Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member Brinda Karat said it will be a "wrong step" to bring an ordinance on Food Security. "Bringing of ordinance is a contempt of parliament. What is the logic and reason behind this when Parliament is just one month away," she said. ...
09:57 PM, Jun 12, 2013
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said democratic forces are needed to fight Naxal violence. Naxals attacked Congress convoy on Saturday in Chhattisgarh, killing over 20 people, most of them Congress leaders and workers. ...
03:56 PM, May 26, 2013
New Delhi: CPI(M) Politburo Member Brinda Karat reiterated the Left party's demand to send the Land Bill back to a Select Committee. Karat was speaking to CNN-IBN's Rupashree Nanda. Here's the transcript of the interview: CNN IBN: The signal that came out of the all party meet that was held on the April 18 was that the Left had agreed not to send the Land Bill back to the Select...
10:27 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Brinda Karat on Sunday reacted sharply to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's demand for a secular prime ministerial candidate saying, "You can't claim to be secular by just protesting against one individual. We are opposed to BJP's communal policies". ...
06:42 PM, Apr 14, 2013
There is furore over comments by Congress MP K Sudhakar against the Suryanelli gangrape survivor. K Sudhakaran has been criticised after he reportedly called her a prostitute. ...
02:04 PM, Feb 18, 2013
The pressure is mounting on Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien. CPM MP Brinda Karat has submitted a memorandum against him to Vice President Hamid Ansari. Kurien, however, has ruled out resigning. In an interview to CNN-IBN, the Congress MP remained defiant despite demands of a fresh probe against him in the 17-year-old Suryanelli gangrape case. ...
07:20 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Calls for the resignation of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien are increasing. The Opposition in Kerala, where Kurien hails from, has held demonstrations outside the state assembly asking for his resignation. ...
02:27 PM, Feb 06, 2013
A day after the Cabinet approved an ordinance for tougher anti-rape laws, activists say it is not tough enough. While the government claims it has accepted most of recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee on punishing sex offenders, it has not included proposals like changing rules for the armed forces under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. The ordinance has also left out recognition of marital rape as a crime....
02:29 PM, Feb 02, 2013
With the Tripura Assembly polls hardly a fortnight away, both the ruling Left Front and opposition Congress are holding a series of meetings to woo the voters. Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, the star campaigner for the LF, has already addressed 25 poll meetings since the announcement of the polls, CPI(M) state Secretary Bijon Dhar said. ...
12:30 PM, Jan 31, 2013
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday slammed its leader Anisur Rehman for his sexist remark against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Rehman, during a rally on Thursday, had questioned how much would Mamata demand as compensation if she too were sexually assaulted, referring to Mamata's demands for Rs 20,000 as compensation for rape victims. ...
01:28 PM, Dec 28, 2012
President Pranab Mukherjee's son and Congress's sitting MP from Jangipur Abhijit Mukherjee has sparked a storm by calling anti-rape protesters at India Gate 'dented-painted'. From family members to politicians, people are slamming Abhijit for his remark demanding a public apology. ...
03:03 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Thursday decried the gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedical student on Sunday night in Delhi and demanded that the policemen who failed to notice the irregularities of the bus where the crime was committed be punished. ...
06:26 PM, Dec 20, 2012
CPI leader Brinda Karat said that violence against women rarely become mainstream political agenda. ...
11:40 PM, Dec 19, 2012
New Delhi: Just hours after Minister of State for HRD Shashi Tharoor hit back at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for calling his wife Sunanda Pushkar a Rs 50-crore girlfriend, the Congress took the issue further by demanding an apology from Modi. All India Congress Committee Secretary Sudhakar Reddy also said that Modi should have resigned by now. "He should resign have by this time. Narendra Modi insulted Manmohan Singh...
07:51 AM, Oct 31, 2012
In the aftermath of the Guwahati molestation incident, CPM leader Brinda Karat criticised the National Commission for Women (NCW) for revealing the name of the victim and mishandling the whole issue. She also said that the government is soft on acting against honour related crimes perhaps because of the vote bank politics. "Because these so called Khap panchayat produce votes, where they need them," said Karat. Below is the full...
10:28 PM, Jul 22, 2012
In the aftermath of the Guwahati molestation incident, CPM leader Brinda Karat has blamed Home Minister P Chidambaram for failing to modernise laws for safety of women, saying that he has been so involved in vote-bank politics as to be insensitive to crimes against women. Speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the CPM politburo member criticised the way the UPA government had handled issues concerning women's security. Below is...
08:04 AM, Jul 22, 2012
CPM MP and politburo member Brinda Karat on Tuesday criticised Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for naming the Guwahati molestation victim. ...
04:08 PM, Jul 17, 2012
Brinda Karat says a strong message needs to be sent that there is a strong political will to take very strong action against the culprits. ...
06:24 PM, Jul 13, 2012
India is fast turning into a surrogacy hub for couples desperate to have children. What is worse is that most of this fledgling industry is operating unchecked. This brings us to the nagging question - is surrogacy leading to exploitation of poor women? CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose took up the question with a distinguished panel on her show Face The Nation on Thursday. Following is the transcript of the...
11:55 AM, Jun 19, 2012
CPM leader Brinda Karat congratulated Pranab Mukherjee, but said the Left would decide its stand in its meeting. ...
06:18 PM, Jun 15, 2012
