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The Concerned Citizens’ Group visited Kashmir from March 30 to April 2, 2021. This was its third visit after the Narendra Modi government revoked the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and the eighth since violence erupted in the Valley following the gunning down of a militant leader Burhan Wani in July 2016.
The first visit of the CCG had taken place amidst the strikes, deaths and pellet injuries to citizens young and old, in October 2016. Since then the CCG has visited Kashmir at fairly regular intervals to ascertain the public mood by meeting with a cross-section of public intellectuals, business leaders, human rights groups, civil society representatives, politicians, journalists and common folk.

A book release discussion on April 8, 2021 on a recent book by Dr K R Shyam Sundar on COVID-19, Reforms and Poor Governance on Labor Rights in India

I missed the last rites of a hero.
Whose memory will outlast the spent lives
Of our dictators and fake politicians.
You were always clear on what really mattered,
Holding the mirror of truth to power
With your proverbial humility and clarity.
Like your best friend Asma you went
Just when we needed you most.
When we are directionless and the crisis
Generated by lies and hunger overwhelms us.
If only the cold earth could throw you back
Onto the barricades, we would
Be (…)

Bearing in mind all these facts the Socialist Party (India) considers the Nitish Kumar Government to be a blot upon the Socialist movement in India. The Socialist Party (India) has therefore concluded that it must demand the resignation of the Nitish Kumar Government

Rehman Sahib’s departure has plunged all who knew him in grief. His legacy will live on and continue to guide us. Such a pillar of strength and the finest of persons. Deepest condolences to his family. WAF expresses what he meant to us individually and collectively -