| Left hits Cong-TMC alliance hard | 02-OCT-09 |
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| Fissures appeared in the TMC-Congress alliance in West Bengal as the Congress sought and obtained CPI(M)-led Left Front's support to win the mayoral post and form the board of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. |
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| It is back to basic for CPI(M) now | 13-JUN-09 |
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| In the hour of crisis the ruling CPIM in West Bengal is trying to go back to the basic. After a two day long review meeting, the state committee came to realize that after being in power for the last 32 years now the party had lost touch with the people. The party now feels that the party had failed to meet the challenge thrown by TMC-Congress combine in the election, because it had lost touch with the people. |
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| 'CPI(M) lost touch with ground reality' | 25-MAY-09 |
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| How does the Communist Party of India-Marxist [CPI(M)] explain its election debacle and where does the responsibility lie, Karan Thapar asks CPI(M) politburo member and Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury in a TV programme, ‘Devil’s Advocate’. |
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| Will heads roll in CPI(M)'s Bengal unit? | 21-MAY-09 |
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| The temporary truce entered into by the warring factions in the CPI(M) leadership might have been able to avert the imminent confrontation at the highest level, but indications are that it won’t be enough to stop the blame game from gaining momentum at the party’s West Bengal unit. Following the Left Front’s first setback in the state since 1977, West Bengal leaders squarely blamed the leadership of CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat. |
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| US wish list may affect next government | 06-MAY-09 |
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| The US’s vision for bilateral ties with India flags issues that represent red rags to parties like the CPI(M) and the BJP, which have opposed India’s closeness to the US, albeit for different reasons. If the Congress and CPI(M) find themselves on the same side again after the general elections, this may have repercussions in the formation of the next coalition, and functioning of a government. |
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| Left counters Congress attack on development | 04-MAY-09 |
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| To Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s olive branch that the Left parties were his friends, the Left Front reacted sharply questioning this premise. The Left parties also described as ‘motivated’ the Congress charge that the red brigade had done nothing for development. |
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| Future alliances change pre-poll ties | 26-APR-09 |
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| As the third phase of polls draw near, different political parties have started positioning themselves for the future alliances signaling further changes in the existing pre-poll ties. A few days after RJD boss Lalu Prasad declared he is open to take the support of the Left, Samajwadi Party today ruled out its possibility of joining hands with the Left like Prasad. |
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| The cost of water | 05-APR-05 |
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| The Delhi governments decision to raise water prices was taken last December and has come into effect now. The increase is steep. Consumers (the ones with working meters, that is) will pay many times |
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| Chidambaram promises water for votes | 27-APR-04 |
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| Former Finance Minister and a staunch advocate of globalisation P Chidambaram is trying to resolve the problems of a village called Padamathur, without compromising his own beliefs.
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| Chidambaram promises water for votes | 27-APR-04 |
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| Former Finance Minister and a staunch advocate of globalisation P Chidambaram is trying to resolve the problems of a village called Padamathur, without compromising his own beliefs.
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