mob lynching and hate crimes, establish fast track courts to expedite the trial and conviction of the lawbreakers, and protect the interests of cattle farmers, traders and workers in the cattle trade and meat industry. The government must purchase cattle at market rate from the farmers and protect their livelihood. AIKS calls upon all its village and tehsil units to observe 24 July 2024 as Protest Day against the RSS-driven hate crimes against cattle farmers and cattle transport workers, demand enactment of a law against mob lynching and hate crimes, and collect funds to support the bereaved families of 3 workers murdered in Chhattisgarh. 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SKM to Restart Agitation on Pending Demands of Guaranteed MSP Law, Loan Waiver, Crop Insurance, Farmers’ and Farmworkers Pension, Rolling Back Privatisation of Power and Other Demands

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Chapter 13 in the Economic Survey of India, which purports to offer an Indian lens to the problem of climate change, is a joke in bad taste, and an insult to millions of Indian dealing with climate induced disasters. https://thewire.in/environment/man-nature-are-indestructible-entities-gems-from-chapter-on-climate-change-in-economic-survey in its latest Economic Survey of India, the chapter dedicated to responding to climate change says, “Man, and Nature (gross forms of Purush and Prakriti in the Samkhya Tradition) are indestructible entities that interact to provide meaning to consciousness in the form of reality as we know it. Hence, any strategy that aims to alter things far beyond the comprehension or control of man, such as ensuring that the planet’s temperature doesn’t cross 2 degrees Celsius, must travel the journey inwards and not outwards.” What, you may ask, does this mean? How will this help drowning children, or make sure our infrastructure is built to sustain increasing climate-related disasters? That, apparently, is the wrong question because the unknown author of this chapter is far more concerned about why people watch things on mobile phones rather than together. by Omair Ahmad 25/07/2024

Let us be clear about one thing, this wasn’t just a wedding, it was a powerful political statement. It appears to me that Mukesh Ambani was making two statements here through the glitz, hype and greenbacks. One, that no one should be in any doubt about his political clout and preeminence. Incidentally, this also vindicates what Rahul Gandhi has been saying all along about who the real powers behind the throne are. And Mr. Ambani’s confidence is certainly justified. Barring the South and the Left, every politician of any note, including those from the INDIA block and even the Congress itself, were in obsequious attendance, as were the Shankarcharyas who had boycotted the Ram temple inauguration, an indication that the Ambani empire holds sway over both the temporal and the spiritual. The prime minister was there too, making contrite amends for accusing his host of sending tempo loads of black money to the Congress during Lok Sabha elections. https://thewire.in/society/the-fine-print-of-the-ambani-wedding The second statement by Asia’s richest man is that he doesn’t give a tinker’s curse for public opinion or his fellow Indians, the other 99%, who have funded his riches, consumed his products and have made him what he is. He had demonstrated as much earlier, when he built his 27-storey mansion. at a cost of Rs 3000 crores, overlooking the slums of these very Indians. And why should he bother, anyway? He controls most of the media, with anchors and editors obligingly read from the script prepared by him. Many years ago, when I was a probationer on district training in Mandi, I used to go to the district club almost every evening for a drink or a game of bridge. My deputy commissioner, the late C.D. Parsheera, was the president of the club but never visited it. One day I asked him the reason for this. I still remember his words, which have guided me throughout my career: “Avay, our job demands that we say no more often than we say yes. And remember this: it’s very difficult to say ‘no’ to a person with whom you have had a drink the previous evening.” Do you now see the fine print of this wedding? by Avay Shukla 21/07/2024

Karnataka is not the first state to do so, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and other states have time and again attempted to enact laws and policies that mandate to provide quota for the locals. Though many of these laws were scrapped by the courts of law citing ‘unconstitutionality,’ it begs the question: why do the government and political discourses continue to revolve around this debate, and what does it mean for the welfare of the people and the country? https://thewire.in/labour/locals-vs-outsiders-the-bitter-truth-behind-karnatakas-jobs-reservation-policy The rise of the private sector post-liberalisation of the Indian economy in the 1990s has also emerged as one of the major employment providers. Many scholars argued that with the rise of modernisation, urbanisation and privatisation, caste will lose its essence and relevance. However, the work of Sukhadeo Thorat and Katherine Blocked by Caste scientifically proves that caste reshapes itself to survive and thrive in the private sector and urban areas. An outsider or migrant is often depicted as an enemy who steals jobs and takes away opportunities, claiming a significant share of the pie. Humans, driven by primal instincts to protect their territory and resources, often struggle to trust and accept strangers in their midst Karnataka has always attracted migrants from the adjacent states of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Apart from these states, there is an influx of people from northern, eastern and northeastern states. What can be done Instead, Karnataka can address its multiple socio-economic challenges, which require immediate attention, by providing sustainable and comprehensive solutions. by Boddu Srujana, Murali DA and Sipoy Sarveswar 25/07/2024