Topic: CPI(M)

The former West Bengal finance minister was a fiery politician, an equally zealous academician, and a proud Communist.

With 9 Lok Sabha seats and a government in just one state, it is baffling how the CPI(M) could spend so much time on...

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The 17-member politburo has two women and as many Muslim members, but lacks Dalits. The CPI(M) politburo has not had a Dalit member since the party was founded 53 years ago.

CPI(M) political resolution will allow an understanding with the Congress, in tune with Yechury’s line, which had earlier been rejected by Central Committee.

The political resolution now says ‘no political alliance’, keeping possibilities open for an electoral understanding with the Congress.

The ongoing Party Congress of CPI(M) in Hyderabad will decide whether to keep doors for an understanding with the Congress open or not.

Bengal unit, which backs Yechury’s line of a poll pact with Congress, is asking for a secret ballot although there is no precedent for it in the party.

While the motion is unlikely to be passed in either house, if Chairman Venkaiah Naidu accepts it, many feel the CJI’s position will become untenable.

The question whether there should be any poll pact with Congress created a sharp divide between general secretary Sitaram Yechury and his predecessor Prakash Karat.