Mamata's reaction to BJP-led Centre's Kashmir move is most innocuous submission: CPI-M's Md. Salim
Kolkata, Aug 6 (IBNS): Hitting out at Mamata Banerjee, CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim on Tuesday said the West Bengal Chief Minister's reaction to the entire issue of scrapping of Articles 370, 35A and detaining former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers- Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti- is the most innocuous submission in her four-decade long political career.
Narendra Modi government betrayed people of J&K, alleges CPI(M)
New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) Terming the Narendra NDA government's decision to revoke Article 370 'murder of democracy and federalism', Communist party of India (Marxist) on Monday alleged that the Modi government has 'struck a big blow at democracy and the Constitution'.
Mamata reaches out to CPI-M, Congress for Bengal front; receives mocks
Kolkata, June 27 (IBNS): After receiving an electoral shock from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee made an unprecedented reach out to the Left and Congress to save her citadel.
CPI(M) analyses poll setback after party’s worst performance ever
New Delhi, Jun 10 (UNI): After its near rout performance in strongholds like Kerala in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, the CPI(M) Central Committee (CC) has acknowledged that "a section of believers" did not vote for party after the implementation of Supreme Court judgement on Sabarimala, and directed the state unit to bring back them into party fold.
India votes in final phase of Lok Sabha polls, violence and rigging mars Bengal balloting
New Delhi/Kolkata, May 19 (IBNS): India voted in the last phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Sunday as violence and electoral malpractices were once again reported from West Bengal where the key battle is between the state's ruling Trinamool Congress and the emerging force that is Bharatiya Janata Party.
CPI (M) candidate moves High Court seeking fresh poll in West Tripura
Agartala, May 16 (UNI): With the directives of the Supreme Court, CPI (M) candidate in West Tripura parliamentary constituency Shankar Prasad Datta has filed a Writ Petition (WP) to Tripura High Court seeking appropriate direction to hold election to the seat afresh.
Tripura: Opposition parties accuse BJP of post-poll violence
Agartala, May 15 (UNI): The opposition CPI (M) and Congress accused ruling BJP of perpetrating post poll violence in different areas of West Tripura where ECI had conducted repoll in 168 booths on May 12 last along with sixth phase election to Lok Sabha.
West Bengal politics: CPI(M) party office in Nandigram reopens after 12 years
Nandigram May, 10 (UNI) The CPI(M) party office here which was torched and eventually closed in 2007 opened on April 7 after a lapse of 12 years.
392 candidates contesting Lok Sabha Phase 3 election have assets worth Rs 1 crore and more
Kolkata, Apr 20 (UNI) The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) has stated that there are 392 candidates - about 25 per cent- contesting the Lok Sabha Phase three election on April 23, who have assets worth Rs one crore and more.
CPI-M releases Lok Sabha election manifesto, urges voters to defeat BJP alliance
New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS): The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday released its manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha election and the Left party has urged voters to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance which rules the Centre.
CPI-M demands ban on entry of spurious fertilizers, pesticides into Jammu and Kashmir
Srinagar, Mar 19 (UNI) Expressing serious concern over unchecked import of spurious fertilizers and pesticides in Jammu and Kashmir, the CPI(M) State Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik has sought prompt action from the government to check the menace.
CPI-M suspends Maharashtra state secretary for praising PM Modi
Mumbai, Mar 5 (IBNS): The CPI-M has suspended its Maharashtra state secretary, Narasayya Adam, from the central committee for three months for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a public event, which was held in Solapur, media reports said.
CPI(M) for electoral tie-up with Congress in West Bengal Lok Sabha polls
New Delhi, Mar 4 (UNI) The CPI (M) on Monday favoured pooling of anti-BJP, anti-Trinamool votes by having a "no mutual contest" in the present six sitting Lok Sabha seats, currently held by Congress and the Left Front in West Bengal.
Kerala witnesses shutdown over death of youth Congress workers
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 18 (IBNS): The Congress on Monday called a 12-hour shutdown in Kerala over the killing of its two youth workers in Kasargode district a day ago, media reports said.
Left gives call to oust Modi-Mamata, accuses BJP, TMC of looting people in partnership
Kolkata, Feb 3 (IBNS): In a bid to enthuse its party workers and get back its lost ground in West Bengal ahead of the General Elections, the Left Front on Sunday gave a call to oust both Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's TMC government in the eastern state.