Two student leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, have been languishing in jail for half a decade for the ‘crime’ of fighting against the unjust provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). We demand their immediate release! The discriminatory CAA excludes…
As of November 2025, the Modi-led BJP government has started to bring its new Labor Code into effect. This law represents nothing short of a wholesale decimation of workers’ rights and conditions, aimed at turning us into nothing but raw material for exploitation. The RC(I)…
On 22 April, terrorists attacked the Pahalgam District’s Baisaran Valley in occupied Kashmir, killing 26 defenceless people. The Modi government has used this heinous crime, which it has helped to provoke with its oppressive sectarian agenda, as an excuse to launch airstrikes on Pakistan-administered Kashmir,…
The BJP Government has passed the Waqf (Amendment) Act. Under the guise of promoting ‘inclusivity’ and reducing corruption, the Modi regime is instead seeking to whip up religious division and confiscate wealth. A ‘waqf’ is a form of charity, codified under Islamic law, although non-Muslims…
Results from the recent assembly elections in five Indian states saw the ruling, far-right BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) win in Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In the first two, the Indian National Congress, led by chief ministers Ashok Gehlot and Bhupesh Bhagal, were booted out.…
The current right-wing Modi regime in India won the assembly elections in Gujarat, which were seen as a rehearsal for the 2024 general elections. The reasons behind this victory are complex and must be explained, against the context of other state elections that produced different…
Vizhinjam, a coastal town located two kilometres south of Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram, is simmering with widespread protests against the construction of a private port by the richest person in India, Gautam Adani. The people living in this coastal town, mostly fishermen, are protesting against the…
The misery of the Indian masses has been aggravated by the Modi-led BJP government in the past seven years, and compounded further by the pandemic. The introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST); demonetisation; and the abrupt, unplanned lockdown have worsened the conditions of…
The ongoing elections in five Indian states, with a total population of close to 250 million, provide a snapshot of the situation facing the working class across India. A common feature is the weakness of the left and its insistence on forming alliances with various…
This article provides an overview of the political situation in India, in which the reactionary BJP-led government of Narendra Modi has turned the COVID-19 crisis into an unprecedented disaster. The ruling class is tearing up labour protections and stoking sectarian violence, while rewarding its big…
