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Topic: Prakash Karat

At CPI(M) congress, Prakash Karat says Left only consistent force that can take on Hindutva forces

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.

CPI(M) to Kerala Congress amid ‘neo-fascist’ row: Don’t need certificate on how to fight BJP, RSS

Inaugurating 24th State Conference in Kollam, CPI(M) leader Prakash Karat accuses Congress of playing ‘cheap politics’, highlights contrast between ‘neo-fascism’ & ‘classical fascism’.

Need for a rural workers union, said Prakash Karat at first P Sundarayya Memorial Lecture

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.

Rahul Gandhi’s Kerala move and Modi’s changing avatars

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CPI(M)’s shabby treatment of Somnath Chatterjee marked the beginning of its fall

If the Congress wants to take on the BJP, it must never do what the CPI(M) has been a past master of.

Win for Yechury, CPI(M) to keep the door open for an understanding with Congress

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

CPI(M)’s crucial Party Congress begins amid ‘split’ in the party

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. 

Prakash Karat has led CPM towards a historic blunder by shooting down Congress alliance

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.

Just when we thought the Indian Left could not decline any further, it proves us wrong

Over the years, CPI (M) has only witnessed a steady decline and is seen to be losing direction and lacking resonance among the youth.

Why should the Left bury itself in the confused political world of the Congress?

The question is whether the Congress is genuinely against the BJP’s policies or whether it only differentiates itself for electoral gain.

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Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.