-The Hindu Congress urges Centre to review high-speed rail project, CPI(M) wants it pushed through The K-Rail Silverline project in Kerala became the subject of sparring between Congress and Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members from the State in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, prompting Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to comment that the two parties were in dosti (friendship) in Delhi and kusti (wrestling) in Kerala. “Politics of Kerala is unique. Delhi main...
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CPI(M) MP Kareem Moves Private Member’s Bill to Repeal Four Labour Codes -Ronak Chhabra
-Newsclick.in Speaking to NewsClick in a telephone interview on Friday, the Rajya Sabha leader lamented that the Centre has “not accepted even a single recommendation” that was made to it by Standing Committee on Labour in its different reports over the Labour Codes. New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP Elamaram Kareem on Friday introduced a Private Member’s Bill that seeks to repeal the contentious four Labour Codes which...
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-Countercurrents.org Real life has a way of surprising theory. One of the most intensely discussed theoretical questions on the Left has been how to bring agricultural labourers and peasants, including well-to-do peasants, together in a common struggle against landlord domination in India’s countryside. Numerous Marxist gatherings have for years discussed the contradiction between peasants and labourers holding up a decisive resolution of the contradiction between the landlords and the rest of...
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-Newsclick.in Conducted by the Delhi unit of the CPI(M) in the first two weeks of June this year, the survey reinforced the demand for schemes involving cash transfer and guaranteed employment in the national capital. A survey of the working masses in Delhi, conducted in the aftermath of the second COVID-19 wave earlier this year, has painted a stark picture of its impact on resident’s livelihoods, thereby reinforcing the demand for schemes...
More »West Bengal Results: Victory margins show the depth of TMC’s victory -Vikas Jamoriya and Rasheed Kidwai
-Moneycontrol.com The TMC increased its tally of seats won, by two to 213 and its vote-share galloped to 48 percent. This victory was achieved against the BJP, which is believed to have the best election machinery in India The outcome of the West Bengal assembly polls has many firsts. The average winning margin of all the candidates in this election stands out at a record 26,964 votes, while the same for Trinamool...
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