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A CPI(ML) investigative team visited Amtaura village on December 6 in the Gida police jurisdiction of Gorakhpur, where feudal forces brutally shot and killed Shivdhani Nishad (55) on December 2. His wife, also injured in the attack, is currently hospitalized in Gorakhpur Medical College. The assailants, belonging to an upper-caste fedual elements, also set the family’s house ablaze.

Delhi’s Chief minister recently announced an increase in the wages of DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation) workers, a move hailed as a result of the relentless struggles of workers, especially women employees. However, the DTC Workers Unity Centre (AICCTU) has cautioned workers to remain vigilant until the announcement is implemented, citing previous delays caused by the ongoing tussle between the Chief Minister and the Lieutenant Governor in Delhi.

In yet another grim instance of rising atrocities under the BJP-JD(U) regime, tribal tenant farmers in Pinda village, Katihar district, were brutally attacked by BJP-supported goons. The incident occurred on November 30 when Mahendra Oraon and Raghunath Oraon were cultivating land. Armed assailants led by Govind Singh unleashed violence, resulting in the death of Vaidhyanath Oraon, who was shot in the stomach. Another farmer, Jabna Oraon, sustained gunshot injuries in the thigh and arm and is currently undergoing treatment in Bhagalpur.

Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) organised nationwide protests on December 1 demanding a judicial inquiry into the Sambhal massacre, action against culpable police officers, and an investigation into Adani's corruption. Demonstrations were held across various states under the call for justice and accountability.

In response to the Forest Department's notices issued to the residents of Bagjhala in Gaulapar and the halting of various development projects in the area, the All India Kisan Mahasabha (AIKM) held a meeting calling for a mass protest in Haldwani on December 23.

On Wednesday, December 4, 2024 widespread protests and demonstrations were organised across various districts of Uttar Pradesh by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), AIKM and the All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU). The protests were held in opposition to the Yogi government’s decision to privatise two of the state's four electricity distribution corporations—Purvanchal (Varanasi) and Dakshinanchal (Agra).

The decades old demand of government acquisition of thousands of acres of land of erstwhile Bettiah Estate was eventually fulfilled after a very long struggle of communist parties in Bihar. The CPIML had been fighting for this popular demand of peasants and landless poor for almost four decades. Now the Bihar government has acquisitioned these lands through a legislation enacted in the Assembly. 

Thousands of women associated with National Livelihood Mission, Self Help Groups’ Jeevika scheme held a massive protest on 28 November in Patna under the banner AIPWA.

A tragic incident unfolded at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Vasant Vihar, where a Class 6 student, Prince, reportedly passed away on school premises. Prince hailed from a Dalit family residing in Kusumpur Pahadi, a nearby slum.

On 27th November, AISA along with other organisations of Delhi University held a protest at the gate of the Vice Chancellor's office demanding immediate termination of the Principal of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Arun Kumar Attree. Since there has been a complaint filed by Sumit Chauhan, a Dalit student of SBSC of physical assault and casteist abuse, the police are yet to file an FIR. Even after ten days.