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.
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.
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.
Resolution, adopted in February, was criticised by Kerala Congress & a section of the Left for allegedly stopping short of calling BJP-led Centre a 'fascist or neo-fascist government'.
Bringing CPI(M) state units under one fold ahead of polls in Kerala, West Bengal will be Baby’s first task as general secretary. Post had been vacant since Sitaram Yechury's death.
With the sudden demise last year of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, the 24th congress of the party will also select a new leader for the post.
Roadmap will soon begin after party congress, slated to be held in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai in first week of April, says Association of Indian Communists secretary Janesh Nair.
Thiruvananthapuram: Shortly after the Kerala Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) appeared to be in a dilemma over Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.
In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
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