COLLEGES GO ONLINE FOR ADMISSION
Some questions still remain with regard to implementation of the online procedure. It has to be made sure that no loopholes are left which can be utilised by the 'well-meaning Dadas'. Further a lot of candidates are either confused by the online process or cannot access it, these candidates have to be facilitated adequately. If the online admission process can be implemented as it should be, we can hope that no other young people will be forced to take drastic measures and acquiring a college education will not be equated with how deep one's pockets are.
ChhatraSangram : Keeping A Diary of the Students’ Movement
PROBLEMS WITH CONDUCTING A COMMON MEDICAL ENTRANCE TEST
Long Live Comrade Sudipto Gupta
WARRANTS BEING ISSUED AGAINST STUDENT LEADERS FOR PROTESTS, CRIMINALS ROAM FREE
In yet another example of weird administration of this government, warrants have been issued against SFI leadership for leading rallies and mass meetings.
Is Rape becoming the Norm for Punishing Girls in TMC ruled West Bengal?
A young girl, a class ten student, had shown up with the courage to speak out against injustice perpetrated on her family by the local Trinamool Congress. Her family's tormentors had her abducted, raped and left her disrobed body by the railway tracks.
Students Take Burdwan University By Storm : VC Refuses To Meet SFI Delegation
SFI Burdwan District Committee had organized a demonstration in Rajbati (administrative building of the Burdwan University) on 28th August 2014 to place forward different education issues and submit a deputation. Thousands of students across the district thronged the roads of Burdwan to march into the Rajbati from the Burdwan Railway Station. There were hundreds of girl students in the march along with school students and technical students, apart from the students of different colleges affiliated to the BU.
Dr. Nirmal Majhi Carries Forward the TMC Tradition
The manner in which Dr. Majhi attacked his fellow colleagues is beneath the etiquettes of the medical society and it should be strongly condemned.
DOWN WITH BARBARISM – WHEN WORDS FALL SHORT
18th was the day when Bengal saw how a local AIDWA (All India Democratic Women’s Association) activist was tortured, gangraped and then murdered by the local Trinamool workers after she failed to pay an extortion money of Rs. 15 Lakhs to let her husband Bymokesh Giri (a Local Committee member of CPI(M)) return to the village.
PORIBORTON: THE GROUND REALITY
The Students’ Federation of India of West Bengal salutes the fighting spirit of these Taxi drivers and urges them to continue to keep at their demands and also be inspiration for everyone’s fight who have been victimised by the state.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold: Japanese Encephalitis
The SFI demands that the state government accepts the realities, faces up to its responsibility to the people, and reacts appropriately and immediately.
SAHARANPUR RIOTS
In the wee hours of Saturday, clashes broke out between the Muslim and Sikh communities of Saharanpur. After almost a week, the death toll rests at 3 as a result of the communal riots with many others injured and the city under curfew with shoot-at-sight orders being issued in the area.
Mamata’s Promise to Paint Again : A Warning?
Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, and the Trinamool Congress supremo, has made a promise at her party’s 21st July gathering at Dharmatala, Kolkata – she says that she will paint again, she will write again (“ami abar akbo, ami abar likhbo”). The people will remember that the sale of her painting for 1.8 crore rupees was linked to the Saradha Ponzi scam.
Impunity for Israel’s bombardment of Gaza: Vijay Prashad
The casus belli for the war is now invalid. Hamas did not kill the teenager. The people of Gaza did not kill the teenagers. But they paid the ultimate price for Israeli revenge.
Deputation Submitted to the Chairman, WBJEEB
Seeking action against forgery and corrupt practices of few institutes that affect the interests of the student community.
Unity Shifts: From Statute to Statue
NDA Government has also allocated Rs. 2 billion public money from its treasury, thus burdening the public twice for this statue – once in the name of trust, the other from the treasury. While only Rs. 1.5 billion was being spent on women’s safety and only Rs. 1 billion on girl education – allotment of Rs. 2 billion for a statue is nothing but a waste of public money, as well as an insult to the women of our nation, who are being assaulted every now and then. It points out to the mindset of this government, which is trying to highlight its presence through gimmicks instead of attempting at true development of our people. SFI firmly opposes this waste of public money instead of prioritizing security of our women or child education.
We Fight Today! We Fight Today!!
Enraged at the bloodbath in Palestine students and youth of Bengal took to the streets today in a spirited march from Moulali to Park Circus via MullickBazaar in Kolkata.
“Hands off Palestine”: Students’ Declare War on War
On the 16th of July all Left Students’ and Youth Organisations of West Bengal will take out a march from Moulali to Park Circus in Kolkata. On the 18th of July the 12 students’ and youth organizations will join the All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation for a protest demonstration on Alochaya Mancha in front of the Academy of Fine Arts. Burning torches will be carried from three corners of the city of Kolkata, namely Hazra, Moulali and Khidderpore to the academy. “Hands off Palestine” is the slogan echoing from campuses across India today.
PROTESTANT VOICES CONTINUE TO BE STRANGULATED
Sourav Chowdhury, a 2nd year student of Birati College was abducted and his corpse, was found besides the railway track between Bamangachhi and Duttapukur stations on 5th July. The corpse was being chopped to 9 pieces which bears a testimony to the brutality of the murder, and the desperate audacity of the criminals in our state. Sourav raised his voice of protests along with many other local residents against the criminal regime unleashed by the illegal country liquor dens and gambling rackets.
B.Ed. STUDENTS LEFT IN THE LURCH AFTER SEAT-FOR-MONEY MUCK
SFI strongly demand that the culprits who have extorted money shall be awarded exemplary punishments, as well as those who have overlooked the issue for a year and is responsible for this miserable plight of the 39 students.
