Party alleges coalition government has failed to implement most election assurances, seeks drought relief for farmers, higher tobacco procurement price and withdrawal of restrictions on protests
Review of Left Democratic Front (LDF)’s Assembly election debacle in Kerala. CPI(M) notes that its messaging about transformational development did not resonate among the middle classes. The growing influence of caste- and religion-tinted identity politics causes an erosion of the party’s basic voters, namely ‘workers, agricultural workers and poor peasants’
Party’s Central Committee review records that the ‘individualisation' fuelled the narrative that CPI(M) campaign 'revolved around one person’ and rendered it ineffective in politically exposing the ‘reactionary, ruling class bias’ of Congress and UDF
Case registered based on the Kerala leader’s complaint. The six accused named in the FIR are Janam TV, Karma News, Daily Hunt, Bharat Live, Janmabhumi daily, and Kannur evening daily Sudhinam
Minister describes the move as mistimed and adds that the people will reject it
The meet, scheduled from September 13 to 15, aims at a top-to-bottom transformation by strengthening the party’s connect with the people and energising its organisational structure, says M.V. Govindan
The former Kerala Health Minister says the misinformation had caused serious damage to her reputation built over five decades of public life
CPI(M) leader accused of drawing a pension claiming to be the wife of a former MLA. Allegation stems from confusion with another P.K. Sreemathi, widow of former Kunnamkulam MLA P.R. Krishnan, who received the pension till 2020
Repeated examination paper leaks have shattered the confidence of students, forcing them to protest in Delhi, says Srinivasa Rao
The parties put into practice the Trotskyist principle of “March separately, strike together!” a line that late CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury often used to repeat when talking about opposition unity
Party MLA P.A. Mohamed Riyas says he will meet the Chief Minister and the Health Minister to discuss the issue
The State government should implead in the case pending in Supreme Court on 1/70 regulation and issue an order replacing G.O. 3, says CPI(M) leader Srinivasa Rao
John Brittas filed a notice under Rule 67 opposing the introduction of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, arguing it breaches the constitutional settlement on the National Song’s status
CPI(M) seeks ₹50 lakh compensation for kin of
The party alleges that only about 20 per cent of the rehabilitation process has been completed
Highlight the crisis faced by tobacco, maize, mango and aquaculture farmers, and seek solutions from the Union government, it suggests
The protesters burnt an effigy depicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mr. Pradhan and symbolically broke an earthen pot as a mark of protest against what they described as the Union Government’s “communal and fascist policies”
Criticising ‘the authoritarian attitude’ of the Modi government, CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby said that ‘silencing dissent cannot be a substitute for accountability’
Residents led by CPI(M) leaders stage a sit-in on the old Vijayawada-Mangalagiri highway near KL Rao Colony, disrupting traffic
P. Shanmugam urged the Tamil Nadu government to file a review petition before the Supreme Court and expedite the implementation of the provisions of the Forest Rights Act.
