Left In India

Kerala FM says no to reduction of Rs 2 fuel cess; Opposition walks out

Contrary to expectations, Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on Wednesday refuted reports that he will reduce the Rs 2 fuel cess that was included in his budget speech for the year 2023-24.

BJP scared of Left, Congress electoral understanding in Tripura: Ex-CM

Claiming that the electoral understanding between the Left and the Congress has a moral ground in Tripura, CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar said that the ruling BJP is scared of two of its rivals coming together to oust the fascist ruler in the northeastern state. He also accused the saffron party of throttling democracy in the northeastern state during its rule in the past five years. The BJP must be thinking about how its two rivals have joined hands. They are also questioning the morality of the electoral adjustment but the reality is that the people want to oust the fascist ruler from power, he said at an election rally in Dhalai district's Surma assembly constituency on Monday. Sarkar claimed that the Left-Congress understanding is based on the people's aspiration to restore democracy in the northeastern state. Both CPI (M) and Congress are helping each other for restoring democracy, secularism and protecting people's liberty. The electoral understanding between the two parties has

Kerala Budget: Rs 2,000 cr to manage price rise, Rs 80 cr for the poor

Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Friday presented the Left government's budget for the fiscal 2023-24, allocating Rs 100 crore for welfare programmes and setting aside Rs 2,000 crore for tackling price rise, besides announcing a slew of initiatives for the infrastructure and higher education sector. Beginning the budget speech on a positive note, the Minister said the southern state has bravely overcome COVID challenges and finally returned to the path of growth and prosperity. Though the state's economy is facing challenges due to the financial policies of the Centre and its decision to impose cuts on its borrowing limit, Kerala is not in a debt trap, he said. Assuring that the financial constraints would not impact the welfare and social security schemes of the government, Balagopal said Rs 100 crore would be set aside for welfare development programmes in the budget. "A total of Rs 2,000 crore will be allocated for tackling price rise in the state," he said. The FM said

Kolkata civic polls: Left pins hope on Red Volunteers to regain lost ground

The Left Front, which had ruled the state uninterrupted for 3 decades, has for the first time failed to open its account in the 294-member House during the assembly polls held earlier in the year.

NMP a plan to 'sell' India's assets, will be 'disastrous': Left parties

Left parties on Wednesday hit out at the National Monetisation Pipeline announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, claiming that is a plan to "sell" India's assets and it will be "disastrous"

Change policies to promote industry, manufacturing: Kerala finance minister

We need to promote indigenous industry and indigenous knowledge and translate them into industrial production, says Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal

Now, Rashtra Manch to invite leaders from the Congress to next meet

Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Tiwari told Business Standard that a 'decision' not to invite the Congress party to the meeting was just a "rumour"

West Bengal tops in Facebook political ad spend among poll-bound states

Besides West Bengal, Assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala and Tamil Nadu and in the Union Territory of Puducherry

Mamata vs Suvendu: West Bengal prepares for battle royale in Nandigram

Banerjee's stronghold is the 71,000 minority votes. So the task is to cut into the remaining that the BJP is hoping to get a fair share of

Congress announces alliance with Left parties for Bengal elections

It is not clear how many seats the Congress will contest

Dipankar Bhattacharya: The revolutionary statistician in Left's Bihar rise

Bhattacharya is the general secretary, or the chief, of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation - popularly known simply as Bhakapa Maalay, or just Maalay

Lotus blooms in Bihar

PM's development, anti-corruption message puts BJP in pole position

Citizenship Bill: Left parties to organise nationwide protest on Dec 19

The contentious bill, which seeks to give citizenship to non-Muslims facing discrimination in neighbouring countries, was passed by Lok Sabha on Monday and the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

Left is on political deathbed but its economic ideology still rules India

How could an ideology that draws its power from authoritarianism so conveniently hyphenate itself with 'democratic', as in 'Left and democratic'?