Tag: CPM
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Upset over CPM not wanting tie-up, Cong pins hope on Hyderabad CC
Almost crestfallen in the wake of the decision of CPI-M Central Committee not to have any truck with the Congress, a section of the state Congress leadership are pinning their hopes on the CPI-M’s party congress scheduled to be held in Hyderabad. More than anywhere else in the country, the Congress had made considerable political...
January 24, 2018 -
No alliance with Congress for 2019 General elections: CPI(M)
Dealing a body blow to the Congress, its long term ally, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided against an alliance with the grand old party for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. According to reports, former CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat was not in favour of any alliance with Congress though, Yechury was soft...
January 21, 2018 -
Ex- CPM leader held on smuggling charges, days before joining BJP
The police on Saturday arrested a former firebrand CPI-M leader from his in-law’s house in Ketugram in Katwa just ahead of his joining the BJP on Friday night on charges of possessing narcotic substances worth Rs 25 lakhs. The arrest, however, has sparked a stir as Abul Basar Ansari alias Dablu Ansari had never been...
January 21, 2018 -
Four SDPI members arrested in connection with ABVP member’s killing in Kerala
Four members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) were arrested in connection with the brutal killing of a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Kannur in Kerala. All four had fled to Wayanad after allegedly committing the crime. The arrests came a day after Shyam Prasad was hacked to death...
January 20, 2018 -
CPM CC meet to resolve political plan
The CPI(M) politburo members along with its central committee members joined the three-day CC meeting at the state party headquarters today. It is learnt that the party will finalise the political and tactical resolutions which will be adopted in party congress to be held in Hyderabad in April. The party will prepare a detailed strategy...
January 20, 2018 -
BJP MLA embarrasses his own government in J-K Assembly
The PDP-BJP ruling coalition was embarrassed on Wednesday when a BJP MLA Sukhnandan Choudhary stormed into the Well of the Assembly, accusing the government of “biased approach” against his constituency in the Jammu division. Sukhnandan walked into the Well twice accusing his own government of acquiring farmers’ lands for a pittance to construct the Ring...
January 3, 2018 -
Gudia gangrape-murder case clouds polls in HP’s apple belt
The case of gangrape and murder of 16-year-old girl (Gudia) hangs over the political arena in Himachal Pradesh’s apple belt in Shimla in the run up to the Assembly polls on 9 November. The alleged rape of the girl from Kotkhai area in July 2017, followed by local protests, custodial death of an accused in police...
November 7, 2017 -
Kerala government bartering national security due to votebank politics: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said “conversion” and “radicalisation” were issues of national security that were being “sacrificed at the altar of pure votebank politics” by the Left government in Kerala. Reacting to a sting operation on religious conversions in Kerala, the Union Law Minister demanded a probe into the...
November 1, 2017 -
Shah to launch padyatra to protest political violence in Kerala
BJP chief Amit Shah will launch a 15-day padyatra (foot march) starting 3 October to protest the killings of its workers in Kerala, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. “Shri Amit Shah ji said that from October 3-17 BJP workers will do a ‘padyatra’ in Kerala to protest political violence against its workers and...
September 25, 2017 -
Yechury attack: RSS slams CPM for targeting Sangh
The RSS on Friday took strong exception to the CPI-M blaming Sangh workers for creating a ruckus during a press conference by Sitaram Yechury here on Thursday. RSS Akhil Bhartiya Prachar Pramukh Manmohan Vaidya clarified in a statement that the Sangh does not approve of undemocratic ways of such ‘anti-social’ elements. “RSS condemns the brazen...
June 10, 2017 -
EVM challenge: CEC to maintain integrity of electoral process
Hours after the Election Commission (EC) conducted the EVM challenge, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Saturday said the commission will maintain the integrity of the electoral process "The commission will leave no stone unturned to maintain the integrity of the electoral process," Zaidi said at a press briefing. "CPM team expressed complete satisfaction and...
June 3, 2017 -
CPM hits out at ministers for not giving specific answers
The CPI-M on Thursday hit out at BJP ministers for evading specific answers and in turn delivering "election speeches" in Parliament in response to queries on serious matters such as agriculture distress. "The ministers are not addressing specific issues. They are avoiding specific answers whether it is the issue of agricultural distress, farmers' loan waiver...
March 16, 2017 -
CPM hits out at ministers for not giving specific answers
The CPI-M on Thursday hit out at BJP ministers for evading specific answers and in turn delivering "election speeches" in Parliament in response to queries on serious matters such as agriculture distress. "The ministers are not addressing specific issues. They are avoiding specific answers whether it is the issue of agricultural distress, farmers' loan waiver...
March 16, 2017 -
Two injured in blasts at RSS office in Palakkad
Two people were injured after unidentified persons hurled bombs at an RSS office at Kallachi here on Thursday night, a police official said. "Two people have been injured and they have been taken to a hospital at Kozhikode. The police has begun the investigation," an official at the Nadapuram police station said. The immediate provocation...
March 3, 2017 -
Two injured in blasts at RSS office in Palakkad
Two people were injured after unidentified persons hurled bombs at an RSS office at Kallachi here on Thursday night, a police official said. "Two people have been injured and they have been taken to a hospital at Kozhikode. The police has begun the investigation," an official at the Nadapuram police station said. The immediate provocation...
March 3, 2017 -
WB house adopts resolution against note ban, Cong, left back
The West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday passed a ruling TMC-piloted resolution against demonetisation.
December 7, 2016