The Communist Party of India in Kerala has reinstated its senior leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan as the party’s State secretary. After his arrest, the ED had raided Bineesh’s house in Thiruvananthapuram, leading to opposition protests in Kerala demanding Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s resignation as State secretary of the ruling CPIM). The series of events leading to Bineesh’s case began in August last year …
The row between the ruling CPI and Congress in Kerala over allegations of RSS ties have left a bad taste in the mouth for the Left government. The war of words between the LDF and UDF over alleged saffron ties took an interesting turn when the CPI's seniormost politburo member S Ramachandran Pillai revealed that he was indeed a member …