Kerala Chief Minister and seasoned Communist Party of India leader Pinarayi Vijayan raised the involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami’s participation in the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election on 7th November. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the general secretary of the Congress, was accused by him of contesting the Wayanad by-election with support from Jamaat-e-Islami after Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition of Lok Sabha vacated …
One of the most-watched contests from south Kashmir, the battle for Kulgam, will put CPI veteran Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami’s legacy on the line. Tarigami has been raking up Jamaat’s alleged involvement in killings and militancy, PDP president, while PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti blamed that those contesting elections aren’t the “real” Jamaat. “The areas which have been cut from Kulgam during …
The Rajya Sabha, had a red carpet, and the Lok Sabha a green one. Sitaram Yechury of the Communist Party of India, was fond of remarking that this was because “if the Lok Sabha green-lights any faulty bill, the Rajya Sabha must show it the red light.” Yechury at the CPI office in Delhi in 2016. Yechury, who died on …
With the nominations for the first phase of elections ending on Tuesday, several heavy weights filled their nominations from 24 seats across the J&K. The prominent among those who filed their nominations on Tuesday include Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, M Iltija Mufti, Waheed ur Rehman Parra, PDP Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Peerzada Sayeed and Amin Bhat. “I hope people will go through …
CPI leader and Peoples Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration spokesman M.Y. Tarigami on Monday expressed intent “to work towards bridging the differences” within the four-year-old alliance in J&K, even as National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah hardened his position over seat sharing with the Peoples Democratic Party. “I will try my best to address the gaps emerging within the alliance …