Opposition CPI-M and Congress strongly criticised the BJP government in Tripura for its "total failure in Covid-19 management putting the state in a worst situation in the northeastern region"
BJP MPs alleged that those who follow Left ideology, or have worked with the Congress are dominating the third party firms which do fact checking for Facebook
The congress MP had faced flak not only from the Left parties but even from his own party for his stand favouring privatisation of the Trivandrum airport
Protesting against the Centre's decision to lease out the airport to Adani Enterprises, the CPI(M) in Kerala said it would send 200,000 emails to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, opposing the move
CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said all the promises made by the Centre at the time of abrogating article 370 last year proved to be a mirage
The party alleged that Parliament has been completely bypassed in the process of forming the policy
This comes days after Balwan Poonia, one of the two CPI(M) MLAs in the state assembly, pledged his support to Gehlot, who is embroiled in a power struggle with his former deputy Sachin Pilot
It said that contrary to the claim that the move will boost job generation, past experiences in other countries have shown that such privatisation results in huge job losses
CPI(M) politburo has decided to launch countrywide protests on June 16
The attack sharpened after the Centre decided to send two inter-ministerial central teams (IMCTs) to assess the situation in the state
CPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty led a large rally in Santoshpur in south Kolkata while Congress activists took out a protest march from Beckbagan to Park Circus
It also said the US agenda will "adversely affect" the interests of the Indian farmers, agriculture, particularly the dairy and poultry sectors
Asks why the two communities persecuted in Myanmar and Pakistan have been excluded at a rally in Raipur's 'Shaheen Bagh'
The CPI(M) leader said the protests would be held on two counts
Denies link between NPR, NRC; Oppn steps up attack, says govt caught in its own trap
Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala cited a media report which claimed the BJP took a large donation from a firm being probed by the Enforcement Directorate
The party said the strategic disinvestment of public sector enterprises was like 'selling the family silver to meet daily expenditure inevitably ruining the family'
The Congress, Trinamool Congress, CPI(M) and a few other parties have been steadfastly opposing the bill, claiming that citizenship can't be given on the basis of religion.
CPI (M) said while the judgment had provided a judicial resolution to this fractious issue, there are certain premises of the judgment which are 'questionable'
The BJP is attempting to unseat the Mamata Banerjee government from power in the state