There has already been undue delay in settling the 78.2% IDA pension fixation. DOT as well as Minister Communications has assured that the matter will be speeded up. But so far, even the Cabinet note has not been prepared.

We demand that the DOT and Government should immediately act. The Pensioners are eagerly waiting for getting the benefit of 78.2% Pension fixation implemented.

There should not be any further delay. The DOT should act.

Com.V.A.N.Namboodiri, Advisor, AIBDPA, today met Smt. Annie Moraes, Member(Finance), DOT and discussed about the Cabinet Note on 78.2% IDA Pension fixation for BSNL Pensioners. Member(F) stated that the Cabinet Note is being prepared by Establishment.
Com.Namboodiri also met Shri N.K.Yadav, Member(Services) who assured that the Cabinet Note will be prepared without any further delay.
It seems after the meeting with Secretary, DOT on 01-05-2015, there is some move for speeding up the issue.

A well attended meeting was held on 9th May 2015 at Evan’-E-Ghalib, Delhi, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Victory over Fascism.
Coms. Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI(M), Sudhakar Reddy, General Secretary, CPI and other leaders addressed. All the leaders pointed out the unprecedent positive changes that have come after the defeat of Fascism.
It was a very educative session.

I am reproducing below a report from Ganashakti on the blast in a Trinamool Bomb Factory in W.Bengal.

“Kolkata ,May 7th –  A massive powerful blast took place yesterday night in a big bomb making factory patronized by the ruling Trinamool Congress at Pingla of West Medinipore district killing 15 peoples and injuring scores of other people . The Factory which used to supply bombs to TMC hooligans all over the state had raw material suppliers from units in North Chennai and Perampudur of Tamilnadu. The interstate operations of the Bomb making units were financed by the TMC hooligans and they even collected protection money from the unit which was located in a Trinamool Congress leader’s house and had close connection with the Police.  Police even tried to suppress the incident of the blast and switched off the lights of the village where the blast occurred in order to remove the dead bodies in the darkness of the night. Such was the intensity of the blast that the different body parts of the dead persons were thrown nearly 100 meters’ away and some were left hanging in the trees.”

Is TMC gradually going the Fascist way? It seems so.

The Left Parties led by CPI(M) in Tripura had a total win by winning all the 28 Tribal Autonomous bodies.
CONGRATULATIONS!

The three unions in the Tata Steel in UK has decided to take strike ballot from the workers for an industrial action on their demands. The fourth union is also expected to take strike ballot. These unions cover more than 97 per cent of the 17,500 workers.
Strike ballot is required before going on strike in countries like UK.
The Railways Unions in India also has the system to go for strike ballot, before going on Strike.

Consequent to the decision of Colgate to close its factory at Aurangabad, the hundreds of workers were compelled to take VRS.
The company will close down its work from 5th May.
What will be the fate of the retrenched workers?

The bugle blowers of imperialism and capitalism have been continuously declaring after the collapse of Soviet Union that Karl Marx and his theories have become irrelevant.
But now after the capitalist financial crisis that started in 2007, the back lash from the Latin American countries to the hegemony of US, the steady growth of Chinese economy – they  are compelled to eat their own words. The large number of republication of Marxist literature and sale have shown that Marxism is still very relevant and is a mighty force in changing the present world order fo a better one.
Today is the 197th Birth Anniversary of Karl Marx. Red Salute to the memory of the great Teacher!