Kerala CM Achuthanandan removed from CPM politburoJuly 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kerala's octogenarian Chief Minister and veteran Communist leader, V S Achuthanandan, was on Sunday axed from the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) politburo and central committee on grounds of party indiscipline. Achuthanandan was accused of leaking information related to the party to the media.
CPI-M central committee meeting ends, Achuthanandan skips sessionJuly 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Sunday ended its two-day central committee meeting here to resolve the factional war in its Kerala unit, with speculation rife that Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan may be dropped from the politburo.
CPM central committee to decide on Achuthanandan, Vijayan issue todayJuly 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is meeting here today to decide on the proposals sent by the party's politburo on the infighting in its Kerala Unit. CPM politburo met this morning ahead of the central committee's meeting, to give final touch to its proposals.
CPM may settle Vijayan, Achuthanandan tussle todayJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI J - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo meeting might settle the tussle between two of its senior leaders of Kerala unit. The two-day politburo that commenced from Saturday was called to discuss the on going fight between Kerala Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan and General Secretary of party's Kerala unit Pinarayi Vijayan.
CPI-M politburo meet hopes to clear Kerala messJuly 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tough measures may be on the cards as the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo meets here July 4 and 5 to address the bitter feuding between two veterans of the party's Kerala unit - Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan.
CPI (M) politburo to discuss, resolve disunity in Kerala unit next weekJune 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) will meet here next week to deliberate on the "disunity" within the party's Kerala unit. The extraordinary two-day meeting will be held on July 4 and 5 to discuss the infighting between Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan and the party state Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
CBI gets nod to prosecute Vijayan, CPI-M to fight case (Lead)June 7th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI - In a major embarrassment to the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has got the go-ahead to prosecute the party's politburo member and senior Kerala leader Pinarayi Vijayan in the Rs.300 crore SNC Lavalin scam. The Marxist party said Sunday it will fight the case "politically and legally".
Achuthanandan talks of fighting corruption, mum on VijayanFebruary 15th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Monday lashed out at opposition leaders facing graft charges but remained mum on the tainted Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
I will continue my fight against corruption: AchuthanandanFebruary 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan Sunday said he would continue his fight against corruption, a day after the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo rejected his demand for action against tainted party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan.
Charges against Vijayan politically motivated: CPI-MFebruary 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Corruption charges against Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, are politically motivated, the CPI-M politburo said here, rejecting Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's demand for action against him.
CPI-M politburo meets over Vijayan affairFebruary 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politburo met here Saturday to discuss the crisis in its Kerala unit after one of its leaders, Pinarayi Vijayan, was named in a corruption scandal. Kerala Chief Minister V.S.
Achuthanandan will not resign: VijayanFebruary 9th, 2009 MANJERI - Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will not resign after a leadership meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) called to discuss differences between him and party strongman Pinarayi Vijayan, Vijayan said Tuesday.
Vijayan to attend crucial CPI-M politburo meetingFebruary 4th, 2009 THALASSERY - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Kerala state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, who is embroiled in a multi-million rupee graft case, Thursday said that he will attend the party's politburo meeting in New Delhi Feb 14. The CPI-M is expected to discuss the escalating tensions between Vijayan and Kerala Chief Minister V.S.
CPI-M to discuss Achuthanandan vs Vijayan crisisFebruary 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will next week discuss the escalating tensions between Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and senior leader Pinarayi Vijayan that Wednesday saw protests outside the Kerala House in New Delhi.
CPI-M full politburo to discuss Vijayan issue next weekJanuary 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Embarrassed by the alleged involvement of its senior politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan in a multi-million rupee scam, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) has convened an emergency meeting of its full politburo next week to decide what action it must take, party sources said Friday. CPI-M's Kerala unit chief Vijayan figures in the charge-sheet framed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a 12-year-old scam when he was minister for electricity.