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.
With sources indicating that central CPM leaders will now monitor and guide the farmer and worker leadership in Bengal, the party aims to revitalize its movements. They will also provide hands-on training on how to build effective movements.
It is alleged that without any consultation with the lower-level workers, an alliance was imposed between Left and Congress.
A secretariat member of the CPM's West Burdwan district committee joined the Trinamul Congress, accompanied by 1,200 CPM cadres in the presence of two ministers at the district TMC office, this afternoon.
The CPM-led Left Front, up against a highly polarised bipolar politics drew a blank, while Isha Khan Chowdhury of the Congress turned out to be lone winner, who was able to retain Maldah South and accounted for the lone seat, at a time when state president Adhir Chowdhury too lost.
The people of Bengal rejected the CPM today with all its candidates occupying distant third position.
