Stop cutting the throats of contract workers! (Successful workers protest in Bengaluru!)

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Stop cutting the throats of contract workers!

(Successful workers protest in Bengaluru!)

Under the leadership of the Karnataka State Residential School Outsourced Employees Union (TUCI), contract workers from all districts of the state protested for the whole day at Freedom Park in the capital Bengaluru on 15-4-2026.

The workers who have been working in various government departments for the last 20-25 years should be made permanent as per the law. The important demand that all contract workers should be paid the same salary as permanent employees until they are made permanent was effectively presented in the protest camp. The state government is doing injustice to the workers by violating the labor laws. Instead of the monthly wage of 19,000-21,000 announced by the state government, the outsourcing agencies are paying 13000 to the head cook, 12000 to the assistant cook, and only 11000 to the cleaning and security staff. The state government on one hand and the agencies on the other are cheating the workers who work for ten to fifteen hours a day, without weekly holidays, festival holidays or national holidays, in government-style hostels. This has been done in violation of the Minimum Wages Act-1948 and the Payment of Wages Act-1936 and the Contract Cancellation and Regulation Act-1970, and most of the judgments of the Supreme Court and the High Court that have been in favor of contract workers so far. Therefore, it was demanded that the Siddaramaiah government should maintain its commitment. Without delay, strict legal action should be taken against the outsourcing agencies that stole the wages of the workers in all the districts of the state. The stolen wages should be returned to the workers in the form of arrears. The scheduled work and scheduled holidays should be given. It was demanded throughout the protest that the government should implement equal pay for equal work.

Shri Kantaraj, Executive Director of Karnataka State Residential Educational Society’s, and other officials listened to the demands of the workers for an average of one and a half hours at the protest camp. He then promised the workers that he would take legal action to fulfill their demands.

The struggle was led by Trade Union Center of India General Secretary Com R Manasayya, State Secretary Com M Gangadhar, Com HS Mallesh Bommanal, G Adavirao, Adesh Naganur Basavaraj Wind Power, Ramesh Wind Power, Association President Krishnamurthy, Vice President Ranganath Muski, Another Vice President Sundaramma Mande District, Parvatamma Hassan, General Secretary. Mylaralingappa Koppala, Treasurer Maruti Chitradurga, Dyamanna Koppala, Madhu Soraba, Prakash Koppal, Devendrappa Sindhanur, Husenappa Bijapur, Devamma Echanal, mosaru Bega Linga Lingasagur, Devamma Devadurga, Santhosh Kavitha, Shivayya Raichur etc. were there.

The revolutionary songs of workers, farmers and revolutionaries sung by the revolutionary cultural platform RCF gave real cultural power to today’s protest. Kumar Samara Sindhanur’s song was very attractive.

Abolish the contract labor system!

Make all contract workers permanent!

Until then, pay equal wages for equal work!

Add agencies that steal wages to the blacklist!

Return the stolen wages in the form of arrears!

State Residential School Workers Union Zindabad!

Trade Union Centre Of India Zindabad!

Slogans of Inquilab Zindabad rang out continuously.

TUCI Karnataka

15 April 2026

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Punjab State Committee of CPI (ML) Red Star Holds Extended Study Class at Tapa, Barnala

admin — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 15:33:16 +0000

An extended meeting/study class of the State Committee of CPI (ML) Red Star Punjab was organized at Tapa, District Barnala, Punjab on 3rd April 2026. Comrade Nachhatar Singh (SCM) presided over the meeting. Comrade Labh Singh, Secretary of the Punjab State Committee, explained the objectives of the meeting.

Comrade Tuhin (PBM) elaborated in detail on the CPI (ML) Red Star’s outlook regarding the international and all-India situation, as well as the process of the Party’s 13th Party Congress to be held in Raichur, Karnataka.

The comrades held serious discussions on the aggression against Iran, Palestine, and Lebanon by US imperialism and its watchdog, the terrorist Zionist Israel. They also critically examined the subservient role of the fascist RSS–Modi government towards US imperialism and Zionism.

The meeting emphasized the necessity of building a Bolshevik-style Communist Party structure, along with class and mass organizations, to effectively fight imperialism, saffron fascism, and the corporate nexus, and to ensure the successful completion of the People’s Democratic Revolution (PDR).

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Preventing Takeover of States by “Fascist Double Engine” is the Prime Task in the Assembly Elections

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Preventing Takeover of States by “Fascist Double Engine” is the Prime Task in the Assembly Elections!

