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Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (PTI) Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday said that if the ruling LDF keeps claiming that there was no anti-incumbency factor in their defeat in the recent local body polls, then "may God save them". Chennithala was referring to the claims by CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan, a day ago, and state General Education Minister V Sivankutty on Tuesday, that there was no anti-incumbency feeling among the public. He was of the view that the Left front should ke ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) The Communist Party of India on Tuesday opposed the new VB-G RAM G Bill that is set to replace the flagship rural employment scheme MGNREGA, and accused the Union government of dismantling a rights-based law and converting it into a discretionary scheme. In an X post, CPI General Secretary D Raja said the removal of Mahatma Gandhi's name from the Bill confirms that the BJP and its ideological mentors are "disciples of Godse". "The CPI strongly opposes the Union governme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) Several opposition MPs protested in the Parliament House complex on Tuesday over the VB-G RAM G Bill that has become a new flashpoint with the government, as they accused the BJP-led NDA dispensation of "insulting" Mahatma Gandhi by renaming MGNREGA scheme and demanded the withdrawal of the proposed legislation. Soon after the government introduced the bill in Lok Sabha seeking to replace MGNREGA, Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, DMK ...Read More >
Bihar assembly elections saw incredibly close races. Several seats were decided by very narrow margins. In Bhojpur's Sandesh constituency, the victory was by just 27 votes. Arrah's Agiaon seat had a difference of only 95 votes. Ramgarh saw a win by 30 votes. Nabinagar's margin was 112 votes. Dhaka's contest concluded with a 178-vote difference. At least three Bihar assembly seats witnessed a winning margin of less than 100 votes, while the closest contest was decided by below 250 votes in three ...Read More >
Patna: The just-concluded Bihar assembly poll results have set off an interesting debate in political circles. Although the RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, put up a disastrous performance in the elections, it had the highest vote percentage of 23. Again, although the AIMIM of the Hyderabad parliamentarian got only 1.85% of the votes, it managed to win five seats, repeating its 2020 poll percentage.Although the RJD maintained its 2020 assembly poll record of getting 23.11% of the votes, it managed to ...Read More >
Midday trends from Bihar's 2025 Assembly elections show the Indian National Congress leading in just seven seats, highlighting its diminishing presence and struggle for relevance within the Mahagathbandhan. Despite national campaigns, hyper-local issues appear to have overshadowed Congress's messaging, contributing to the NDA's strong performance. The Indian National Congress has once again slipped further in Bihar's political landscape, with midday trends from the 2025 Assembly elections showi ...Read More >
CHENNAI: CPI State Secretary M Veerapandian has urged the state government to provide relief to temple guards, who were murdered by robbers, in Virudhunagar district. Sankar Pandian (65) and Pechimuthu (50) of Kovilur were working as security guards at the Nachadai Thavirtharuliya Swami Temple in Devathanam, which is under the control of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments department. As usual, both were on night duty on November 10, 2025. However, when the temple was opened the next ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 3 (ANI): CPI MP P Sandosh on Monday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for calling his political opponents "urban Naxals" during the election rallies in Bihar. He also alleged that the BJP has no "positive thing" to say. "Whosoever he (PM Modi) doesn't like, he starts calling them urban Naxals... In politics and in a democracy, it is natural that some people will oppose you... But whosoever opposes them, they suddenly start calling them urban Naxals... They don ...Read More >
Patna: A new report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Bihar Election Watch (BEW) has revealed disturbing levels of criminal and financial influence among candidates contesting in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections. The two non-profit organisations, known for their work on electoral and political reforms, analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 1,303 out of 1,314 candidates contesting the 121 assembly seats going to polls on Nov 6.According to the report, 423 candidat ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 28 (UNI) Days after declaring RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav as its CM face for the Bihar assembly elections, the Grand Alliance today released its manifesto promising government jobs to one member of every family in Bihar and also assured an increase in the old age pension to Rs 1,500 per month. RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, Congress leaders Akhilesh Singh and Pawan Khera, CPI(ML) leader Deepankar Bhattacharya, VIP leader Mukesh Sahni and CPI leader Ram Naresh Pandey besides o ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Oct 28 (IANS) In yet another blow to the CPI (Maoist), two senior leaders on Tuesday surrendered before the Telangana Police. Central Committee Member (CCM) Pulluri Prasad Rao alias Chandranna and State Committee Member (SCM) Bandi Prakash alias Prabhath of Telangana State Committee surrendered before Director General of Police B. Shivadhar Reddy here. Chandranna has been underground for 45 years while Bandi Prakash has been hiding for 42 years. The DGP said in response to the appe ...Read More >
