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We feel it is important to position ourselves clearly against jingoism and war mongering, asking who benefits and who stands to lose from wars. We must critically analyze the foreign policy setbacks in the wake of terror attacks & war, understand the intertwined politics of Pahalgam & Operation Sindoor, challenge hate & misinformation campaigns of mainstream media, resist use of water as tool of war and stop criminalization of sane voices prioritizing political over militarized responses, as a long term way forward.

cold-blooded killing of a senior Maoist leader along with several Adivasis in Chhattisgarh, it is to be yet another instance of extrajudicial action carried out under the guise of counterinsurgency. Left parties demand an independent judicial inquiry into this entire episode and the entire Kagar operation.

Today, we see a troubling echo of that historical distortion. Some proponents of banning the Awami League draw comparisons between the party and the Nazi Party, citing the Allied powers’ postwar dissolution of the latter as justification. Such analogies are frequently accompanied by the claim that the Awami League is comparable to the Nazi Party.

The Socialist Party (India) would like to suggest through this open letter that the government abandon the plan of sending seven delegations of members of different political parties to countries around the world in a bid to make the world aware of India

Amnesty International
19 May 2025
India: Authorities should immediately terminate