Left Front
The Left-liberal Bias
Virendra Kapoor
Of the Western media against the “pro-Hindu right wing” Government
West Bengal: Soaring Sister and Falling Fossils
Mamata Banerjee’s victory is a major embarrassment for Yechury who jostled for CPM’s poll pact with the Congress
Left Seeks to Bring Together Regional Parties
Learning from the 2009 experience, Left leaders propose a policy platform and shy away from any talk of a third front
Can’t Get Its Act Together
The Left Front has been the biggest advocate of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), but its own former rule in home state West Bengal saw its worst abuse as well. Forest villagers dependent on tea garden jobs are indifferent to the Act. Families inside the Buxa tiger reserve are keen to surrender their rights for Rs 10 lakh each. But away from tea gardens and outside the tiger reserve, forest communities have bigger demands than the FRA allows. And a desperate forest department twists the Act to retain control.
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