The CPI had earlier opposed the MoU in two Cabinet meetings Politics Over PM SHRI: The Communist Party of India (CPI) has hit out at the Kerala government for signing the Centre's PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), calling it a "dangerous compromise" and a "betrayal" of the Left's consistent opposition to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. CPI General Secretary D Raja said his party "cannot and will not" accept the NEP, warning that it promotes "com ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 28 (PTI) Senior CPI leader and Civil Supplies Minister G R Anil said on Tuesday that the stalemate within the ruling LDF in Kerala over signing the Centre's PM SHRI school scheme would not affect its governance. He said both the CPI and the CPI(M), the key coalition partners in the LDF, are the ones who uphold the Left policy. The Left policy would succeed, he said when reporters asked about the ongoing rift between the two Left parties over the state General Education ...Read More >
T'puram/Kannur: Opposition leader V D Satheesan alleged that the signing of the PM SHRI agreement was done without informing anyone. The Union education secretary made it clear the other day that Kerala expressed willingness to sign the PM SHRI as early as March last year.On Feb 8, 2024, Kerala protested against the central govt in Delhi. Other chief ministers also participated in the protest against central neglect. Despite holding the protest on Feb 8, they expressed readiness to sign the PM S ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala), Oct 27 (PTI) Kerala's ruling LDF coalition remains divided, with talks between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the CPI on Monday failing to resolve the dispute over the PM SHRI schools scheme. Chief Minister Vijayan met CPI secretary Binoy Viswam and the party's ministers to discuss the signing of the MoU for the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India scheme. After the meeting, Viswam told reporters, "The issue we raised has not been resolved. We held talks with the CM ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], October 27 (ANI): Congress MP KC Venugopal on Monday called the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government's move to sign an MoU on Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme, a "back door" decision with "secret agenda". Speaking to reporters, Venugopal questioned the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] government, demanding a probe into the alleged pressure to make a "policy shift." Venugopal said, "Decisions like signing the PM SHRI agre ...Read More >
Bihar polls: "Thugbandhan and Lathbandhan," Dharmendra Pradhan on 'friendly fight' within Mahagathbandhan Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): Union Minister and BJP election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday took a swipe at the Opposition in Bihar, saying that the RJD-Congress-led Mahagathbandhan, which has yet to announce its seat-sharing formula formally, is nothing but a 'Lathbandhan'. Speaking to ANI, Pradhan said, 'Where is the alliance there? It is 'Lathbandhan'. In their allia ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday alleged that the RJD had no roadmap to fight the upcoming elections and relied on the only model they knew, that of giving land and taking jobs. Speaking to reporters, the BJP MP stated that the people of Bihar will not be deceived. Also Read | Acid Attack in Delhi: 20-Year-Old Woman Sustains Injuries on Hands in Bid to To Protect Her Face, Case Registered. "Their (RJD) desperation is evident. They first said that t ...Read More >
The Voter Adhikar Yatra, with Tejashwi Yadav and other INDIA leaders, was expected to give the Congress visibility and legitimacy. After weeks of deliberations, the Mahagathbandhan declared RJD leader Tejashwi as its chief ministerial candidate and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani as the deputy CM face on Thursday. Tejashwi being the CM pick, though delayed, was natural. However, the choice of Sahani indicated a shift in leadership dynamics in the alliance. The RJD-led Mahaga ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Private Universities Bill: minimum land requirement reduced from 100 acres to 25 acres Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister Dr. Govi Chezhiaan has announced that the Tamil Nadu Private Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2025, introduced in the State Assembly on October 15, will be withdrawn following Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's direction. In his statement, Dr. Chezhiaan clarified that the amendment was proposed only to simplify the procedures for establishing new private universities a ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 26 (ANI): Ahead of the Bihar elections, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday criticised the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for not announcing the name of the state's Chief Ministerial candidate. Speaking to ANI, the Congress leader stated that the alliance is afraid of losing the polls, as it has not announced the name of the Chief Minister. Further, he also alleged that the NDA lacks the courage to declare that Nitish Kumar will be their candidate for Chief ...Read More >
