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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 >
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 >
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/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 >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja stated that the Mahagathbandhan's primary objective is to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, accusing them of posing a threat to the Constitution. Speaking to ANI on Saturday, D Raja said, "BJP-RSS is posing grave threats to the Constitution. Our main objective is to defeat the BJP-RSS combine in the Bih ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Monday demanded that the government "accept" a proposal made by Naxals and warned that if the BJP and RSS continues to be in power, the "future of India will be imperial". D Raja told reporters, "I demand that the government accept the proposal made by the Naxals. What is this Naxal Mukt Bharat? Already, they spoke about the Congress Mukt Bharat. What happened to Congress Mukt Bharat? Tomorrow they ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out ceasefire with Maoists, CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday questioned the decision, pointing to the Naxals' offer of holding a dialogue with the government. "Maoists want dialogue with the government. They have proposed a ceasefire... Why the Indian government cannot accept?" Raja said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer given by Maoists, saying if the extremists want to surrender and lay down ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 29 (PTI) A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out ceasefire with Maoists, CPI general secretary D Raja on Monday questioned the decision, pointing to the Naxals' offer of holding a dialogue with the government. "Maoists want dialogue with the government. They have proposed a ceasefire... Why the Indian government cannot accept?" Raja said. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday rejected the ceasefire offer given by Maoists, saying if the extremists want to surrender ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 28 (PTI) Left parties on Sunday expressed their sorrow at deaths in a stampede at TVK Party rally in Karur, Tamil Nadu. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) expressed "deep shock and sorrow" at the loss of 39 lives in the stampede. The rally was attended by TVK Party founder and film actor Vijay. "It is unfortunate that people who had gathered in large numbers to catch a glimpse of the film star lost their lives due to the chaos and mismanagement at the venue by the organiser ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on staying certain provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act and said that this decision is a major step towards "undoing the unconstitutional" amendments which have been incorporated in the Waqf Amendment Act. In a post on X, DMK supremo recalled that since the passage of the said bill, his party has tried to counter the BJP's attempt to "misuse governmental power" thro ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court order on staying certain provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act and said that this decision is a major step towards undoing the unconstitutional amendments which have been incorporated in the Waqf Amendment Act. In a post on X, DMK supremo recalled that since the passage of the said bill, his party has tried to counter the BJP attempt to misuse governmental power through both ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala), Sep 12 (PTI) Senior leader Binoy Viswam will continue as the Kerala state secretary of the CPI, party sources said here on Friday. Viswam was unanimously elected to the post at the party's state conference, which concluded here on Friday, they said. He has been holding the post since December 2023, after the party nominated him following the demise of Kanam Rajendran. Viswam, who is the Working President of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), is also a member of th ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Communist Party of India delegation met the full bench of the Election Commission of India Thursday and discussed issues ranging from the ongoing special intensive revision in Bihar to the implementation of the model code of conduct, party General Secretary D Raja said. The meeting was held as part of a series of interactions the poll panel is holding with political parties. Raja told PTI that they were invited by the Election Commission for the meeting. The delegation met Chief E ...Read More >
Bhopal: Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing from September 23, an all-party meeting was hosted by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday at his official residence, where a formal resolution to ensure the full 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) has been unanimously adopted, marking a decisive shift in the state's legal and administrative posture. Backed by all major parties, the resolution affirms that the remaining 13% of the quota, on top of the 14% already impleme ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) A Communist Party of India delegation met the full bench of the Election Commission of India on Thursday and discussed issues ranging from the ongoing special intensive revision in Bihar to the implementation of model code of conduct, party General Secretary D Raja said. The meeting was held as part of a series of interactions the poll panel is holding with political parties. Raja told PTI that they were invited by the Election Commission for the meeting. The delegation ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a meeting with a delegation from the Communist Party of India, led by its General Secretary D. Raja, on Thursday at Nirvachan Sadan, Delhi, to receive their suggestions, ECI said in a release. