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As part of its "Oust BJP, Save Uttarakhand" campaign, CPIML Uttarakhand staged a protest outside the Sub-Divisional Officer’s (SDO) office of the Electricity Department in Lalkuan on November 6, 2024. The protesters opposed the installation of prepaid electricity meters, the rising electricity bills, and the ongoing moves towards privatisation of the Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL). They called on the state government to abandon the prepaid meter scheme and halt any privatisation attempts of UPCL.

On November 11, 2024, CPIML Patna unit staged a protest against the Nitish-Modi government, for pushing Bihar towards a state of lawlessness similar to Uttar Pradesh. The protest was organised at Patna’s Kankarbagh Tempo Stand, chanting slogans like “Stop Turning Bihar into UP” and “Double Engine Government Must Stop the Increasing Crimes” and demanded accountability for the rising incidents of loot and murder, and sexual violence against women in Bihar.

On November 11, 2024, AISA along with other student organizations, held a protest at the Kashmere Gate campus of Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) to condemn the arbitrary and unjust terminations of Professor Salil Mishra from the History Department and Professor Asmita Kabra from the Human Ecology Department.

The tragic accident involving a bus traveling from Kinath/Barat in Pauri district to Ramnagar occurred near Marchula in Almora district on November 4, resulted in the loss of 36 lives. CPIML State Secretary Indresh Maikhuri, in a statement, extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased and wish a swift recovery for the injured.

The CPI(ML) has announced its candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand as well as legislative by-elections in Bihar, West Bengal, and Rajasthan.

In the aftermath of the recent Patna Metro tunnel accident, CPI(ML) MLC Shashi Yadav and AICCTU National Secretary Ranvijay Kumar have sharply criticized Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the company responsible for the metro project, for blaming the incident on an 'Act of God' while filing complaints against workers involved in protest demanding justice. The leaders condemned the company's move to label workers as "goons" and file baseless lawsuits against them, terming the action a violation of trust and prior agreements.

On October 30, the contact worker employed in Solid Waste Management Workers in JNU started a work boycott under the banner of AICCTU for the rights and pending salary. More than 250 sanitation workers have joined the work Boycott. As of November 5, the boycott entered its 7th day demanding a rightful bonus, salary slip, proper equipment, halting arbitary retrenchment, and ensuring recruitment of more workers.

Comrade Saroj Chaubey, General Secretary of the Bihar State School Rasoiya Sangh, and Ranvijay Kumar, Secretary of AICCTU (All India Central Council of Trade Unions) lambasted the Bihar government for its failure to ensure timely payment of wages to school Rasoiya [cooks]. Despite an official directive stating that salaries and wages for state workers should be disbursed before the Diwali and Chhath Puja holidays, approximately 240,000 school cooks – primarily from marginalised Dalit and backward communities – remain unpaid for the last two months.

CPI(ML) Liberation, Jharkhand state committee, on November 3, 2024 released its election manifesto for the assembly elections in the state. As part of the INDIA Alliance, CPI(ML) has fielded candidates in three constituencies in the 81-seat assembly. The conference was addressed by Polit Bureau members Manoj Bhakt (State Secretary), Anand Mahato, Haldhar Mahato, District Secretary Binda Paswan and other leaders.

In the distance, 70-year-old Raghunath Das saw red flags marching and heard slogans for a just Bihar. Barefoot, he sprang from his field and ran, heart pounding. He knew it was the padyatra taken out by CPI(ML) Liberation, and he had to reach them to tell what was happening in his village – Singhatiya. Just as he reached the marchers, he looked for CPIML General Secretary Comrade Dipankar Bhattacharya and informed him that the land mafia in his village were trying to take away the lands of the poor which were granted to them under bhoodan.