CPM State Sec. rallies behind Pinarayi

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• In the backdrop of CBI all set to prosecute those behind the Rs 300-crore SNC-Lavalin scam, the main accused being CPM State Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan the available CPM State Secretariat has decided to stand by the leader and fight it out politically. [..]

Palestine Solidarity Day’

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• The CPM and the CPI have decided to separately observe ‘Palestine Day’ on January 8 and 9 to declare solidarity with the people of Palestine who are facing a severe assault from the Israeli military. [..]

CPM decides to bundle CM’s confidants

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• The CPM State Committee has decided to agree to the CPM State Secretariat’s demand to remove Chief Minister’s IT advisor Joseph C Mathew, Senior Government pleader Anil kumar, and BR Menon. All of them who had given legal backing to the CM during the eviction of encroachments at Munnar. [..]

Two-day CPM state secretariat begins

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• The two-day CPM State Secretariat will begin here today.The meet will discuss Party’s defeat in Shoranur by-elections, and the forthcoming legislative elections. Party General Secretary Prakash Karat is likely to fly down for the meeting. [..]