Sita Ram Yechury
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Grand alliance not possible at national level: Sitaram Yechury
National | Oct 08, 2018, 11:10 PM IST"We will decide on joining the 'mahagatbandhan' when the time comes. Let things crystallise. For now, our priority is to defeat the BJP and ensure formation of a secular government," said the Marxist leader after a CPI-M Central Committee meeting.
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Simultaneous polls to LS and state assemblies against ‘federalism’, Sitaram Yechury tells Law Commission
Jul 04, 2018, 10:46 PM ISTLok Sabha elections 2019: In a letter to the Law Commission he said it "negates the principles of federalism which is a fundamental feature of India’s Constitution".
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Kumaraswamy sworn in as Karnataka CM amid show of strength by 13 'anti-Modi' parties ahead of 2019 polls
May 24, 2018, 01:26 AM ISTThis will be Kumarawamy's second term as the chief minister of Karnataka since 2007, when he last held the post for 20 months.
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Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary
National | Apr 22, 2018, 04:18 PM ISTThe 65-year-old leader had taken over as general secretary of the CPI(M) from Prakash Karat in the 21st party congress, which was held in Visakhapatnam, in 2015.
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Tripura Assembly Election Results: BJP used money, muscle power to win Tripura, says Sitaram Yechury
India | Mar 03, 2018, 06:28 PM ISTYechury warned the people of Tripura that there would be unfavourable ramifications due to the use of money in elections.
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Simultaneous elections a ploy to counter anti-incumbency: Yechury
National | Feb 03, 2018, 10:04 PM IST"This is a ploy by the BJP.... By clubbing the state elections with Lok Sabha elections they think that the Modi mascot can beat the anti-incumbency," the CPI-M General Secretary said.
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Electoral bonds a way to legalise political corruption: CPI-M
National | Feb 03, 2018, 04:40 PM ISTThe CPI-M, which has already challenged electoral bonds in the Supreme Court, on Saturday termed this method of political financing a way to legalising political corruption and a resort for trade-offs between political parties and corporates.
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Opposition considering move to impeach CJI Dipak Misra: Yechury
National | Jan 24, 2018, 10:21 AM ISTYechury today said they were discussing bringing an impeachment motion against the CJI in the coming budget session of Parliament.
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CPI-M mulls impeachment motion against Chief Justice Dipak Misra
India | Jan 23, 2018, 06:08 PM IST"In this situation, there is no other option but to correct this institution (the Supreme Court) in case there is anything wrong. This can be done by an impeachment motion against the Chief Justice," CPI-M leader Yechury said.
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Sitaram Yechury rules out pact with scam-tainted Lalu Yadav in 2019 Lok Sabha poll
National | Jan 11, 2018, 08:04 PM ISTYechury made it clear that his party would not have truck with any “communal and corruption-tainted” party in the next Lok Sabha polls.
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Will approach all opposition parties for joint fight against BJP: Sitaram Yechury
National | Jan 09, 2018, 09:35 PM ISTYechury was speaking to the media after he wrote a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seeking a rollback of the idea of electoral bonds, calling it a "regressive" move that would legalise money laundering.
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Sitaram Yechuri hits out at PM Modi, says 'people are dying due to Aadhaar, is this something Modi is proud of?'
India | Dec 30, 2017, 11:52 AM IST"People are dying due to Aadhaar. Is this something Modi is proud of? Aadhaar was pushed as a Money bill by this govt, all the amendments suggested by Rajya Sabha were ignored. We have now landed up here", Yechury tweeted.
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Defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury for allegedly linking Gauri Lankesh murder to RSS
India | Sep 18, 2017, 08:18 PM ISTRSS activist Dhrituman Joshi cited some purported remarks by Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury and alleged that they had blamed the RSS for Gauri Lankesh murder.
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How is centre planning to impose NEET without states' consent? Asks Sitaram Yechury
National | Sep 02, 2017, 09:25 PM ISTSitaram Yechury today sought to know how was the Centre planning to "impose" NEET examinations without taking states on board.
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CPI(M) decides against third Rajya Sabha term for Sitaram Yechury
National | Jul 26, 2017, 09:21 AM ISTA deeply divided central committee took the decision after a vote by raising of hands, capping deliberations on the contentious issue that lasted nearly four hours.
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CPI(M) decides against 3rd Rajya Sabha term for Sitaram Yechury
National | Jul 26, 2017, 09:20 AM ISTA deeply divided central committee took the decision after a vote by raising of hands, capping deliberations on the contentious issue that lasted nearly four hours.
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CPI(M) demands immediate passage of women reservation bill
National | Jul 16, 2017, 04:31 PM ISTCPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury today demanded its immediate passage of the Women's Reservation Bill.
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TMC, BJP polarising people in West Bengal: CPM on Baduria violence
National | Jul 06, 2017, 07:38 AM ISTYechury also alleged that there was an increasing sense of lawlessness among the people of the West Bengal because of the communal polarisation of TMC and BJP.
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Why is Centre hurrying to introduce GST, asks Sitaram Yechury
National | Jun 28, 2017, 09:51 AM IST"Why this unseemly hurry with GST before putting systems in place? After all, BJP opposed it for several years, especially then CM, Gujarat (sic)," Yechury tweeted.
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BJP meeting opposition on presidential poll ‘more like PR exercise’, says Sitaram Yechury
National | Jun 16, 2017, 11:49 PM IST“They (BJP leaders) did not propose any name,” Yechury said, reiterating his party’s stand that a candidate with “impeccable secular credentials” should be the next president.