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Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who was admitted to a hospital after complaining of “breathing problems” has shown signs of improvement. The 75-year-old CPI(M) leader has been suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) for quite some time.

CPI(M) leader VS Achuthanandan said it wouldn't be right to come up with lame excuses for the LDF’s defeat in the Lok Sabha election. In a letter to CPM central leadership, the veteran leader requested the party to correct its mistake.

 

The Kerala police registered a case against three women for casting votes twice in Kasaragod constituency. The accused are identified as Saleena, a CPI(M) panchayat member, Sumayya, CPI(M) leader and Padmini

Two among the four-member team who abducted a girl from Oachira are in police custody. Among the other two who are absconding, is son of CPI(M) leader, Navas Muhammed, who has vowed that he would not save his son if he is found guilty.

Kerala's CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan questioned why Chaitra Teresa John didn't arrest even one accused. He even warned officers not to try such stunts with the government.

The chief priest of the Sabarimala temple had closed the doors of the shrine for performing Suddhikalasam (purification rites) after it was confirmed that two women entered the temple through the back gate and had the darshan of Lord Ayyappa. Meanwhile, CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has criticised Sabarimala temple thantri for closing the temple for purification rites.

PK Sasi is no longer a member of the CPI(M) as his membership has been cancelled. Sasi was suspended on the basis of the report submitted by the party leaders PK Sreemathy and AK Balan, who were appointed to investigate the sexual harassment case against him.
 

Asha Lawrence, daughter of veteran CPI(M) leader MM Lawrence, was removed from the government job after her son Milan Lawrence Emmanuel took part in the one-day fast led by BJP workers fighting the Sabarimala verdict in front of the DGP's office in Thiruvananthapuram.

CPI(M) leader MM Lawrence said his grandson's participation in the BJP programme was wrong. He said Milan’s participation in the Sabarimala protest took place without his knowledge.

Jo Stalin is the son of powerful CPI(M) leader R Jothiraj in Tamil Nadu. He, along with freelance journalist AR Raja, have been arrested for sexual harassment.

During a speech in Rajya Sabha on 9 August in 2017, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury had made a comment with the term "Hindu Pakistan".