Assembly Elections to Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal are scheduled in Aptil 2026. The single-phase election to the first three States takes pace on 9 April and that in Tamil Nadu on 23 April. A two-phase Election is superimposed on West Bengal, which will take place on 23 and 29 April 2026. While in Puduchery, BJP is in power as part of a coalition with its fascist ally, Assam is already under the fascist diktats of the “double engine”. Obviously, in the elections for the other three opposition-ruled States, both BJP and its ideological mentor RSS are now engaged in a maddening offensive to capture power by all means to bring them also under the corporate-fascist stranglehold.

In this regard, the role of the Election Commission, which is transformed as a pliable tool of the Central regime, and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll intended to consolidate pro-BJP votes have become decisve. If the 2002 SIR had given six months time for submitting the filled-in forms, now only 30 days are there for submitting the filled-in forms for enrolling the voters. In the guise of eliminating ineligible voters, the oppressed in general, and Muslims in particular, whom the Indian fascists target as their number one enemy, are systematically excluded from the voter list. Millions of disenfranchised citizens who are condemned to live as ragpickers, masons, domestic helpers, and other unorganised workers who live in slums, will be denied citizenship also in course of time, as SIR is widely acknowledged as the precursor to NRC. While RSS-BJP leaders attempt to allay fears of disenfranchised Hindus that they had nothing to fear about it, since they could be safely accomodated under provisions of CAA, the Muslims are not entitled to such consolations, as CAA is essentially anti-Muslim. This is the case particularly in West Bengal, a State where the BJP and the entire central fascist machinery are specifically concentrating their attention, and where many hundreds of thousands of erstwhile Muslim migrants and refugees from Bangladesh having Aadhaar, Voter Cards and Ration Cards are excluded from voter list, in spite of the belated judicial intervention in this regard.

Now, with Election Commission including the administration and police under its control, immense corporate money power with more than 82% of Electoral Trust Fund at BJP’s disposal and backed by a propaganda blitzkrieg together with Godi media, the fascist forces are spearheading their election campaign in the opposition-ruled states. In conformity with erstwhile RSS dictum (as explained by Golwalkar) that federalism is a “poisonous seed”, the ultimate aim of the corporate-fascist intervention is the establishment of a majoritarian unitary regime by undermining the federal structure of the Constitution. As such, even to safeguard the very structure and character of the existing Constitution, it is the solemn task of all anti-fascist democratic forces to totally isolate and defeat the BJP in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

To accomplish this crucial task, and to be very precise, the central focus on the part of all anti-fascist forces and even non-fascist forces, irrespective of their ideological orientation, should be to avoid a division of the anti-fascist or anti-BJP votes in the Elections, since fascism is an extremely dangerous and terrorist dictatorship led by the most reactionary section of the ruling class, now represented by the corporate-Hindutva forces in India. In other words, to prevent a situation of BJP’s ascendance to power in these States, the clear-cut central slogan in the Election should be “Defeat BJP/Defeat Fascism”. Of course, while taking up this immediate and indispensable task of preventing fascist takeover of power in States, care should also be taken by progressive-democratic forces to avoid opportunistic adjustments with both allies and apologists of fascism. Further, while taking up this immediate task of defeating fascists in the Assembly elections, it is also the duty of the genuine Left to be cautious of its independent position of upholding the long-term strategic interests of the working class and oppressed people. In brief, while upholding its independent ideological-political position against neoliberalism, fascism and war, and avoiding any political alliance with non-fascist ruling class parties or with depoliticised and neoliberal apologists of fascism, the revolutionary Left must use the votes and has to go for an uncompromising campaign appealing the people to appropriately cast their votes so as to ensure the defeat of BJP and allies of RSS fascism.

(Editorial, Red Star Monthly, April 2026 Issue)

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Massive Protest by Farmers’ and Workers’ Organisations under the Leadership of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in Punjab

admin — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 05:08:15 +0000

Tapa Mandi / Barnala, Punjab / 22 February / Today, under the leadership of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), a joint front of various farmers’ and workers’ organisations, pensioners, contract employees, and student organisations gheraoed the residence of AAP’s sitting MLA Labh Singh Ugoke and staged a massive protest. During the demonstration, strong slogans were raised against what the speakers termed the fascist Modi government and the Punjab government.

