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While 27 prisoners who have completed 14 or more years were being released, six rural poor activists from Arwal - Comrades Jagdish Yadav, Churaman Bhagat, Arvind Chaudhary, Ajit Sau, Laxman Sau, Shyam Chaudhary - who have been in jail for more than 22 years are left out!

The guest teachers in Bihar appointed as per UGC criteria in various universities since last seven years have been removed from their posts despite widespread opposition. They staged a protest in front of Bihar Vidhan Sabha on 3 April 2023. These teachers are protesting for the last many days under the banner of Guest Teachers Morcha demanding their absorption on regular posts.

Patna Chapter of All India People’s Forum (AIPF) organised a convention on 4 April in IMA Hall in Patna on ‘Bihar Model of Struggle against Fascism’. This was presided over by renowned educationist Ghalib, and addressed by CPIML General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, social activist Sarafraj, Dr. Vidyarthi Vikas of AN Sinha Institute, Patna and AIPWA general secretary Meena Tiwari. AIPF convenor Kamlesh Sharma conducted the proceedings.

Rural workers from various districts of Andhra Pradesh staged a protest dharna in Vijayawada on 17 April demanding the repeal of Anti labour changes being brought in NREGA. Addressing the gathering B.Chakradhar, Researcher from Libtek India said that the central government is pressurising the state governments to bring upon the changes in NREGA scheme and Andhra and Telangana both the states have started implementing the changes since November and December 2021 without a single word of protest.

A high-level team of CPIML and AIPWA visited Bihar Sharif on April 9th to assess the situation after the violence that was unleashed by right-wing goons during Ram Navami festival. The team was prevented by the administration from visiting the area, but after persistent effort, the CPIML-AIPWA team met affected families at the local party office.

CPIML and other left parties took out a joint peace march in Kolkata on April 10 against the Sangh-RSS orchestrated violence in Shibpur and other areas during the Ram Navami festival last week. The march which started from Balikhal to Shibpur was obstructed by the police, but the peace meeting continued.

A two-day national council meeting of the Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) plan for a decisive movement for employment against hate!

The two-days RYA National Council meeting was held in Fatehabad district of Haryana in which leaders from 18 states across the country participated. The organizational work was reviewed in the meeting and plans were chalked out for the upcoming movement for employment against hatred.

A Student-Youth convention was organized by RYA and AISA at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, on 31st March 2023, the day of martyrdom day of Comrade Chandu. The convention was a culmination of a weeklong campaign from 23rd March, the martyrdom day of Comrade Bhagat Singh. 

In a seminar held in Nainital on April 10 at the sidelines of the CPIML Uttarakhand state committee meeting, CPIML General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya said that Modi-BJP’s Amrit Kaal is another name for permanent emergency in the country. 

The All India Agricultural and Rural Workers Association has termed new wage rates declared by the Modi government for MGNREGA a mockery, demanding its revision at par with other sections of unskilled workers and in accordance with rising prices. Dhirendra Jha, General Secretary of AIRALA, has said that a countrywide campaign is being conducted for highlighting wage and other issues of rural workers.