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were also present on this occasion. Also Read | Mahindra Aerostructures Secures Contract To Manufacture Main Fuselage for Airbus H125 Helicopters, Boosting 'Make ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) India's gains from importing discounted Russian oil are estimated to be just USD 2.5 billion per annum, significantly lower than the previously speculated range of USD 10-25 billion, a research report said on Thursday. Stopping Russian oil imports would force India, the world's third-largest oil importer and consumer, to rely on limited alternatives, potentially driving global crude prices up to USD 100 per barrel amid rising demand and tight supply. "Benefit from Russi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Thursday called the US's 50 per cent tariff on India a tariff war against a sovereign nation and urged the Centre to pursue its own independent economic and foreign policies. "Our party, the Communist Party of India, strongly condemns what the Trump administration is doing as far as the tariff is concerned. It is nothing but a tariff war on sovereign independent nations in the world," Raja told ANI. ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu has once again emerged as the country's leader in industrial employment, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin attributing the achievement to the policies of the Dravidian model government. Citing the Union government's Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24, CM Stalin said the recognition from New Delhi is itself the strongest rebuttal to critics, who have been "targeting" the state government on the industrial and economic fronts. In a post on 'X', the Chie ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 28 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar held a meeting with a delegation from the Communist Party of India, led by its General Secretary D. Raja, on Thursday at Nirvachan Sadan, Delhi, to receive their suggestions, ECI said in a release. Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi were also present on this occasion. "The meeting is in continuation of the interactions being held by ECI with the Presidents of various National and State Politi ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): Amid reports of the INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for August 7 at Rahul Gandhi's residence in Delhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday confirmed that party chief Uddhav Thackeray has been invited and will attend the meeting. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said, "On 7th August, there is a meeting of the INDIA bloc. Rahul Gandhi has extended an invitation for it. He has personally called up everyone and extended an invitation." Also Rea ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 4 (ANI): Amid reports of the INDIA bloc meeting scheduled for August 7 at Rahul Gandhi residence in Delhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday confirmed that party chief Uddhav Thackeray has been invited and will attend the meeting. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said, On 7th August, there is a meeting of the INDIA bloc. Rahul Gandhi has extended an invitation for it. He has personally called up everyone and extended an invitation. Raut added t ...Read More >
The comments, made in Kerala, a state where the CPI(M) holds power and continues a longstanding ideological battle with the RSS, sparked swift and sharp reactions from the Left. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks equating the RSS and the CPI(M) is causing growing unease within the INDIA bloc, with Left leaders raising the issue during the alliance's virtual meeting on Saturday, according to sources. The comments, made by the Congress leader at an event in Kerala, were flagged as ina ...Read More >
New Delhi: A meeting of the organisational leaders of the INDIA bloc allies will be held in Delhi on Saturday to firm up a coordinated approach of the opposition on common issues -- including the Election Commission's methods, especially its special intensive revision (SIR ) of electoral rolls in Bihar, during the monsoon session of Parliament. But soon after the Congress leadership took an initiative to organise the meeting, following the proposal of some allies, the shadow of possible non-par ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 20 (PTI) Star Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar clinched the title with a leap of 7.75m at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto in Maia, Portugal, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze-level meet. The Asian Games silver medallist registered his best effort in the second round on Saturday night. Sreeshankar opened with a 7.63m jump, followed it up with his winning leap of 7.75m in the second round, and then recorded a solid 7.69m. His third attempt was a foul, while his fi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday reiterated his objections against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise being carried out by the Election Commission (EC) and said that the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar will have no meaning if this doesnt stop. If SIR is not stopped, then the Bihar elections have no meaning. I can tell you the result now that if SIR is not stopped, then the BJP will win the Bihar elections, Singh told ANI. This co ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prominent leaders from various political parties attended an all-party meeting convened by the central government on Sunday, ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament scheduled to begin on Monday. The meeting was called in by the government to seek cooperation from opposition parties for the smooth conduct of the House. Leaders of various political parties attended the meeting, where the government was represented by Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju and his junior minister Arjun R ...Read More >
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