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.
Inaugurating 24th State Conference in Kollam, CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat accuses Congress of playing ‘cheap politics’, highlights contrast between ‘neo-fascism’ & ‘classical fascism’.
The 24th Party Congress will be held in April 2025 in Madurai. Karat will serve as coordinator of CPI(M)'s Polit Bureau and Central Committee in the interim.
P Sundarayya, a pioneer of the peasant movement in India, had zeroed in on three main classes in the Indian countryside: landlords, agricultural workers, and a differentiated peasantry.
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.
Indian communists have come to regret many political blunders – from opposing Quit India to supporting Emergency. Saying no to anti-Modi alliance could be another.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Ah, the commidien is back.