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
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
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
CPM leader Brinda Karat congratulated Pranab Mukherjee, but said the Left would decide its stand in its meeting. ...
06:18 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Madurai: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau Member Brinda Karat on Saturday described Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi's proposal to make the Lokpal a constitutional body as "yet another shield" for not taking any action on the demand for the Bill. Karat said she was "surprised by the sudden proposal" of Gandhi, and wondered "what Rahul Gandhi was doing with (his) proposal from April till August". "The proposal...
05:33 PM, Aug 27, 2011
Cooch Behar: Around 15 people were injured when supporters of CPM and Trinamool Congress (TMC) clashed and latter's party office was burnt down at Tufanganj sub-division of the district, police sources said on Saturday. The clash between the supporters of the two rival parties took place when CPM supporters were going in a procession to attend a rally addressed by the party's Politburo member Brinda Karat at Chilakhana High School...
11:58 AM, Apr 16, 2011
Kolkata: Rubbishing Trinamool Congress claim that West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is shying away from campaigning in north Bengal as he is not confident about his victory in Jadavpur constituency, the CPM on Wednesday said it is not a one-man party. "The CPM is not a one-man party like Trinamool Congress (TMC). She (TMC chief Mamata Banerjee) is moving around in north Bengal in helicopter. In north Bengal, CPM...
05:09 PM, Apr 13, 2011
Rangapara (Assam): CPM Politburo member Brinda Karat on Tuesday urged people to vote for 17 party candidates contesting the polls in Assam and give them a chance to serve the people. "We are not here to form a government but to serve the people. Do not go by parties but look at the integrity of the candidates who can serve you," Karat said at a public rally organised to campaign...
06:49 PM, Mar 29, 2011
New Delhi: Accusing Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal of hiding facts on "profiteering" by big companies which secured 2G spectrum licenses, the CPI(M) on Wednesday said a JPC must be set up to look into alleged irregularities during the tenures of both UPA and NDA governments. CPI-M leader Brinda Karat also sharply reacted to Sibal's charge that the NDA government lost Rs 1.43 lakh crore in revenue because of its policies,...
04:56 PM, Dec 22, 2010
New Delhi: Low coviction rate and lack of better policing are two major reasons for rape cases being reported at an alarming frenquency in Delhi, say experts. Citing rape to be one of the fastest growing crimes in the country, they say it takes an enormous amount of time to bring to book the guilty. According to police records, over 400 rape cases have been reported in the capital in...
11:27 PM, Dec 16, 2010
New Delhi: As Parliament's winter session draws to a close the heat on the Government over 2G spectrum scam hasn't subsided. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday threatening to move a privilege motion against Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal for announcing a one-man committee to look into procedure for 2G spectrum allocation outside parliament even as the House was in session. Sibal is facing the Opposition's wrath for his announcement...
08:48 PM, Dec 10, 2010
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Wednesday said it was disappointed by the Bihar Assembly poll results. "Our number of seats have gone down in Bihar Assembly. Naturally we are disappointed," CPI-M leader Brinda Karat said outside Parliament. CPI and CPI-M have so far drawn a blank in the Bihar polls which have been swept by the JD(U)-BJP alliance. Congratulating JD(U)-BJP on their good performance, she said,...
01:17 PM, Nov 24, 2010
The Opposition is adamant on its stand for an investigation by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the 2G spectrum scam. BJP's Arun Jaitley called Manmohan Singh a weak prime minister for failing to act against corruption while CPI-M's Brinda Karat turned down the Prime Minister's appeal to allow Parliament to function. Both the leaders said that a JPC investigation was necessary to ensure action. "Prime Minister has a good track ...
06:52 PM, Nov 20, 2010
New Delhi: The opposition on Saturday turned down Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's appeal to allow parliament to function, saying that a Joint Parliamentary Probe was necessary to ensure action in the 2G spectrum scam. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, BJP leader Arun Jaitley called Manmohan Singh a weak prime minister for failing to act against corruption. "The Prime Minister has good track record in statements of intent but...
01:34 PM, Nov 20, 2010
A Maoist leader has confessed to West Bengal police that one Trinamool MP was supplying arms to the rebels. ...
11:16 PM, Jul 17, 2010
