A Comrade’s Blog

On this May Day 2024, CITU extends warm fraternal greetings to the working people across the world who are fighting capitalist onslaught and to protect their hard won rights and their unity. CITU greets and congratulates the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), the only class oriented and militant global Read more…

CLAIMS ‘Na khaaoonga, na khaane doonga’ (I will not ‘eat’ i.e. be corrupt, nor will I allow anyone else to eat) – Narendra Modi TRUTH Ten years of Modi rule have shown that this was the most hollow and false of all his claims. The truth seems to be ‘Khaoonga, Read more…

CLAIMS “For us protection of environment is an article of faith. We have natural resources because our previous generations protected these resources. We must do the same for our future generations.” – Narendra Modi ‘Forest cover will be increased’ and ‘protect and promote the interests of forest dwellers particularly the tribal Read more…

CLAIMS One of the main claims of the government is that its scheme – the Pradhan Mantri Jan ArogyaYojana (PM-JAY) – has saved millions from becoming poor due to the costs of care. Ayushman Bharat – Health and Wellness Centres (HWCs), now re-named Ayushman Arogya Mandirs will meet the health Read more…

CLAIMS During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had promised to give top priority to education by allocating 6 per cent of GDP to education in central Budgets. Opening up education sector to private and foreign institutions will encourage competition and improve the quality of education. The government is implementing Read more…

CLAIMS Extension of the 5 kg free ration allocation (Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana) for 80 crore people over the next five years. TRUTH The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) was initially introduced in April 2020 in response to the demands of the Left to distribute free Read more…

CLAIMS “When mothers and daughters get strong, the family gets strengthened and the welfare of the mothers and daughters is a priority for our government”: Narendra Modi. “Our government is committed to ensuring the holistic well-being of every family, and this begins with the health and dignity of the women”. Read more…

CLAIMS There has been a three fold increase in the budget of Tribal Affairs Ministry in last 10 years, a 5.5 fold increase in Development Action Plan for Scheduled Tribes. In last 10 years, states with PVTG population were allocated over Rs. 25,000 crores. There was a 21-times increase in Read more…

CLAIMS With its slogan ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ (Taking everyone along for everyone’s development), the Modi Government claimed that it has created an environment in which all sections are safe and secure. Increase the allocation for the SC component plan to 16.6 per cent of the central budget. TRUTH In Read more…

CLAIMS ‘Raising India’s international stature, introducing a no-nonsense approach to internal/external security’ ‘Building on the Make in India in Defence initiative to further indigenize our defence equipment’. – 2019 BJP Election Manifesto TRUTH National Security is a much broader concept than merely defence or military security. Neither will assure full Read more…