Addressing the gathering were BKU (Ekta) Ugrahan District President Chamkaur Singh Nainiwal and General Secretary Jarnail Singh Badra; BKU (Dakaunda) Dhaner leader Bhola Singh Chhanna; Krantikari Kisan Union (Buttar) leader Janta Singh Dhaula; Mazdoor Adhikar Andolan TUCI Punjab leader Comrade Labh Singh Akalia; BKU Dakaunda Burjgil leader Darshan Singh Ugoke; Punjab Kisan Union leaders Jagga Singh Badra, Binder Kaur Bhadaur, and Ranjit Kaur Patti Sekhwan, among others.

The speakers stated that the “fascist” Modi government is rapidly passing pro-corporate, anti-people black laws, which have pushed workers and farmers into worsening conditions, while benefiting highly corrupt crony corporate houses such as Adani and Ambani.

Labour leaders alleged that the Modi government is dismantling the MGNREGA Act, thereby increasing unemployment among poor workers and further worsening the condition of the toiling masses. They said that in the interest of domestic and foreign corporate houses, the government has scrapped 44 labour laws and implemented four anti-worker Labour Codes. Replacing the eight-hour workday with a twelve-hour workday, they claimed, will intensify economic exploitation of workers and employees while directly benefiting big capitalists.

The new trade agreement between Prime Minister Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump, they said, is entirely against Indian farmers and working people and will benefit foreign companies and big corporate houses. The leaders alleged that the Modi government has completely bowed before what they described as U.S. imperialist policies under Trump. They warned that the agreement would increase exploitation of farmers cultivating soybean, cotton, fruits, pulses, vegetables, and sorghum, and would severely impact the country’s agricultural marketing system.

They further alleged that through the Electricity Amendment Bill 2025 and the Seed Act, the Modi government is handing over crucial sectors to corporate houses, leading to privatisation of electricity and the withdrawal of facilities available to poor people. With poverty, inflation, and unemployment already severely affecting citizens, they claimed that 85 percent of the toiling and oppressed population now faces devastation.

For these reasons, the joint front of farmers’ and workers’ organisations has been holding protest demonstrations across Punjab in front of the residences of BJP and Aam Aadmi Party leaders against what they described as anti-people policies of the Modi government and the Punjab government. The leaders demanded that the Aam Aadmi Party immediately fulfill its electoral promises, repeal the new GRG law, the four Labour Codes, and the trade agreement with the United States, and abolish the contract system while ensuring permanent employment for workers and employees.

Other speakers at the protest included Darshan Singh Mehta, Malkit Singh Sandhu Kalan, Jarnail Singh Dhaula, and labour leader Nachhattar Singh Ramnagar.

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Demonstration Held in Raipur by Moolnivasi Sangh Chhattisgarh in Support of the UGC Law and Firm Implementation of Caste Census

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On 14 February, Moolnivasi Sangh Chhattisgarh, with the support of various mass organizations, organized a rally and public meeting in support of the new UGC law and the firm implementation of the caste census, demanding the filling of backlog vacancies, and protesting against the persecution of minorities—especially Muslim and Christian communities—in the state in the name of a “Hindu Rashtra” by the fascist Sangh Parivar.

The procession began from Nalghar Chowk in the capital city of Raipur and marched to the Budhatalab protest site, where it culminated in a public meeting.

The chief guest of the program was Comrade Janak Lal Thakur, former MLA and President of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha. The event was conducted by Amarjeet Patel, Convenor of Moolnivasi Sangh Chhattisgarh.

Speakers included prominent intellectual Vishnu Baghel; Comrade Saura, State Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Red Star; Comrade Tuhin, All India Convenor of the Caste Annihilation Movement (CAM) and the Revolutionary Cultural Forum; Advocate Bhanjan Jangde; Dashrath Ahirwar; Savita Bauddh Sankalpi, Convenor of the Buddhist Pracharak Wing, Chhattisgarh; Advocate Surekha Jangde; Advocate Shakir Qureshi, All India General Secretary of Rashtriya Muslim Morcha; Shyam Murat Kaushik, Convenor of Chhattisgarh Kisan Mazdoor Sangh; Akhilesh Edgar, Convenor of Progressive Christian Alliance Chhattisgarh; Advocate Katyayani Verma; Shagun Verma; Chandraprakash Dhidhi; retired Judge Prabhakar Gwal; and Jayashree Bauddh.

At the conclusion of the demonstration, a memorandum addressed to the President of India was submitted to government officials on behalf of Moolnivasi Sangh Chhattisgarh.

