PUDR Press Release This report presents an account of 27 months of Operation Kagaar – security operations conducted jointly by the central and state governments between January 2024-March 2026 with the professed object of complete elimination of ‘Naxalism’ or ‘Left-Wing Extremism’. While Kagaar was conducted across several states of central-eastern India, including Odisha, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh…
This is the second of a series of articles in a broad attempt to rethink what “election integrity” means in India from a Marxist perspective. The immediate debate often turns on the conduct of the Election Commission and “vote chori”; we argue from a larger political economy perspective through which capital, parties, and the state […]
This is the first of a series of articles in a broad attempt to rethink what “election integrity” means in India from a Marxist perspective. The immediate debate often turns on the conduct of the Election Commission and “vote chori”; we argue from a larger political economy perspective through which capital, parties, and the state […]
By Kushal Debnath. This article appeared in the May 2026 issue of Aneek In the recently concluded West Bengal election, the BJP has formed the government with a two thirds majority. In the 2016 Assembly election, the BJP had won three seats. This growth in strength within ten years is startling. Across the entire eastern […]
The Pitiful Consequence of Hollow Politics Part One This commentary is part of a series by Sankar Mamata Banerjee has said, “I will not resign. We have not lost.” It is not that Mamata Banerjee’s words have no substance at all. I am not going into a detailed discussion right now. But what we can […]
This commentary was received from the group Mad Balikas The “they” and “we” division is more or less complete. A large section of respectable Bengalis have got what they wanted. What they have received in cash and kind, they will no doubt count and string together carefully. Yesterday, the man who came to deliver the […]
By Akhteruzzaman Elias. Translated from the collection of essays Sanskritir Bhanga Setu (Broken Bridge of Culture), 1996. The demand that Bangla be made a state language in Pakistan arose even before Pakistan was created, and those who raised this demand were involved in, or supporters of, the Pakistan movement. Immediately after the state’s establishment, the […]
This article was received from an activist. Introduction Under the Modi government, legislative interventions targeting different segments of working people have followed a clear pattern. There was first an amendment that undermined the interests of advocates, then three farm laws that threatened agrarian livelihoods, and now the “4 Labour Code Bill”, which constitutes a comprehensive […]
The newly elected general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) is Abdullah Kafi Ratan. In a conversation with Arko Bhaduri, he spoke on a range of issues including the death sentence for Sheikh Hasina, the July mass uprising, allegations that the Chattogram Port is being handed over to foreigners, and the crisis and […]
This analysis was received from an activist in West Bengal Introduction The BJP led NDA government has replaced twenty nine labour laws with four consolidated labour codes, passed in Parliament but not yet fully implemented because the necessary rules have not been framed everywhere. With the exception of three states, including West Bengal, all states […]
