Who will make it to the politburo of the CPI(M)? Will it be Surya Kanta Mishra, Gautam Deb or Shymal Chakraborty?

The CPI(M) which believes in “democratic centralism”, used to describe indiscipline, intra-party feud and open demonstration of disagreement with party leadership as vices of the bourgeois parties. But it seems that these vices are now creeping into a regimented party like the CPI(M).

CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat has decided to hold the next central committee meet in Kolkata from December 17 to 19 to ensure the presence of former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattachar-jee. Shell shocked by the Left Front’s humiliating exit from power and the decimation of the CPI(M) in Bengal, Mr Bhatt-acharjee has persistently skipped central committee and

Political compulsions might compel Marxists to rewrite their ideology. CPI(M) leaders are considering whether to embrace religion, which they see as 'opium of the masses'.

It is being debated in CPI(

Political compulsions might compel India’s Marxists to rewrite their ideology. In a possible historic deviation, CPI(M) leaders are considering whether to embrace religion, which they once termed the “opium of the masses”.

The Maoists on Sunday rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s seven-day ultimatum to give up arms, and instead demanded the release of all its “political prisoners” and withdrawal of the joint forces from Jangalmahal

Will he go this time? Or will he once again give the party politburo meet (slated to be held on October 17 and 18 in Delhi) a miss?

The byelections to the two Assembly seats — the high-profile Bhowanipore seat where incumbent chief minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting against CPI(M) candidate Nandini Mukherjee and Basirhat North

Insinuating Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh for presiding over “the most corrupt regime ever”, CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday said that “the role of the Prime Minster is questionabl

Leaving its electoral debacle in Bengal and Kerala behind, the CPI(M) has decided to launch a frontal attack against the Congress-led UPA government over corruption, price rise and Lokpal bill. The decision was taken in the party’s politburo meeting held on Friday in Kolkata. Former chief minister