The demonstrators took an oath to defend the Indian Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Dr. B. R. Ambedkar and to safeguard democracy. They also resolved to unite all progressive democratic forces—including Dalits, oppressed communities, Adivasis, women, and minorities—to launch a struggle for the creation of an egalitarian society and against the imposition of a inhuman caste-based Hindu Rashtra and its constitution in the form of the cruel Manusmriti by RSS Manuvadi, fascist forces upon the 85 percent Bahujan Moolnivasi population of the country.

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All India Workers’ Strike – Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

admin — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:54:09 +0000

On 12 February, under the call of the Central Trade Unions, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), and various mass organizations, an All India Workers’ Strike was organized against the four anti-worker, corporate-backed labour codes being implemented by the fascist Modi government; against the India–US trade agreement and its adverse impact on the country’s farmers; against the poison of hatred and division being spread on a massive scale to advance the Hindutva “Hindu Rashtra” project by the fascist Sangh Parivar; and against attempts to dismantle the MGNREGA Act.

As part of the strike, a sit-in demonstration was held at Nehru Chowk, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), organized by the Trade Union Council, Bilaspur. The program was presided over by Comrade Pawan Sharma of the Trade Union Council, Bilaspur, and conducted by Comrade Rajesh Sharma of the LIC Employees’ Union.

Those who addressed the gathering included former MLA and President of Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha, Janak Lal Thakur; CPI (ML) Red Star State Secretary Comrade Saura; All India Convenor of the Revolutionary Cultural Forum (RCF) and the Caste Annihilation Movement (CAM), Comrade Tuhin; senior Railway Union leader Comrade Ravi Banerjee; senior Left leader Comrade Nand Kashyap; Comrade Pramod of the Bank Union; President of Jan Chetna Party, Sardar Jasbir Singh Chawla; Convenor of Kisan Mazdoor Sangh Chhattisgarh, Comrade Shyam Murat Kaushik; Comrade Lalan Prasad of AICCTU ; Comrade S. K. Jain; Comrade Vijay Mudaliyar of the SECL Union; former MLA Siyaram Kaushik; Alka Gupta of the LIC Employees’ Union; Comrade Mahesh Shrivas of the Chhattisgarh Electricity Employees’ Union; AITUC leader Comrade Haridwar Singh; Comrade Narayan Chaudhari; Mahesh Gangotri and Rakesh Sharma of the Congress; leader of the Government Employees’ Union Comrade P. R. Yadav; leader of the Lingiyadih Bachao Andolan and Councillor Dilip Patil, among many others.

Comrade Tuhin presented revolutionary song at the gathering.

At the conclusion of the protest, a memorandum addressed to the President of India on behalf of the workers’ organizations was submitted to the SDM, Bilaspur. Along with various mass organizations, a large number of activists from the Lingiyadih Bachao Andolan also participated in the demonstration.

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Farmers-Workers protest at Ballia, UP

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:09:21 +0000

Ballia: On January 16th, at the district headquarters, a public meeting and protest were held at the call of the United Farmers’ Front (Samyukt Kisan Morcha) demanding the withdrawal of the #proposed Electricity Bill 2025, the #four anti-labor codes, the #VBG Ramji (Viksit Bharat Guarantee Employment and Livelihood Mission Rural), and the #proposed new Seed Bill 2025, as well as demanding loan waivers and a law guaranteeing #MSP (Minimum Support Price). Following the protest, a memorandum addressed to the President was handed over to the administrative officer representing the District Magistrate. The protest saw participation from the #Inquilabi Mazdoor Kendra, #Krantikari Lok Adhikar Sangathan, #Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha, #Uttar Pradesh Kisan Sabha, Kisan Mahasabha, All India Revolutionary Kisan Sabha (AIKKS), Trade Union Centre of India (TUCI), Uttar Pradesh MNREGA Workers Union, Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Workers Union, Kisan Front, and #Krantikari Kisan Union.

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Massive protest at Barnala, Punjab by farmers and workers

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 06:02:17 +0000

Barnala/January 16/ A massive protest was held at the Barnala Deputy Commissioner’s office by thousands of people, including members of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and various trade unions and labor organizations. The protest began with revolutionary songs by Ajmer Singh Akalia. The protest was addressed by Comrade Labh Singh Akalia, provincial secretary of the Mazdoor Adhikar Andolan Punjab; Khushia Singh Barnala of the MNREGA Workers’ Union; Makhan Singh Ramgarh of the Mazdoor Mukti Morcha Azad; Joginder Singh Ugrahan, president of BKU Ekta Ugrahan; Manjit Singh Dhaner, president of BKU Dakaunda; Buta Singh Burj Gill, president of BKU Dakaunda (Buta); farmer leaders Chamkaur Singh Nainewal, Kamaljit Kaur Barnala, Manjit Raj Singh, Jarnail Singh Badra; and labor leader Jagsir Singh Khiali, among others. A memorandum was submitted to the Deputy Commissioner. Slogans were raised against the fascist Modi government at the center. The protesters demanded that the new farm laws be immediately repealed, MNREGA be restored, the four labor codes be immediately withdrawn, the new Electricity Act 2025 be repealed, and the new Seed Act 2025 be immediately withdrawn.

