The working class is determined to fight against the anti-worker policies of the government squarely. The Central Government employees went on strike on 16th March this year. Bank employees are going on strike on 22nd August followed by Postal employees on 23rd August 2017. BEML employees went on strike last month as also BSNL employees on  27th July 2017.

The central trade unions have already decided for massive Parliament March followed by a strike, the number of days of which will be decided later.

Yes, 2017 is the year of struggle by workers against the anti-worker, anti-people policies of the government. The working class will never surrender to the attacks by the government.  They will never allow the government to suppress their organisation and their demands. Unity and Struggle is their weapon.

UNITY FOR STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE FOR UNITY AND UNITY & STRUGGLE FOR VICTORY.

Life is sometimes short for some people. But yet many of them leave us after great service to humanity. Jesus Christ, Bhagat Singh, Sankaracharya etc.  are a  few of  them. 

If they can do this in a short time more could be done in double or triple of that time.

Effort and determination is the basis of their lives. 

the 70th anniversary of Independence Day was observed all over the country with enthusiasm and with full participation. In addition to the programmes at the All India and State level organised by the government lakhs of various programmes were organised on that day by political, cultural, sports, trade union organisations, including libraries, peoples movements etc.

I am happy that I could participate in two such programmes at Kozhikode, one a residential association programme and another at a Library and addressed.

On this 15th of August, India has completed 70 years of its existence as Free India. It was after great and sustained struggles by the Indian people under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and many other veteran leaders that India got independence from the British colonialists on 15th August 1947. India became a sovereign secular democratic Republic on 26th January 1950, after the adoption of the Constitution of India, the main architect of which was Dr. B.R.Ambedkar. The first Prime Minister of Independent India was Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who led to the country with the slogan of ‘socialist pattern of society’.

Congress ruled the country for many years and now it is the BJP government. But even after 70 years, poverty was not eradicated. About 30 % of the people are still below the poverty line as could be seen from the very many statistics of the government itself. The rich has become richer and the poor, the poorer. Difference in income is increasing every day creating wide disparity. Illiteracy continues and young children are working to eke out a livelihood, instead of attending the schools.

While celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Independence day, let us pledge to take all out efforts to make the country progress in to a secular, democratic republic as envisaged by the great freedom fighters!

Warm Greetings to all friends, comrades and best wishers on the eve of the 71st Independence Day!