Though the minister asserted that the state wasn't changing its existing education policy, the decision on PM-SHRI marked a U-turn by the same government, which had in June said it won't sign up for the scheme and will consider taking a legal recourse to get central funds. The CPI, which believes that PM-SHRI is the Centre's way of promoting its National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, disagrees. CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam told ThePrint on Wednesday the Left party is against NEP because the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 (PTI) Senior CPI leader K Prakash Babu said on Sunday that CPI(M) general secretary M A Baby didn't give any reply except kept silence on Kerala's signing of the PM SHRI scheme during his recent discussion with D Raja in this regard. He said though Raja, the CPI general secretary, came to meet Baby to discuss the matter, even skipping his lunch on Saturday, the Left leader didn't reply on anything regarding the topic. "Raja went to meet Baby to convey the party's con ...Read More >
Alappuzha: Amid the heated political controversy over PM SHRI in Kerala, CPI national secretary D Raja asserted that his party would not support the Central scheme that aims to communalise and commercialise India's education system. Addressing the media here on Sunday, the CPI leader said that the CPM should now declare its stance on PM SHRI. "CPI has been opposing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. We are against the communalisation, centralisation and commercialisation of our education ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Despite the conciliatory efforts of the CPM which deputed General Education Minister V Sivankutty to placate the CPI state leadership following its opposition towards the state signing PM SHRI project, the latter refused to yield to the former's diplomacy. The CPI state leadership is learnt to have told the minister that since breaches in left policy and lapses in collective responsibility occurred at the cabinet level, it must be dealt with at the leadership level. Efforts ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Minister for General Education and Labour V Sivankutty on Saturday dismissed BJP leader K Surendran's claim that Hindutva ideologues V D Savarkar and K B Hedgewar would be included in the state's school syllabus following Kerala's decision to join the PM SHRI scheme. Responding to Surendran, Sivankutty said the former BJP state president's statement was part of a politically motivated propaganda and reflected his lack of understanding of Kerala's education policy. He ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram/Delhi: A dispute arose in Kerala's ruling front over the signing of the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The CPM has initiated efforts to address the situation. The CPI stated that the MoU was signed without prior discussion in the Left Front. Kerala Education Minister V Sivankutty visited the CPI headquarters and met State Secretary Binoy Viswam. Following this meeting, the CPI and CPM General Secretaries met in De ...Read More >
T'puram: Sidestepping CPI's political arguments and protests, the state govt on Thursday signed an agreement with the Union govt to join the PM SHRI (Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India) scheme. General education secretary K Vasuki signed the agreement on behalf of the state govt in New Delhi. Samagra Shiksha Kerala (SSK) director Supriya A R also accompanied the general education secretary to New Delhi.Earlier, state govt had opposed the scheme and refused to become a signatory to the proje ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after the Left government signed an MoU with the Centre on implementing PM SHRI in the state, major differences have cropped up within the LDF, with CPI's open opposition, terming it a breach of coalition ethics. In a clear divide within the Left, the CPI, the second largest constituent in the LDF, lashed out at the CPM and LDF leaderships for keeping CPI ministers in the dark and a lack of collective responsibility in the cabinet. The CPM leadership, meanwhile, chose ...Read More >
Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is facing internal strife as the Communist Party of India (CPI), a key ally, launched a vocal protest on Friday against the lead partner Communist Party of India (Marxist) over the decision to join the PM SHRI Schools scheme. Binoy Viswam, the CPI state secretary, expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of communication regarding the agreement, describing it as a breach of coalition discipline. Viswam questioned the necessity and urgency behind the st ...Read More >
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