CPI-M demands action against SUCI for provocative campaign

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Activists of Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) held a demonstration in the national capital, on Wednesday over irregularities in the distribution of Below Poverty Line (BPL) social security cards. Scores of SUCI activists marched to Delhi state secretariat, raising slogans against the government, alleging that Delhi government is laidback in issuing BPL cards.

July 8th, 2009 KOLKATA - Hundreds of activists of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged a demonstration here against the alleged atrocities by security personnel in Lalgarh and also against the recent fuel hike by the Central Government. Shouting slogans against the Congress Party, they demanded roll back of fuel price hike.

May 31st, 2009 KOLKATA - Demanding immediate and proper relief for the people affected by cyclone Aila, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged a protest march here on Saturday. The members and supporters of the SUCI took to streets demanding food, drinking water and medical teams for the cyclone-hit people in South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas.

May 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - After handing West Bengal's ruling Left an electoral drubbing, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Monday demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, saying it was democratic ethics to respect and accept the people's verdict. 'The Left is left out from the people.

May 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - Polling began Wednesday morning for 11 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the final phase of the general elections, which will decide the fate of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. After the first two rounds of polling in the state April 30 and May 7, the voting now covers Kolkata and its two adjoining districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas.

April 21st, 2009 NOIDA - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kusum Rai, considered to be close to rebel leader Kalyan Singh, is in trouble as the Noida police have filed a case against her for an allegedly provocative speech she made at an election rally. The police Monday night registered a case against Kusum Rai for delivering 'communally provocative' speech, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and the election law.

April 17th, 2009 JAMMU - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Leela Karan Sharma Friday demanded action against Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for an alleged 'hate speech'. Sharma is the BJP candidate for Jammu-Poonch constituency that went to polls Thursday.

March 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An unrepentant Varun Gandhi asserted Wednesday that he was a 'Gandhi, a Hindu and an Indian' in equal measure and said the CD showing him making an inflammatory speech was doctored. 'I am proud of my faith, and am not apologising for it,' Varun Gandhi told reporters while reading out a written statement, a day after being slapped with a criminal case for his alleged hate-Muslim campaign speeches.

March 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) has joined hands with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal but that will not deter it from fielding candidates against the latter's new ally, the Congress, in the Lok Sabha elections. 'We've decided to support the Trinamool but will field candidates against the Congress in nine Lok Sabha seats,' SUCI state secretary Probhas Ghosh told reporters here Friday.

March 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Ahead of the general elections, hundreds of activists of farmers union affiliated to the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) staged demonstration here. They held a massive rally to voice their anger at what they called the anti-farmer policies of both the Central and the State Governments.

February 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) here Thursday warned its alliance partner Trinamool Congress against linking up with the Congress for the coming Lok Sabha polls. The SUCI warned the Trinamool Congress not to step into the trap laid by the Congress by withdrawing its candidate for the coming state assembly by-poll in the West Bishnupur constituency.

February 11th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Britney Spears is shooting a provocative video for her controversial single 'If you seek Amy'. Spears will appear as a pie-baking '50s housewife and mother-of-two in the video and will wear a blonde wig, pink shirt and short white skirt in the promo, reports thesun.co.uk.

January 21st, 2009 KOLKATA - A 12-hour shutdown called by the opposition Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) evoked partial response in West Bengal Thursday, as agitators squatted on railway tracks disrupting train services and blocked roads. The police said they had arrested 320 SUCI workers across the state.

January 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) Tuesday declared that it would withdraw support from West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress if the party tied up with the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha poll. 'We'll withdraw our support from Trinamool Congress if they form any political alliance with the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha election,' SUCI state secretary Prabhas Ghosh told a press conference here.

January 19th, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal's main opposition Trinamool Congress' bid to forge an electoral tie-up with the Congress for the coming Lok Sabha polls has hit a roadblock after an alliance partner threatened to snap ties if the Trinamool went ahead. 'We'll break ties with the Trinamool if it forms any political alliance with the Congress in the coming election,' Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) state secretary Prabhas Ghosh told a press conference here.