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Thrikkakara byelection | No-holds-barred campaign ends today

The LDF and UDF left no stone unturned in their electioneering in Thrikkakara as it emerged as a battle of prestige between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan

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Victory in bypoll will strengthen LDF’s efforts to develop Kerala: E.P. Jayarajan

As campaigning for the bypoll in the Thrikkakara Assembly constituency picks up momentum, Left Democratic Front convener E.P. Jayarajan spoke to S. Anandan on why the Left is going the whole hog to wrest the seat from the Congress. Excerpts:

The Hindu

News Analysis | As Congress begins ‘chintan shivir,’ reports from past exercises remain tucked away

For instance, report from panel headed by Ashok Chavan was not tabled at party’s highest decision-making forum

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Thrikkakara bypoll outcome will be against those stalling development, says Oommen Chandy

‘Last six years of LDF government saw development take a backseat’

The Hindu

Germany: Left party to hold leadership vote amid turmoil

Germany’s Left party says it will hold a leadership vote in June amid a series of internal spats including over the handling of sexism allegations

The Independent UK

Left sees silver lining in Ballygunge defeat

"We have had an influx of young blood in the State, which was reflected in the by election result," says Sitaram Yechury

The Hindu

Violence on campus will not be tolerated, no bar on serving non-veg food: JNU administration

NEW DELHI: The JNU administration on Monday warned students against indulging in any kind of violence on campus and said the clashes broke out on Sunday after some students objected to a 'hawan' conducted "peacefully" on the occasion of Ram Navami, an assertion also made by the RSS-affiliated ABVP.

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Recalling events that led to JNU brawl over ‘non-veg food, Ram Navami pooja’

On Sunday evening, six students were injured as members of Left groups and the RSS students’ outfit ABVP clashed on the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. While the latter alleged Ram Navami celebrations were obstructed, the former said it was the ABVP that initiated the violence over serving of non-vegetarian food…

Newslaundry

Political resolution sticks to BJP as bete noir

It allows for tactical understanding with like-minded Left and secular forces

The Hindu

CPI(M) on revival path in West Bengal: State secretary

Mohammed Salim says Congress qualifies as a player in broad Left, democratic alliance

The Hindu

Yechury asks Congress, others with secular claim to set house in order

At the inaugural event of 23rd Party Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury called for unity to safeguard the secular, democratic character of the Indian republic and defeat BJP

The Hindu

State parties, Congress & Left must unite against BJP, says Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin

NEW DELHI: Calling for a united front of Congress, Left and all state parties opposed to BJP to take on the ruling dispensation at the Centre, Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK supremo M K Stalin on Friday said everyone must put aside their individual political mindsets and “come together…

The Times of India

CPI(M)‘s stand on temples risks diluting Left agenda: VCK

But this strategy could not be completely rejected, says Thirumavalavan

The Hindu

France's Socialist Party facing irrelevance in presidential vote

In France's former mining heartland, promises by the Communist Party's first presidential candidate in 15 years to raise the minimum wage, lower the retirement age and tax big business hard resonate with voters who feel ignored by the mainstream left.

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Congress, Left and ‘secular’ parties should come together to defeat BJP: VCK leader

Congress, Left and “secular” parties should come together to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 general election, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi leader Thol Thirumavalavan said in Coimbatore on Sunday. The BJP, which according to him, did not speak about scientific or industrial development, employment opportunities but chose communal polarisation…

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Body of Anish Khan exhumed for second post-mortem; TMC faces the heat

Left hits the streets

The Hindu

Oppn allege widespread fraud in 4 municipal corporations polls in WB

BJP, Left demand re-polling at Bidhannagar

The Times of India

Congress, Left to join MK Stalin’s social justice forum

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister and DMK leader M K Stalin’s efforts to float All India Federation for Social Justice has got a shot in the arm with his allies, the Congress and Left parties, announcing that they would join the forum.

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Pegasus: More Opposition MPs move privilege notice against IT minister

NEW DELHI: A day after Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury served a notice for breach of privilege against IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for allegedly misleading Parliament over the Pegasus issue, more MPs belonging to Congress, Left and Trinamool followed suit on Monday, setting the stage for another confrontation in the…

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Lies, false equivalence, diversions, ad hominem attacks: That’s TV media’s spin on JNU violence

If nothing, a section of the Indian TV media should be awarded for its consistency. Issues, and the news cycles around it, come and go but the medium’s tropes and persistence to spin narratives remain the same.

Newslaundry

Why Prasar Bharati’s tweet-rebuttal to Alt News is lame and lazy

If reality spoke for itself, Prasar Bharati would probably dispute it.

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