Patna: CPI National General Secretary AB Bardhan on Tuesday claimed that a 'Third Front', as a viable alternative to the UPA and NDA, would emerge with like-minded Left parties and some pro-poor regional parties coming together. "The Left parties have been ideologically together even as some pro-poor regional parties will have to come together to be part of the Third Force to crusade for the rights of the poor, farmers...
06:32 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: With CPI(M) focusing on Left unity, the CPI said on Sunday it would strive to strengthen Left and democratic unity in the country as both Congress and BJP want be in power by "default". The CPI would strive for a "militant" unity to struggle on issues concerning people's livelihood with non-Congress and non-BJP parties. These political and ideological issues would come up for debate at the 21st Congress...
03:00 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister-designate and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav is expected to meet senior Left Front leaders in New Delhi on Tuesday, adding to speculation of the formation of a Third Front. Akhilesh is scheduled to go to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI(M)) office to invite party General Secretary Prakash Karat for his swearing-in ceremony in Lucknow on March 15. Akhilesh will also meet Communist Party...
11:03 AM, Mar 13, 2012
New Delhi: Arrest of a scribe in connection with the bombing of an Israeli diplomat's vehicle was condemned on Friday by CPI which alleged that there was no basis for Delhi Police to book him under such serious charges and the move was to please Israel only. Questioning the manner in which Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi was arrested, CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan said, "Government has made the arrest without...
10:09 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Karimnagar: There is no difference between the Congress and BJP as both parties followed anti-people policies and were involved in massive corruption, CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan alleged on Tuesday. Some of the leaders of both Congress and BJP are either in jail or on bail, he charged, addressing a public meeting as part of the CPI's 24th Andhra Pradesh State conference that began in Karimnagar. The incident of three...
01:21 AM, Feb 22, 2012
Patna: The CPI on Monday predicted a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh after the February polls in the state and said the charisma of AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will not work there. "It doesn't seem that Rahul Gandhi has succeeded in changing the of mood of the people of Uttar Pradesh ... It is not yet apparent that Congress has been able to increase its mass base in the...
06:07 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Hyderabad: The CPI's National Council on Friday resolved to build people's struggles on issues of land, jobs and food by joining hands with all democratic forces. "The main issues we have identified are land, unemployment, food and democratic rights. The main thrust of the resolution is that we should build these struggles." "In order to do so, our party has called for the broadest democratic unity of all sections of...
10:50 PM, Jan 06, 2012
Hyderabad: The Communist Party of India is fielding candidates in five states going to polls earlier this year, including Uttar Pradesh, having an understanding with Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (Marxist"Leninist), besides some secular and democratic forces, the party's general secretary AB Bardhan said in Hyderabad on Monday. "In Uttar Pradesh, the main battle will be fought. Our intention is to see that the neither...
12:38 AM, Jan 03, 2012
CPI leader AB Bardhan on Sunday advised Team Anna to be flexible and listen to other voices as well. ...
03:02 PM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: Even as the Congress chose to stay away, the Left, the BJP and other parties spoke out their stand on the Lokpal Bill, sharing stage with anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. BJP's Arun Jaitley, CPI's D Raja and CPM's Brinda Karat arrived at the Jantar Mantar a short while ago. Among others Yerran Naidu of TDP, Ram Gopal Yadav of Samajwadi Party and Leftist...
02:59 PM, Dec 11, 2011
New Delhi: Demanding the repeal of Armed Force Special Power Act (AFSPA) from Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur, Left parties and LJP on Thursday said they will raise the issue of Kashmir in the coming Parliament session. At a press conference here, Left front leaders AB Bardhan (CPI), Prakash Karat (CPI-M), Debabrata Biswas (Forward Bloc) and LJP president Ramvilas Paswan accused the government of going back on its promise of...
06:35 PM, Nov 17, 2011
New Delhi: Asserting that enactment of the Lokpal Bill is not enought to check graft, Left leaders on Friday said the country needs laws for poll and land reforms and tackling corruption by corporates. Addressing a protest rally, CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat accused the UPA government of being the "most corrupt" in independent India with "a scam is being unearthed every single day" and found fault with the economic...
03:11 PM, Sep 02, 2011
New Delhi: Making a strong pitch for bringing the Prime Minister under the purview of the Lokpal, Left parties on Wednesday emphasised the need for tackling corruption at the higher level. The Left parties, as well as Civil Society members also stressed on the need to have a strong, effective and independent Lokpal in place soon. CPM general secretary Prakash Karat said the four Bills to constitute Lokpal during the...
11:35 PM, Jul 20, 2011
New Delhi: Hoping that Parliament's Monsoon session will be the "best session" for Opposition to corner the UPA, CPI General Secretary AB Bardhan on Saturday said some "wise" ministers are abandoning the Cabinet like "rats out of sinking ships" before investigators reach their doorsteps. He claimed that the Congress was on the decline and people have lost faith in the UPA which speaks regularly about tackling corruption and price rise...
04:56 PM, Jul 09, 2011
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday said that those who expect the Lokpal Bill to rid the country of corruption are "living in a fool's paradise" and asked civil society members if they had "touched" the source of corruption. "I agree with most of the points in the draft on the bill by the civil society. I do think it can form a basis but those...
02:53 PM, Jun 23, 2011
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