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Bilaspur Protest Condemns Fascist Lynching of Migrant Worker Ramnarayan Baghel

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:55:31 +0000

On 7 January, an anger protest meeting was organised in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh by the Migrant Workers’ Organisations Front (PMSM) along with allied organisations. This protest meeting was held against the killing / mob lynching of Ramnarayan Baghel, a migrant worker from Chhattisgarh, who was falsely branded as a “Bangladeshi” and murdered by the fascist Sangh Parivar in Kerala.

The chief speaker at the protest meeting was renowned human rights activist Bhawar Meghwanshi, National Secretary of the PUCL. The meeting was chaired by Comrade Lakhan Subodh, Convenor of PMSM and President of GSS. Ramnarayan Baghel’s wife, Mrs. Lalita, was specially present at the programme. The proceedings were conducted by Comrade Kaladas, State General Secretary of PUCL.

Other speakers included PUCL State President Junoos Tirkey; folk singer Asha Subodh; Advocate Priyanka Shukla; Comrade Manharan Yadav, leader of the Inquilabi Mazdoor Sangathan; Rameshwar Kurre of the Migrant Workers’ Organisation; Comrade Lakhan Singh of the CPI; Pastor Anishcharan; Comrade Tuhin, All-India Convenor of the Caste Annihilation Movement; Wahid Ali Siddiqui, State Vice-President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind; AAP leader Jasbir Singh; and former judge Prabhakar Gwal. Comrade Kaladas and Asha Subodh presented revolutionary mass songs.

In the protest meeting, it was unanimously resolved that the fascist RSS and its affiliated organisations—Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad—are responsible, both in the state and across the country, for spreading hatred and division, unleashing communal violence against minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, as well as against Dalits, oppressed sections, women and Adivasi communities, and for undermining the Constitution of India and the country’s pluralistic traditions. The administration was therefore urged to impose a ban on these communal organisations.

Demands were raised before the Kerala and Chhattisgarh governments to provide adequate compensation to the family of Ramnarayan Baghel. A resolution was also passed demanding that the Kerala government ensure strict punishment for the Sangh-affiliated, Manuvadi criminals responsible for the murder and take firm measures to curb communal fascist saffron gangs in the state of Kerala.

The protest meeting unanimously adopted a pledge to build united resistance—from Parliament to the streets—by all progressive democratic forces and the exploited and oppressed people against the fascist Sangh Parivar and its brutal, Manusmriti-based Hindutva state project.

Representatives of major mass organisations of the state participated in the anger protest meeting.

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Anganwadi Workers’ Union Meets in Abhanpur, Calls for Struggle

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:51:31 +0000

Today, January 4, a meeting of the Chhattisgarh Progressive Anganwadi Workers’ Union (affiliated to TUCI) was held at Abhanpur in Raipur district.

The meeting discussed the indifference, extreme insensitivity, and apathy of the BJP state government towards the problems of Anganwadi workers and helpers, as well as the strategy for struggle against this anti-worker attitude.

During the meeting, the contribution of Krantijyoti Savitribai Phule to women’s education and the women’s liberation movement was remembered with deep respect.

The meeting strongly condemned the prevailing situation in the country where rapists are being granted bail, while activists of people’s struggles are being sent to jail.

It was also decided to intensify the struggle for gender equality against Hindutva-driven patriarchy by observing International Women’s Day on March 8 in a militant and spirited manner. The meeting further resolved to invite militant and leading women activists from different states who are fighting against women’s oppression to the March 8 public meeting.

The meeting was attended by union office-bearers Hema Bharti, Durga Yadav, Lakshmi Kosle, Khileshwar Sahu,Kunti Sahu ,Rajeshwari Soni,Shashi Sahu,Anju Sonwani,Radha Tandon and Organisation Secretary Comrade Saura spoke Com. Tuhin of RCF sang revolutionary song.Hemant Tandon,Than Singh Mandey along with several other union members have participated.

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