New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The struggle for space within the Left domain is not without antecedents, and beyond Kerala, where, after the recent poll defeat of the Left Democratic Front (LDF), tensions between the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist — or CPI-M — surfaced publicly over the position of Deputy Leader of Opposition in State Assembly. The Communists could attain limited power in India, though enjoying periods of influence intermittently.One such pha…
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New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Union Minister for Food, Public Distribution, and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi has slammed the Congress government in Karnataka, alleging that it is immersed only in price hikes, appeasement politics, and internal power struggles among Members of the Legislative Assembly and ministers. He said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was “wasting time criticising others instead of fixing his own house”.Responding sharply to the Chief Minister’s statement that PM Modi’s s…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) India’s Left parties, once a powerful force in national and regional politics, are now confronting the possibility of being out of power across all states for the first time in more than five decades. To understand the magnitude of this moment, it helps to revisit the past. In 1996, veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu, who had already served as Chief Minister of West Bengal for two decades, came close to becoming Prime Minister as part of the United Front coalition. Although …
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday issued a stern warning to the leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) during the “Jan Aakrosh March”. He stated that those who opposed the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam (Women’s Reservation Bill) in Parliament and “strangled” the rights of women will find no peace in the coming days.He asserted that the struggle will continue until women secure a 33 per cent reservation in both Parliament and Legislative Assemblies.A …
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Opposition protests over the three-day special session of Parliament beginning Thursday are centred less on the women’s reservation quota and more on the Centre’s proposed Delimitation Bill, 2026, which seeks to expand the Lok Sabha to 850 seats using 2011 Census data.Several stakeholders, particularly from southern states, fear that the proposal could favour more populous northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar over states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala, potenti…
Bhopal, April 15 (IANS) Senior Congress MLA and former Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh, Ajay Singh, on Wednesday questioned the timing and implementation framework of the Women’s Reservation Bill, alleging that the BJP-led Centre is using the issue for political gains rather than ensuring immediate empowerment of women. Throwing his weight behind Sonia Gandhi, Singh said her recent intervention has brought out “serious gaps” in what is being described as a landmark reform.He argu…
Panchkula (Haryana), April 6 (IANS) Rajya Sabha MP and former National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson, Rekha Sharma on Monday launched a sharp attack on Opposition parties, particularly the Samajwadi Party, accusing it of historically obstructing the Women’s Reservation Bill and continuing to raise “diversionary issues” to stall its progress. She also castigated the Congress for failing to push through the Bill that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) brought while in power. Speaki…
Kolkata, Feb 23 (IANS) Senior politician Mukul Roy, a former Railway Minister from West Bengal, died early Monday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata, his family has confirmed. He was 73.Mukul Roy breathed his last a little after 1.30 a.m. on Monday, confirmed his son, Subhranshu Roy. He was under treatment for quite some time because of several medical complications, and he was not even responding to the treatment, according to his close associates.Roy was once the second-in-command in Tri…
Chennai, Feb 7 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the AIADMK, accusing it of betraying agricultural labourers and rural workers by supporting what it described as the Union government’s “systematic dilution” of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).In a strongly worded statement, CPI State Secretary M. Veerapandian said the AIADMK’s proposed protest against the state government’s implementation of the rural employme…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Weeks before the West Bengal Assembly elections are expected to be announced, Congress appears uncertain about another electoral alliance with the Left Front in its bid to form an alternative platform against the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition BJP. This has drawn sharp criticisms from some of the Left leaders, with Communist Party of India (Marxist) state unit secretary Mohammad Salim reiterating the cry for an alliance.He has emphasised the need for …