Congress leaders on Sunday came out against the CPI-M for a statement of its polit bureau member A Vijayaraghavan that fundamentalist votes catalysed the back-to-back victory of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.
The efforts of the NCP (Sarad Pawar faction) Kerala unit to induct Thomas K Thomas in the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet appear to have failed as the CPI-M state unit and Chief Minister Vijayan decided to retain A K Saseendran, the present NCP nominee in the LDF cabinet.
The Himachal Pradesh State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has strongly condemned the state government's decision to recruit guest lecturers in government schools and colleges.
The meeting occurred against the backdrop of Sudhakaran being sidelined within the CPI-M.
The ongoing internal challenges within the CPM continue to draw attention, as senior leaders voice concern about the party's future.
She will be pitted against two likely heavyweights – sitting MP Surendar Singh Ahluwalia from the BJP and Kirti Jha Azad from the TMC. Both the BJP and TMC are yet to announce the names of its candidates in Durgapur – Burdwan Lok Sabha seat.
As per the list, former Health Minister KK Shylaja will contest from Vatakara constituency, while in Patahanamthitta, former minister Thomas Issac will try his luck.
The document is released as part of the left party’s attempts to arm its cadres with the party version of the controversy surrounding Exalogic Solutions.
Calling the CPM as the biggest agent of the BJP, chief minister and Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said the former has destroyed the good relation with the Congress.
The CPM senior leadership has promised bigger and more heavyweight participation in that programme of the Congress’ second phase of Nyay Yatra, which is led by country’s oldest national party leader Rahul Gandhi.
