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  AIADMK-CPI(M) strike a deal for LS polls

  Politics | February 03, 2014 23:45 IST

  Chennai/Patna: Following up on its agreement with CPI, the AIADMK today worked out an alliance with CPI(M) to fight the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu as efforts to cobble a non-BJP, non-Congress front gained

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  AIADMK, CPI announce alliance for LS polls

  Politics | February 02, 2014 18:32 IST

  Chennai: Attempting to form a “secular and democratic alternative” to dethrone Congress from power at the Centre, AIADMK and CPI today announced their decision to enter into an alliance ahead of the coming Lok Sabha

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  Ahead of LS, Left hints at emergence of an alternative combo

  Politics | February 01, 2014 16:14 IST

  Hyderabad: Dismissing the formation of a Third Front, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said here today that about 10 non-Congress, non-BJP parties are willing to come together for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections to provide

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  AAP can replace bourgeois parties, not Left: Karat

  Politics | January 11, 2014 16:30 IST

  Kochi (Kerala):  The Aam Admi Party (AAP) is a substitute for bourgeois parties, not the Left, CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said Saturday.He said it was still too early to say anything on the AAP,

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  Karat meets Akhilesh to raise issue of riot-hit victims

  India | December 24, 2013 17:14 IST

  Lucknow: CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today met Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to discuss the problems being faced by Muzaffarnagar riot victims in relief camps.“I had come to discuss the problems of Muzaffarnagar

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  Karat targets Modi, RSS

  Politics | October 31, 2013 6:11 IST

  New Delhi: CPI-M leader Prakash Karat Wednesday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was playing a key role ahead of

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  Rise of Modi is spiralling communal incidents: Karat

  Politics | September 09, 2013 7:51 IST

  Kolkata: Claiming the rise of Narendra Modi as one of the main reasons behind spiralling incidents of communal violence in the country, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat yesterday accused a section of large capitalists of

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  Karat appeals to AIADMK to join forces with Left for LS Polls

  India | August 31, 2013 10:22 IST

  Chennai:  Hours after meeting Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat yesterday appealed to AIADMK to join Left parties to create a “new secular democratic political alternative” sans Congress and BJP.Stating

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  Chandy should resign if he has any commitment to people: Karat

  Politics | August 12, 2013 14:27 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 12: Demanding resignation of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy over the solar scam, CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat today said the Congress was setting a "shameless" standard of not accepting responsibility for "what

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  Mulayam can be PM candidate if SP does well in Lok Sabha poll: Prakash Karat

  Politics | July 23, 2013 11:01 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 23: CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat has said Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav could emerge as the Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls if his party does well.

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  Third Front no easy task, can't be rushed: Prakash Karat

  Politics | April 29, 2013 13:37 IST

  Agartala, April 29: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat has said that the formation of a Third Front at the centre is no easy task as some political parties frequently change their

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  No difference in Cong, BJP's economic policies: Karat

  Politics | March 19, 2013 18:45 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 19: Claiming that the neo-liberal policies of the UPA government favour the rich and the BJP was no different, CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat today said there was a need to present

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  Modi's Gujarat cannot become country's model: Karat

  Politics | March 11, 2013 8:44 IST

  Patna, March 11: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) chief Prakash Karat Sunday said the "Gujarat model" of Chief Minister Narendra Modi cannot serve as the model for the whole country."Real face of Gujarat model of

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  Karat slams move to disinvest in PSUs

  Politics | September 16, 2012 16:40 IST

  Kolkata, Sep 16: Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Prakash Karat Sunday slammed the UPA government's proposal to disinvest shares in public sector companies, and announced that his party would hold a protest against the

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  Prakash Karat met Nepal Maoists considered 'terrorist' by India

  Politics | September 16, 2012 16:07 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 16: CPM general secretary Prakash Karat met Nepal Maoist leaders at a time when they were underground and the Indian government considered them terrorist, reports Nepalese newspaper ‘Drishti Vernacular Weekly'.But Karat was

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  UPA may take decision on Ansari tomorrow

  Politics | July 13, 2012 16:25 IST

  New Delhi, July 13: A formal decision on Hamid Ansari as UPA's candidate for Vice Presidential election is likely to be taken at a meeting of the ruling alliance here tomorrow.A second term for incumbent

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  Prakash Karat Revives Third Front Idea

  Politics | March 24, 2012 20:56 IST

  Jammu, Mar 24: Citing Samajwadi Party's electoral victory in Uttar Pradesh, CPI(M) today revived the idea of a Third Front, pitching for a unity of Left and democratic forces to give the people another alternative

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  Karat Quotes Castro To Defend Jesus's Pix At Party Show

  Politics | February 07, 2012 17:37 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 7: Defending the display of a portrait of Jesus Christ at a CPI-M organised exhibition here, party General Secretary Prakash Karat today said it was not done to run down religion or basic

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  UPA Govt Most Corrupt, Says Prakash Karat

  Politics | January 29, 2012 19:45 IST

  Agartala, Jan 29: CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat today termed the Congress-led UPA government as a “government of scams” and alleged that it was responsible for non-passage of the Lokpal Bill in Parliament.“This UPA government

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  Communal Violence Bill Needed, But Federal Principle Must Be Respected, Says Prakash Karat

  Politics | September 11, 2011 10:36 IST

  New Delhi, Sept 11: CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat toed the middle line on Saturday by saying that while a law to curb communal violence is needed, it must be in keeping with the federal