Tag: CPIM

All parties except BJP demand rescheduling of Tripura panchayat polls

The IPFT and the Congress also separately urged the election commission to reschedule the panchayat polls "to uphold democracy in the rural areas".

September 14, 2018

West Bengal: BJP, CPI-M, Congress behind panchayat violence, says TMC

Violence over panchayat board formation has left seven persons dead in various districts of the the state since August 27.

August 30, 2018

Victory of the people: Mamata

Welcoming the Supreme Court verdict on panchayat poll, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed the BJP, the Congress and the CPIM for resorting to “false propaganda” and “conspiracy” as well as “defaming” and “insulting” the state through “planned and planted move”. “This is a victory of democracy and the people of Bengal. …

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August 25, 2018

CPI-M urges Tripura government to help flood-hit Kerala

Dhar, also the secretary of the Tripura state committee of the Left party, said that the CPI-M would launch an 11-day long fund collection drive on August 21 across the state to help the affected people of Kerala.

August 19, 2018

Somnath Chatterjee: Staunch communist, who officially didn’t die a comrade

Despite the fact that his father was once the president of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha, Somnath remained a key leader of CPIM between 1968 and 2008

August 13, 2018

SC questions many panchayat seats going uncontested in Bengal

The Supreme court on Tuesday took a dim view of West Bengal panchayat election, saying thousands of seats going uncontested shows that democracy is not working in the state. “It seems democracy is not working at the ground level. It is shocking that thousands of seats have gone uncontested,” said a bench of Chief Justice …

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July 3, 2018

Manik Sarkar’s security increased as he faces ‘obstruction’

Former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar’s security has been increased as the “BJP workers continued to obstruct” his tour to tribal dominated areas in Dhalai district since Monday, police said on Tuesday. Sarkar, now the Leader of Opposition in Tripura, accompanied by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Chief Whip in the assembly and former …

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June 12, 2018

India and Pakistan must talk on Kashmir, says CPI-M

India and Pakistan need to talk without putting preconditions in a bid to restore peace in Jammu and Kashmir, the CPI-M has said. The offer of talks with Pakistan that Home Minister Rajnath Singh has extended should be taken forward, an editorial in the CPI-M journal “People’s Democracy” said. “But it cannot be conditional … …

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June 7, 2018

Kerala CM’s snipe at Congress sparks chaos in assembly

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that Congress MLAs were supporting “terror” groups, angering the opposition and leading to chaos in the Assembly. There was pandemonium as opposition members shouted slogans against Vijayan and the Home Department for failing to protect a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) who was brutally beaten up by the police …

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June 7, 2018

BJP government creating anarchy in Tripura: Manik Sarkar

Undemocratic actions by the BJP-led alliance government in Tripura, like bulldozing of over 100 opposition party offices and attacks on opposition leaders and supporters, are creating anarchy in the state, former Chief Minister Manik Sarkar said here on Friday. “There is a huge crisis of food and jobs in Tripura especially in the hilly and …

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May 25, 2018

‘CPM’s trademark is outside support’

Sitaram Yechury was unanimously elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), for a second term of three years at the party’s 22nd congress at Hyderabad (18-22 April), after securing approval for his line to work with the Congress Party. This happened not long after the party’s Central Committee meet in January rejected …

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May 19, 2018

Poll panic: Three killed in Nadia, several hurt

At least three persons were killed and several others were injured in violence that broke out at several places in Nadia district, hours after voting began for the panchayat polls on Monday. The district election official said 73.6 per cent polling was recorded till 5.00 p.m. The numbers may, however, increase as people were waiting …

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May 15, 2018

Yechury likens BJP with Kauravas, says RSS controls it like ‘Sakuni’

During a talk in Bhubaneswar, the CPIM General Secretary said the BJP leaders give slogans and don't let people think

May 12, 2018

Vijayvargia campaigns in A’duar, slams ministers for ‘involvment in scams’

State observer for the Bharatiya Janata Party Kailash Vijayvargia in an election campaign in Kalchini block in Alipurduar district on Thursday came down heavily on the ruling Trinamool Congress for their involvment in scams like Narada and Sarada. The veteran BJP leader on Thursday campaigned for the rural poll at different places under Kalchini block …

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May 11, 2018

Flipkart’s acquisition a blow to ‘Make in India’ campaign: CPI-M

The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday came out strongly against global retail giant Walmart’s proposed acquisition of India’s largest e-tailer Flipkart saying it changes ‘Make in India’ campaign to ‘Make for India’. “The $16 billion acquisition by international e-commerce retail giant Walmart of Indian e-retail Flipkart facilitates the backdoor entry of foreign capital to …

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May 10, 2018

BJP-backed panel wins Tripura Bar Council polls

The ruling BJP and RSS-backed lawyers’ panel on Monday won the Tripura Bar Council (TBC) election, securing nine seats in the 15-member Council, an official said. The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)-backed lawyers won four seats while outgoing Council Chairman and Congress nominee Pijush Kanti Biswas and Independent candidate Purosattam Roy Barman were re-elected. Voting …

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April 30, 2018

Bengal Panchayat polls on May 14, opposition fumes

West Bengal will have a single-phase panchayat (rural body) polls on May 14, the State Election Commission announced on Wednesday. Repoll, if needed, will be held on May 16. The counting will take place on May 17, the SEC said in a notification. The decision came after a recommendation from the state government that the …

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April 26, 2018