CPI(M) to convince CPI on Lok Ayukta Act amendment
The Hindu
Dissension within LDF over controversial Ordinance
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State secretariat has reportedly decided to resolve the perceived dissension within the Left Democratic Front (LDF) over the controversial Ordinance to amend the Lok Ayukta Act, 1999.
By some accounts, the Communist Party of India (CPI) had felt that the CPI(M) had kept allies in the dark about the move. Moreover, CPI State secretary Kanam Rajendran had appeared to suggest that an executive order on the contentious issue in the run-up to the upcoming budget session of the Assembly was not in order.
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