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The opposition front also adopted a joint resolution that deftly accommodates the political agendas of different participants, showing the resolve of the opposition parties to forge a united front. Full text of the Resolution. Also: “‘INDIA’ May Be the Finest Hour of Identity Politics in Our Country.”
Opposition unity has greatly increased the likelihood of a defeat for the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. However, democracies can only survive if their leaders are willing to accept defeat and fight for power through the ballot, instead of the bullet. Modi has shown a reluctance to do this throughout the 22 years he has enjoyed power at Gandhinagar and Delhi.
What’s chilling is the cynicism of the top man running the country. Why is the prime minister unmoved?
The Karnataka government’s plan to launch its “Anna Bhagya” scheme on July 1 under which it was planning to provide 10 kg of free rice per month to each family below the poverty-line has run into problems because of the Food Corporation of India’s unwillingness to sell rice to that state.
The amendment Bill is set to come up for discussion in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament. More than 400 Ecologists, and over 100 Civil Servants have written to the government expressing their concerns over the amendment Bill. Also: “Citizens, Climate Action Groups Protest Against the Amendment Bill.”
At the Press Conference organized by the Concerned Citizens of India at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club on 13 July, the release of the public hearing report shed light on the harrowing experiences of forced evictions across India in preparation for the G20 summit.
With illegal sand mining digging up the Yamuna, fishermen turn farmers only to be hit by mafia encroachment of the riverbanks. People fear they will be forced to relocate if mining continues undeterred.
The 120 MW Vyasi HEP in Vikas Nagar tehsil of Dehradun is on its way to becoming the textbook example of how thoughtlessly pushed hydro power projects are proving a nightmare for local people, a costly affair for the state and the nation and a disaster for the free-flowing living river.
For nearly a decade, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has withheld or criticised available data on poverty. From the interiors of India’s richest state, Maharashtra, a report on how daily wages are stagnant, as inflation and rising costs push more Indians into poverty.
United, landless workers and opposition parties force the State government to set up a committee for their demands.
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