Surjya Kanta Mishra was on Thursday re-elected Secretary of the CPI-M's West Bengal state committee, while ailing former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was named special invitee to the body at the end of the four-day state conference of the party.Mishra,...

Hundreds of Left activists on Tuesday poured out on the streets of Kolkata to protest against the demolition of a statue of Vladimir Lenin in Tripura after the BJP won the assembly elections in the north eastern state.The Communist Party of India-Marxist brought...

 Alleging that the Narendra Modi government's proposed Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill would create problems for bank depositors in getting their money back, CPI-M politburo member Surjya Kanta Mishra on Wednesday urged people to join protest demonstrations...

Dismissing former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy's crossing over to the BJP as "Aya Ram Gaya Ram' politics, the CPI-M on Sunday said it would be "suicidal" if anybody harboured thoughts of fighting one of them by joining the other as the two parties "complement...

CPI-M's West Bengal unit secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress government of failing to initiate awareness measures for the public about the dengue "epidemic" while going all out to suppress facts about the disease."The state...

Communist Party of India-Marxist politburo member Surjya Kanta Mishra on Friday criticised Army chief General Bipin Rawat's comments on Jammu and Kashmir and accused him of declaring a war on Indian citizens."The language that the new Army chief is using... seems...

Accusing the BJP leadership of compromising the confidentiality of the government decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes to favour their party, the CPI-M on Friday claimed that big amounts had been deposited in the accounts of its West Bengal...

A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked the Narendra Modi government for "bulldozing federalism," the CPI-M and the Congress on Sunday said the Trinamool Congress supremo is being "hypocritical" in the matter."I share the Chief...

Lashing out the ruling Trinamool Congress, the state CPI-M on Friday accused it of indulging in a "systematic campaign of threat and intimidation" towards opposition political workers in West Bengal.Communist Party of India-Marxist state Secretary Surjya Kanta...

The Communist Party of India-Marxist on Monday lashed out at the Trinamool Congress, saying people and democracy are being attacked under the ruling dispensation in West Bengal.Addressing a public rally here, West Bengal CPI-M State Secretary Surjya Kanta...

Amid speculation about the future of their alliance in West Bengal after the humiliating assembly poll defeat, the Left Front and the Congress on Monday categorically said their tie-up will continue."We are going to stay together," said state Congress chief...

Angry over alleged attacks on their activists by the ruling Trinamool Congress after the assembly polls, West Bengal's opposition Left Front, Congress and the BJP on Monday threatened to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the Mamata Banerjee government, scheduled...

Since its victory in the West Bengal assembly polls, the ruling Trinamool Congress has been spearheading attacks on Left supporters to eliminate the opposition, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra said here on Saturday."The ruling party has no political...

The CPI-M on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a prominent Trinamool Congress candidate of trying to influence the upcoming elections to 25 constituencies in the final phase of assembly polls in the state with the help of police.The...

CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra, who is contesting from Narayangarh assembly constituency in West Bengal, on Monday said polling there was "overall peaceful", with the Trinamool Congress failing to capture any of the booths."The elections were overall...

The Election Commission failed to play its expected role in ensuring peaceful and fair assembly polls in some areas of West Bengal in the first phase, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra alleged on Monday."The role which the Election Commission was...

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly polls, CPI-M state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra on Tuesday said if a left and democratic government comes to power in the state, it will withdraw from the Supreme Court the case on the land acquired for the Tata Motors factory...

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the CPI-M on Sunday accused the BJP of shielding West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress in the Saradha scam and the recent bribery scandal.Referring to a sting operation by Narada News...

West Bengal's main opposition Left Front on Tuesday demanded the CBI summon Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for questioning in relation to the multi billion rupee chit fund scandal and attacked the central government for giving clean chits to those responsible...

The CPI-M on Sunday went all guns blazing against the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Mamata Banerjee regime in West Bengal, and called for uprooting both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress, saying one was spreading poison while the other...