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.
YSR death is 'a huge loss', says grieving SoniaSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash was "a huge loss" for the Congress, a deeply moved party president Sonia Gandhi said Thursday.
Delhi CM condoles YSR deathSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Thursday expressed grief over the untimely death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy.
Shock across political spectrum at YSR's deathSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Political leaders across the spectrum Thursday mourned the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, hailing him as a man of determination, charisma and conviction.
YSR was son of soil, his loss is irreparable: BJPSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday expressed its deepest condolences on the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajshekhara Reddy and four others in a helicopter crash on Wednesday.
Leaders across political spectrum condole Andhra CM's tragic deathSeptember 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD - The tragic death of Andhara Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy and others on Thursday left the leaders of all political parties of the country shocked and grief-stricken. Political leaders beyond party lines on Thursday mourned the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.
Third Front failed to be credible alternative, admits KaratJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Prakash Karat Monday admitted that the Left-led Third Front "failed to be a viable and credible alternative" in the Lok Sabha polls as the grouping lacked a country-wide reach. "In the absence of a country-wide alliance and no policy platform being presented, the call for an alternative government was unrealistic," Karat accepted at a press confernce here after the party's two-day central committee meeting that concluded Sunday.
Under attack Karat says central committee took coalition decisionsMay 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Under fire for the Left parties' poll debacle and also for floating the Third Front grouping, which came a cropper in the Lok Sabha elections, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Thursday said the decision to forge a non-Congress, non-BJP electoral alliance had been taken by the party central committee. Karat, whose CPI-M got 16 Lok Sabha seats from 43 in 2004, said that both national and state level factors have to be analysed to find out the reasons for the party's poor show in West Bengal and Kerala.
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.
Karat, Naidu discuss post-poll strategyApril 27th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Monday met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N. Chandrababu Naidu here and discussed the likely post-poll scenario.
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.
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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