Marxists

West Bengal polls: Mamata targets Congress over tie-up with CPM, claims party suffering from identity crisis

Targeting the CPM-Congress alliance in West Bengal, Trinamool Congress supremo and state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said Congress suffered from an identity crisis while the Marxist party did nothing during its 34-year rule.

Kanhaiya shares same passion as Bhagat Singh: Shashi Tharoor clarifies, BJP slams, Congress distances

Faced with backlash on social media for equating freedom fighter Bhagat Singh with JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday explained that the point he was trying to make was how Kanhaiya Kumar is Marxist like Bhagat Singh and Kanhaiya, like the freedom fighter, is in his 20s and shares same passion for the country.

The last phase of polling is almost a military operation

The sixth and final phase of polling is happening in West Bengal's Maoist bastions. Which is why the Election Commission has planned the operation with almost military precision.