Railway Fares Hiked : Demand for Student Concessions
SFI demands that the government withdraws the hike in rail fares and the freight rates and oppose the government’s anti-people policy regarding the railways. We demand regular concessions in rail travel for all students, and more particularly for girls. We see the students’ concessions as part of the governments’ essential duties towards ensuring equitable scope of education.
State Medical Colleges Fail to Meet MCI Norms
SFI protests the abrupt decision to curtail medical seats throwing the future of hundreds of medical aspirants into the dark. We demand that the state government forfeits its whimsical attitude towards education and provide the bare minimum of infrastructural support to its medical colleges. The All India General Secretary of SFI, Ritabrata Banerjee, member of parliament has submitted a deputation to the Union Health Minister, outlining the need to nurture the government medical colleges and protesting the destructive measures that the MCI has resorted to.
SUSPENSION OF WORK AT JESSOP AND HINDUSTAN MOTORS AFTER GENERAL ELECTIONS
Jessop and Hindustan Motors announced “suspension of work” notice in their Dum Dum and Uttarpara works respectively after the conclusion of the General Elections. On 15 May, Jessop & Co. had announced “suspension of operations” at its 226-year old Dum Dum works, jeopardizing the livelihood of 635 workers and their families, and fuelling fears of a lockout in a manner similar to the tyre-maker Dunlop India Ltd at Sahaganj .
Central Executive committee congratulates the ‘save D.U. Campaign’
Central Executive committee congratulates the ‘save D.U. Campaign’ (of which SFI has been an integral part) for playing a consistent role in this movement, which eventually forced organizations like ABVP and NSUI to come out against FYUP, and also forced BJP to make it a part of its election manifesto. This joint effort has to continue in the future as well, for the battle against neo-liberal reforms in higher education is far from over.
SFI Celebrates Foundation Day of Chhatrasangram
SFI West Bengal State Committee celebrated the 49th anniversary of the foundation its organ, Chhatrasangram, on the 15th of June, 2014 at the auditorium of the Jogesh Chandra Mime Academy, at Kolkata.
DEMANDS OF LEFTIST STUDENT ORGANISATIONS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY IN ADMISSION
SFI asks that these demands must be taken care of by the Department of Higher Education, West Bengal Government and the universities to ensure a proper transparent admission process based on merit, and abolish the annual illegal extortion from the students seeking admission.
Translate Your Struggle in the Campuses, on the Streets to Voices in Parliament
Students Take a Stand, Support Left Front
Demolishing The MODI Myth
These facts also negate the mythical existence of the so-called ‘Gujarat Model’ which, based on all above figures, can be very aptly compared to a slice of Swiss cheese.
Narendra Modi: A High Stake Project
With the General Elections just around the corner, the BJP also stepped up with its best foot forward. The general public is being subjected to media shows and twitter campaigns, mobilised crowds and convincing speakers, all projecting Narendra Modi as the saviour.
A year of Turning the Highways into Boulevard of Resistance
The 2nd day of April, 2014 - exactly a year since the day our friend and comrade Sudipto Gupta succumbed to death from horrific injuries inflicted by policemen while in police custody.
The 2nd of April: Unite… In Remembrance, In Resistance
One year has passed since that fateful 2nd day of April...
The '2nd April' March
• Judicial inquiry to investigate the killing of Comrade Sudipto Gupta
• Restore the democratic milieu in Campuses
• Stop murder-rape-molestations
Lok Sabha 2014: An Election Campaign too MODIfied
An Election Campaign too MODIfied
Status of Minority Education
As the General elections 2014 are knocking at the door, the UPA 2 Government became zealous about implementing sub-quota for backward minorities, and also increased the allocation to the Minority Affairs ministry by 12%.
Atrocities against Women under the UPA regime
Let the facts and figures do the talk
EDUCATION
The UPA government has repeatedly projected itself as the champion of social equity, advertising its schemes on public health, education, food security. It is therefore necessary to review the true character of the UPA-2’s education policy and the impact it has had on the country.
Health – Let the facts speak
Scenario of public health in the UPA II regime
PRICE RISE: People’s Agony in UPA Regime
Students’ Federation of India have always strongly condemned the food related policies of the UPA II Government, and holds them responsible for the persistent rise in the prices of food and other essential commodities.
SFI Leaderships Spoke on the Contemporary Situation
Messages of the General Secretary, SFI and the Secretary and the President of SFI, West Bengal State Committee
Former State Finance Minister’s Critique of the State Budget 2014
Questions have been raised about the State Budget, its lack of transparency and misinformation, the non-publication of the financial statistics. No answers have come. The people of West Bengal, and the student community especially, will not rest till the Government delivers the answers.
Summing Up the 2014 Students’ Elections in West Bengal
In the beginning of 2013 in an unprecedented undemocratic step the West Bengal State Government abruptly stopped all college elections. On the back of this autocratic order we from the SFI led a students’ movement against the Government’s repressive policies demanding the restoration of campus democracy.
On the State Budget
The Finance Minister of West Bengal Government Dr. Amit Mitra’s speech presenting the State budget for 2014-15 has turned out to be a budget of lies and deceits. Government of West Bengal had left no stone unturned to hide its failures and directionless economic policies in the midst of cooked-up figures.
On the Interim Union Budget
The Finance Minister’s speech presenting the Interim budget for 2014-15 has turned out as an electoral manifesto, with no effort to overcome current challenges faced by our economy.
Chhatrasangram at the 38th Kolkata International Book Fair
Overall, throughout the 12 days of the Book Fair, the zeal of the people and students, in particular, has been very encouraging and has increased compared to the previous years.
An Overview of Students' Union Elections
The students’ union elections were characterized by barbaric attacks of armed TMCP goons, and shameless administrative inaction.
On the Brutal Murder of Comrade Saifuddin Mollah
Debojyoti Das
