Prakash Karat
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CPI(M) in Bengal favour Congress in anti-communalism platform
National | Nov 05, 2014, 10:45 PM ISTKolkata: With CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat calling for unification of Left forces to counter the rise of “communal forces” in the country, a section of the party's Bengal committee today spoke in favour of
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Various opinions within party only natural: Yechury
National | Nov 03, 2014, 10:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury today sought to brush aside differences with the official political-tactical line moved by General Secretary Prakash Karat, saying such things were “natural” in a democratic party.“It's only natural
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'Love jihad': CPI(M) seeks swift action against Hindutva activists
National | Oct 18, 2014, 11:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: CPI(M) today sought swift action against Hindutva activists for allegedly whipping up communal frenzy in the name of ‘love jihad' and said it was “shocking” that BJP was also “involved” in such propaganda
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Prakash Karat attacks Congress, BJP; calls them 'anti-poor'
National | Oct 11, 2014, 08:02 PM ISTJind (Haryana): CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat today attacked the ruling Congress in Haryana over alleged land scams, saying the lands of poor farmers were given to powerful builders at cheap rates.He also took on the
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RSS's Hindutva claim a challenge to secular India: CPI-M
National | Aug 21, 2014, 12:07 PM ISTChennai: The claim of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat that India is a Hindu nation and Hindutva its identity is a “challenge” to the concept of secular India, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said Wednesday.“RSS head
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CPI-M begins introspection after Lok Sabha polls debacle
National | Jul 20, 2014, 05:20 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The CPI-M's two-day politburo meeting in Delhi has set an agenda for all members to seriously introspect about getting the party back into shape after a dismal show in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls,
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Hear out common people, workers, Karat tells Bengal party leadership
National | Jun 04, 2014, 11:12 AM ISTKolkata: CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday advised the West Bengal party leadership to patiently hear criticism and suggestions of the common people and draw lessons from them to build up movements despite the "tough
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Hear out common people, workers, Prakash Karat tells Bengal party leadership
India | Jun 04, 2014, 08:44 AM ISTKolkata: CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday advised the West Bengal party leadership to patiently hear criticism and suggestions of the common people and draw lessons from them to build up movements despite the
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Criticism and self-criticism at CPI(M) meet in Bengal
National | Jun 02, 2014, 08:22 PM ISTKolkata: CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today attended the party's West Bengal state committee meeting, where ‘criticism and self-criticism' took place to review its disastrous show in the recent Lok Sabha elections. “There was criticism
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CPI(M), CPI leaders review post-poll scenario
National | May 18, 2014, 09:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: After a severe drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, the top leadership of CPI(M) and CPI met here today to review the post-poll situation and examined the factors that led to the poor
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Efforts for Third Front to take place after polls: Karat
National | May 10, 2014, 10:18 PM ISTJaipur: CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today said efforts to present a non-Congress and non-BJP secular alternative to the people of the country will be made after the results of the Lok Sabha elections. “There
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BJP, Sangh Parivar polarizing voters in UP, Bihar: Karat
National | May 03, 2014, 08:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: CPI(M) today charged BJP and Sangh Parivar with creating a “highly communally-charged” situation in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar through their electioneering and this was not being taken seriously by the Election Commission. “These
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BJP will gain in Congress strongholds: Prakash Karat
National | Apr 14, 2014, 09:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: The BJP will dominantly gain in this Lok Sabha election in areas where the Congress has traditionally held sway, said CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat.He also dismissed as a "Delhi-centric view of the
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BJP 'party of Kumbhkarnas', promises underway schemes: Jairam
National | Apr 07, 2014, 07:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Monday termed the BJP as a "party of Kumbhkarnas" and said its election manifesto is a hastily prepared document which promises programmes already underway over the past 10
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Unilaterally calling off alliance with Left won't help AIADMK: Karat
National | Mar 09, 2014, 09:53 PM ISTNew Delhi: Blaming AIADMK for breaking off the alliance with them unilaterally”, Left parties today said that such a move by the ruling party in Tamil Nadu to “marginalise” them would not help it in
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Third Front's PM aspirant will be selected after polls: Karat, Mulayam, Sharad
National | Feb 25, 2014, 05:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Eleven non-Congress, non-BJP and Left parties today issued a joint declaration vowing to defeat the Congress in the forthcoming LS polls, and to stop BJP and its leader Narendra Modi from coming to
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Non Congress-non BJP parties to contest LS polls together: prakash Karat
National | Feb 21, 2014, 03:45 PM ISTMuzaffarnagar: CPIM General Secretary Prakash Karat said that non Congress-non BJP political parties would contest the Lok Sabha polls together to prevent communal forces coming at the Centre.Eleven political parties, including SP, will held a
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Alliances among all 11 Left, secular parties not necessary: Karat
National | Feb 13, 2014, 06:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Eleven Left and secular parties, which would announce the formation of a non-Congress, anti-BJP alternative after the ongoing Parliament session, may not necessarily enter into alliances in all states for the upcoming general
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Bringing Narendra Modi would encourage communalism, capitalism: Prakash Karat
National | Feb 09, 2014, 07:45 PM ISTKolkata: Bringing Narendra Modi to power at the Centre and implementing his Gujarat model of development would only encourage capitalism and communalism, CPI-M veteran Prakash Karat today said.Addressing a massive rally at the Brigade Parade
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CPI(M) Politburo rejects VS's stand on Chandrasekharan case
National | Feb 08, 2014, 04:49 PM ISTThiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M) central leadership today categorically rejected party veteran V S Achuthanandan's stand supporting a CBI probe into the ‘conspiracy' behind murder of RMP leader TP Chandrasekharan, contradicting the party's official position on the