Brinda Karat released after brief 'detention'September 12th, 2009 CHENNAI - Brinda Karat, a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo member, was Saturday stopped by police before they escorted her to a Tamil Nadu village. Ignoring police advice, Karat and her colleagues, All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) office-bearers Vasuki, Jhansi Rani and others, were proceeding to Uthapuram village, near Madurai, where a Dalit had died in police firing last year during an inter-caste clash.
BJP accuses CPI-M of hypocrisy in ban on MaoistsJune 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday accused the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) of adopting double standards on banning the Maoist extremists. The CPI-M is adopting double standards with regard to the ban on the Maoists.
Congress did nothing special, just cashed in on BJP's divisive politics: Prakash KaratJune 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat has said the Congress party won the recently held general elections as a result of people's concern for a stable and secular government. Talking to reporters here on Monday, Karat said, "Congress party's success is mainly due to the fact that people were concerned having a stable and secular government in the center.
Declaring Maoists as terrorists no solution: KaratJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday opposed a ban on the Maoists, saying that declaring the Leftwing rebels as terrorists was no solution, and political and administrative measures should be used instead to check their growth. Reacting to the union home ministry's declaration of the Communist Party of India-Maoist as a terrorist outfit, CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat said that the "Maoists must be combated politically and administratively".
CPI(M): Withdrawal of support from UPA on nuke deal was rightJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Monday said that that its decision to withdraw support to the United Progressive Alliance government on the nuclear deal issue last year was a correct decision. CPI (M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, having analyzed the Election results, said that people of the country actually rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party, which benefited the Congress party in the elections.
Left and Maoists are hand in glove: MamataJune 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday accused West Bengal's ruling Left Front of being in cahoots with the Maoists saying the Communists had used the rebels to win the polls in the western districts. "The Left used Maoists to rig the elections and now they are saying Maoists helped the Trinamool.
Communists stage protest against Maoists violence affecting West BengalJune 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Members and supporters of the Communist Party of India-Marxists (CPI-M) staged a sit-in demonstration in national capital on Thursday to protest against the violence by the Maoists in the West Medinipur ditrict of West Bengal. "As far as Maoists are concerned these are gangs who believe in violence.
Left has suffered 'major setback', admits KaratMay 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat admitted Saturday that the Left had suffered 'a major setback' in the Lok Sabha elections. As election results showed that the Left strength in the 545-member Lok Sabha could fall under 25, from the 60-plus of 2004, Karat conceded that the Congress and its allies had won the electoral battle.
Karat invites Jayalalithaa for Third Front meetingMay 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Prakash Karat called All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Chief Jayalalithaa on Friday. Karat has invited Jayalalithaa for the Third Front meeting on May 18.
Karat says Third Front, BSP leaders to meet on May 18May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat said on Wednesday that leaders of the Left and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) would meet on May 18 to discuss the possibility of forming an alternative secular government. Addressing a news conference in the national capital after a meeting of Left leaders, Karat said: "Leaders of non-Congress, non-BJP will meet here on May 18 to decide the future course of action.
We will not abandon our allies: KaratApril 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Rejecting overtures from two Congress allies, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday said his party will not abandon its allies after polls. 'Don't try to isolate the Left from our allies.
We will not support Congress-led government: KaratApril 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Left parties will not prop up a Congress-led government, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat reiterated Wednesday. Though Prime Minister Manmohan Singh two days ago hinted at tying up with them after polls, Karat said the Left parties would prefer to sit in opposition in case the Third Front fails to form the government.
This is a three-way contest, says KaratApril 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Lok Sabha elections are a three-way contest, Marxist leader Prakash Karat said Thursday, ridiculing both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In a signed article in 'People's Democracy', the mouthpiece of his Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Karat said the gathering of forces by the Left and regional allies had unnerved the two main parties.
No Fourth Front, says KaratMarch 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Friday rejected the idea of a 'Fourth Front' and said the Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party and Lok Janashakti Party had come together only for the Lok Sabha elections. Asked if there was a possibility of a Fourth Front, Karat said: 'No Fourth Front.' He was speaking while issuing the campaign pamphlet 'In defence of the rights of minorities' at the party headquarters here.
Third Front can seek Congress support to form government: KaratMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nothing remains constant in politics and equation keeps changing, CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat described his relationship with Manmohan Singh as a political one, not a personal one, and said the decision to not allow Jyoti Basu to become Prime Minister was not a historic blunder. In 1996, the CPM had refused to let Basu take the Prime Minister's oath at the head of a United Front government, something he later termed a "historic blunder".
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