CPI(M) Central Committee, in a review of its debacle in Kerala Assembly polls and its continued marginalisation in West Bengal, has identified shortcomings in campaign and selection of candidates as reasons for party’s defeat
Assuring the residents support, party’s State Secretariat member warns of a protest outside the Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) office if the notices are not revoked; Railway authorities direct families living along the railway track in the locality to vacate their houses by August 5
T.P. Ramakrishnan, who held a brief closed-door meeting with the CPI State Secretary Binoy Viswam, signalled that the rapprochement was not immediately at hand. He said the discussions were in their nascent stages and denied any rift in the coalition. Viswam merely stated that “CPI and CPI(M) pursued the same politics”
Mr. Ali is the first political leader to be arrested in connection with the violence that broke out in the locality in South 24 Pargana district’s Baruipur police station area on July 5
Ambalappuzha MLA, accompanied by Congress workers, was at the school to verify the allegation of illegal soil removal from the school premises
At a joint press conference of top district leaders, CPI(M) district secretary V. Joy says fake narratives are being spread by some sections with ulterior motives to destroy the party and take public attention away from protests against Vizhinjam stake transfer
The government’s decision to reduce adjustment charges by only 13 paise per unit from January 2026 was intended to create a false impression of tariff relief, says Babu Rao
CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam said that with an inquiry into the stampede under way and the matter pending before the court, the decision to offer government jobs could weaken the legal process
The party’s district secretary M. Jaggu Naidu asked the MP and MLAs to ensure domestic services to cities such as Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad continue from Visakhapatnam even after Bhogapuram becomes operational
This is for the first time since the University Act came into force in 1974 that the CPI(M) has not held a standing committee convenership in the Syndicate
CPI(M) announces a protest march to his camp office on July 15, demands immediate distribution of house sites, ₹5 lakh financial assistance for house construction and alternative land for families displaced by eviction drives
Party seeks immediate assistance for affected families and calls for comprehensive marine safety measures across Andhra Pradesh
No relief for 10 CPI(M) workers, including former councillor I.P. Binu, who are accused of assaulting ED officials during a raid on the residence of Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan two months ago.
Party says proposed changes to Antyodaya Anna Yojana under the National Food Security Act will reduce foodgrain entitlements for smaller households and disproportionately affect the poor
A party delegation met the families at the Fishing Harbour and sought interim relief of ₹1 lakh each, free education for the children and permanent houses, four days after the boat went missing
T.K. Govindan rules out possibility of returning to CPI(M), saying he will not join any political party
Participating in a ‘padayatra’, party’s State Secretariat member urges the government to grant ownership ‘pattas’ to families residing on the Krishna river bund for the past five decades
Senior leader appears to hold out an olive branch to CPI(M) dissidents-turned-UDF Independent MLAs T.K. Govindan and V. Kunhikrishnan, representing the Payyannur and Taliparamba Assembly constituencies respectively
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha leader says trust was constituted through government action and should be subject to transparency provisions under the RTI Act
Bail granted by Special Court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act in Kochi. The CPI(M) leaders, among the additional accused, had filed objections and contended that allegations in complaint were not sufficient to proceed against them for offence under Section 4 of PMLA
CPI(M) leader and Kannur district secretary K K Ragesh makes the allegation in a Facebook post
“If the Governor has views on any issue, he should take it up with the Chief Minister and sort it out. But acting arbitrarily goes against the power given to the Governor by the Constitution,” CPI(M) State secretary P. Shanmugam said
The office is housed in a sheet-roofed structure, where reptiles are occasionally seen during the monsoon season, forest officials say
In a Facebook post, Puthalath Dinesan says ‘several shortcomings’ in party’s election campaign, including candidate selection, delay in taking action in Sabarimala gold loss row and failure to effectively counter UDF’s campaign, contributed to LDF’s defeat
Party State secretary V. Srinivasa Rao said the police detained Ch. Chandrasekhar to prevent protests against the Centre’s proposed employment scheme before the visit of the Chief Minister and a Union Minister
Party leaders say that the LDF government had already identified Kinalur in Kozhikode and land acquisition is in final stages
It will facilitate private companies’ access to valuable minerals, including gold, beach sand, iron ore and bauxite, under the guise of Ease-of-Doing Business, fears party State secretary Srinivasa Rao
The TVK-led Tamil Nadu government, before tabling a resolution in the Assembly on Mekedatu issue, should have called an all-party meeting to take the issue forward, said CPI(M) leader P. Shanmugam
Extension of the deadline is essential as voters have no adequate awareness about the process and BLOs are yet to distribute application forms to all households, say party leaders
Former Rajya Sabha MP says new employment law centralises decision-making, weakens federalism and sets up a framework of ‘rank discrimination’ against workers depending on where they reside
The party alleges that inaugurating the rafting event in a celebratory manner while an intensive search for the missing person was under way nearby was inhuman and shocking