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Saturday, October 4, 2025
TopicCPI(M)

Topic: CPI(M)

Prestige at stake in some seats, but bypolls in four states largely a test for INDIA bloc

On surface, it’s a familiar story of polls exposing cracks within opposition bloc. However, it also serves as a reminder that allies continue to drift farther & farther apart.

After Bakrid ‘donation’ to Muslim family backfires, Tripura BJP faces Hindutva outrage & Oppn attacks

BJP came under attack from VHP for allegedly facilitating a cow for slaughter, while Oppn has demanded arrest of VHP followers who ransacked Muslim family’s house on Bakrid.

Labeled part of ‘Communist royal dynasty’ & dogged by controversy, who is Kerala minister Mohamed Riyas

BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar is the latest to target Riyas, Kerala Minister of Public Works and Tourism, over his ties to father-in-law CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

Relief for CPI(M) MLA A Raja as SC overturns Kerala HC’s disqualification order

Raja’s nomination was challenged by Congress rival D Kumar, who argued that Raja did not meet eligibility criteria under Section 5 of Representation of the People Act.

Why Pinarayi’s defending Vellappally Natesan, who he once slammed for ‘surpassing all communal lunatics’

Kerala, the only state where CPI(M) is in power, will go to polls next year. In last year's Lok Sabha elections, the party faced a big setback as it lost 19 of 20 seats it contested.

Now at steering wheel, MA Baby has to navigate the believers’ road, Pinarayi’s grip on CPI(M)

A college dropout, Baby is second Keralite to be elected general secretary of CPI(M). He was elected to SFI state committee in 1972, and nominated to its central executive committee in 1974.

BJP in power for long will have disruptive effect on body politic—CPI(M) gen secy Surjeet in 2004

Former CPI(M) gen secy Harkishan Singh Surjeet, in this 2004 edition of Walk The Talk, reflected on party’s evolving stance on economic reforms, coalition govts, and secularism.

A tariff for a tariff wipes the stock markets out & revisionists of the world, unite

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

BJP has changed Indian politics for CPI(M). MA Baby doesn’t have the comfort Yechury enjoyed

Kerala and West Bengal elections will either confirm the trend of right-ward shift in politics or underscore the CPI(M) leadership's optimism on the relevance of the Left.

How to delist a comedian and become the real joke

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

6 reasons Trump’s Gaza plan won’t work—even if Hamas accepts it

On paper, the 21-point plan looks balanced—Palestinian governance, international oversight, reconstruction pledges. But in reality, it is a non-negotiable diktat.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.