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.
The decision on conducting a probe on the complaint against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's Political Secretary P Sasi will also be taken up in the meeting.
Senior CPM leader EP Jayarajan has been removed by the party as the convener of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, following the row over his public statement on the morning of Lok Sabha polls in Kerala about his meeting with BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.
Veteran party leaders visited City Centre here after yesterday's violence at the party office.
Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has arrested nine Trinamul Congress supporters allegedly for ransacking vehicles at the CPM party office in Durgapur and attacking the rally, last evening.
A CPM, Trinamul Congress clash that resulted in ransacking and bombardment at an area committee office of the CPM in Durgapur grabbed centre stage on the day of Bengal bandh today.
