MOVEMENTS & STRUGGLES NEWS AND UPDATES **** 2020 **** January 6, New Delhi : NAPM condemens the unprecedented violence unleashed by the masked goons on the JNU campus specifically targeting Student Union activists, students active in anti fee hike agitation, Kashmiri and Dalit students and the faculty members supporting them. The attack left more than 20 students and faculty members with grievous injury, fracture and cuts including severe head injury to JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, Prof Sucharita Sen and others.
Kotputli, Shuklawas and Chandwaji, reached Jaipur, where three programs were conducted next day. Yatra travelled to Dudu, Ajmer, Bhilwara, Beawar, Bhim, Udaipur, Dungarpur and Baswadam and entered Madhya Pradesh. The first phase of Yatra was to conclude in Hyderabad on 23 March and pass through 16 states. The second phase was proposed to start from Champaran on 11 April and conclude in Patna on 17 May covering 10 states. The third phase was to start from Sitabadiyara (Ballia) on 11 October and conclude at Narendra Niketan, Delhi on 31 October. The yatra was to conduct 500 programs across the country led by the chief convener Arun Srivastava and co-convenor Dr. Sunilam (former MLA and NAPM Convener). However, the Yatra was cut-short due to nationwide lockdown in the wake of corona pandemic.
January 25, New Delhi : People’s movements, trade unions, women’s groups and others in a joint letter oppose the visit of the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as State guest for Republic Day Parade. They express their opposition to his misogynistic, homophobic and anti-people views and regressive actions taken by him since the time he became President in January, 2019.
February 16, New Delhi : Second Dalit Literature Festival concludes at Kirorimal College, Delhi University. The theme of the festival was “literature will create a new world”. Several writers and poets like Mamta Kalia, Balli Singh Cheema, Chauthi Ram Yadav, Vimal Thorat and others attended the festival.
January 26, Mumbai : Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on a petition by Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan upholds the rehabilitation rights of the slum dwellers living on the mangrove land and directs the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra to form a committee of experts in order to make a rehabilitation plan for around 1500 families of Ambedkar Nagar slum in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai whose houses were demolished by the mangrove cell of Maharashtra Forest department in May 2017. The order was passed by MSHRC on 30th December 2019, however, the detailed order copy was received by the complainants on 24th January 2020.
March 1-2, Bhopal : NAPM organizes two days discussion forum on the state of rivers in the country. The meeting saw participation of activists, researchers, farmers and fisherfolks from the Narmada, Ganga, Tapi, Krishna, Mahandi and other river basins. The discussions focused around the current status of the river valleys and the threat posed to them due to various ‘developmental’ activities, very specifically dam building and interlinking of rivers.
January 30, 2020 New Delhi : Samajwadi Samagam flags off its Samajwadi Vichar Yatra from Gandhi Smriti, 30 January Road, Delhi. The inaugural programme was disrupted due to detention of the core members of the yatra by Delhi police till 2 pm. However, the yatra proceeded further with its plan and reached Rewari, and after conducting programs in
March 24, New Delhi : Government of India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi orders a nationwide lockdown for 21 days, limiting movement of the entire 138 Crore population
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