The Socialist Party strongly condemns the recent attacks over the last six days on Palestine’s Gaza by Israeli forces killing more than 160 civilians including a large number of small children and women. The party terms the attacks just as barbaric, and a heinous crime against humanity. The excuses propagated by the Israeli authorities are […]
Misdirected Neoliberal Budget Will Further Increase Inequality and Unemployment
Contrary to the expectations raised by speeches made by Narendra Modi during his election campaign, the annual budget (2014-2015) presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is hardly any different from its predecessor – the Congress-led UPA government. The Congress president Smt. Sonia Gandhi herself has dubbed the budget as a ‘copy of the UPA […]
Socialist Party Opposes the Anti-Poor and Pro-Corporate Rail Budget
The Rail Budget (2014-2015) presented today by the Railway Minister Shri Shadanand Gowda can be described in brief as essentially anti-poor. The unprecedented hike – 14% – in the fares will burden basically the large segment of the poor of the country. There are no concessional provisions for students and unemployed in the budget who […]
SEMINAR: Is News Coverage of Political Parties During Elections Unbiased, Balanced & Proportionate?
Organized by: Giri Institute of Development Studies Dear friends, As some reports that monitored news coverage of political parties around Lok Sabha elections 2014 have shown, BJP got a lion’s share of news coverage compared to other major political parties. Smaller political parties or independent candidates often got negligible coverage. One such report was done […]
Front-Page Content Analysis of 5 Newspapers During LS Elections
Front-page content analysis of 5 newspapers in Lucknow during Lok Sabha Elections 2014:
Sustainable Development
A presentation by Monish Babbar, delivered at the Socialist Party conference on May 30th, 2014 at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi.
National Executive Committee Meeting Press Release: Socialist Party is committed to Public Sector and Article 370
Will hold a public awareness campaign about Education, Water, Electoral Reforms and Betterment of Minorities The two-day national executive committee meeting of the Socialist Party held in Delhi under the chairmanship of the party’s president Bhai Vaidya, a veteran socialist and former Home Minister of Maharashtra. In the meeting, the results of the Lok Sabha […]
ब्रज सद्भावना यात्रा 2014: अयोध्या से बरेली तक
1–8 जून 2014 एक अपील सर्वत्र शांति और सदभाव स्थापित हो । सभी मानव आपसी प्रेम और भाईचारे के साथ रहे। नफरत और अलगाव के बीज ख़त्म हो। धरती पर इंसानियत का प्रसार हो इन्ही उद्देश्यों को अपने जीवन का सार मानने वाले मानवतावादी संत युगल किशोर शरण शाश्त्री एक बार पुनः अपने शांति मिशन […]