The strong agitation against the lathi charge on women students who protested against eve-teasing in the university campus has compelled the UP Government to act. As part of this 3 city magistrates and two policemen has been removed from their posts. The students associations are continuing agitation that the Vice-Chancellor who is the cause of the lathi charge should vacate. AIDWA has also raised the same demand.

Lady students were lathi charged and manhandled by male police while they were protesting at the prestigious Benares Hindu University against  molestation of lady students. Varanasi (Benares) is the constituency from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected. Gorakhpur, from where hundreds of children died due to lack of Oxygen, is the constituency of Yogi Adityanath, who is the Chief  Minister of U.P.

Shame on the UP government!

21 Sep 2017EUROPE, FRANCE

The WFTU expresses its solidarity with the thousands of striking workers, who demonstrated throughout France against the ordinances of the government of capitalists. The WFTU salutes all its affiliates and friends in France who are fighting hard to strengthen workers’ struggles. Venceremos!

Central Government has issued orders on 20th September 2017 increasing the DA from 4% to 5% w.e.f. 01-07-2017. Though there has been much increase in the cost of living, the DA increase is only 1%.

I have the habit of reaching in time  or in advance for all appointments, meetings etc. May be due to the long experience in working shift duties, where puctuality is most important. 

But what happens in most of the functions is different. Sometimes it takes half an hour or more to start the same. Sometimes it is even more than one hour. How much time is wasted. Can this be got changed and punctuality get the better. It will be better for all concerned.

Complaints are continuously being received from many circles that the wages of contract labours in their circles have not been for months. This is atrocious. The contract workers and their families depend upon the wages for day to day expenses. Denying them their due wages is inhuman and cruel. The CGMs should demand and get the funds required for their circle.
BSNCCWF and BSNEU had demanded the corporate office to ensure that funds are allotted to circles so that the long dues are paid with out further delay.

Progressive journalist, free thinker and a strong critic of Sangh Parivar, Ms. Gauri Lankesh was brutally murdered in her house yesterday night. Bike-borne assailants put bullets after bullets and escaped immediately. 7 bullets have been found on her. She was returning from office and had got down to open the gate when the murderers shot her. It seems that the Sangh Parivar is behind the gruesome murder.

This is the fourth instance  of well known thinkers  and rationalists  who have been exposing the RSS and Sangh Parivar having been murdered. Comrades Narendra Dabolkar (Maharashtra) was killed on 20-08-2013, Govinda Pansare (Maharashtra) on 16-02-2015 and M.M.Kulbargi (Karnataka) on 30-08-2015. These sinister murders show how the Sangh Parivar eliminate those who expose them. According to the Home Minister of Karnataka, there is similarity in the bullets fired in all the above cases as per Karnataka Forensic Laboratory  test and the same has been confirmed by Scotland Yard.

Gauri Lankesh was a strong critic of the anti-people policies of the government and also that of the RSS / Sangh Parivar. She received many threats to her life earlier, but continued her crusade against injustice.

We strongly condemn the murder of Ms. Gauri Lankesh and  convey our condolence to the bereaved family and friends. We demand the government to take immediate action to catch the culprits and punish them.

The replacement of some of the ministers in the central government is not going  to boost up its image in any way, which is already at the lowest level with the demonetisation, GST, change of foreign policy etc.

Instead of ministers, change  the wrong policies.