D. Raja

Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D Raja said it was a “matter of regret” that the BJP-led NDA government is selling off all national assets through monetisation policy and privatisation of public sector units.

In the letter, Raja has said the public sector banks act as catalysts in the economic development of the nation in general and for the underprivileged sections of the society in particular and privatisation would "jeopardise their interests".

The government told the Supreme Court that documents related to the Rafale deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry and threatened The Hindu newspaper with action under the Official Secrets Act for publishing articles based on them.

"The CPI, CPI(M), JMM (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) and Congress are talking to each other to form an allaince to take on both the BJD and the BJP," he told reporters here.

The CPI National Secretary urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "tell the truth," on the matter. "Neither the Defence Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) nor the External Affairs Minister (Sushma Swaraj) was involved when the deal was clinched. It was the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister alone who took the decision and decided the deal," he said.

Referring to the Centre's proposal for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies, the Senior CPI leader D Raja alleged the BJP was trying to divert the nation's attention by talking about the "impractical" measure.

The meeting took place at the official residence of leader of opposition in Maharashtra Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil in south Mumbai.

D Raja's meeting with Justice Chelameswar, after a press meet convened by the four apex court judges, had led to a controversy.

Parliament today passed a bill seeking to enable the Centre and state governments to specify industrial units which will have to pay wages only either through cheques or by transferring into bank accounts.

CPI today slammed the central government over the one-day ban on a Hindi news channel, terming it as an "attack on the freedom of media" which, the party claimed, amounted to "strangulating" its voice.

Communist Party of India said India should not think if the US has agreed to a slot for New Delhi in Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), everyone else will agree to it

The CPI, which contested Tamil Nadu polls as part of People's Welfare Front (PWF) along with CPI(M), alleged that there was "use of money power" in the state .

CPI leader D Raja today criticised the Centre's decision to reject the applications of Kalanithi Maran-owned Sun TV group to participate in the Phase III FM auctions, saying it was an attack on freedom of media.

CPI leader D Raja said that the Prime Minister must own up the responsibility and explain his stand. He, however, fell short of demanding the Prime Minister's resignation.

Even as the Congress chose to stay away, the Left, the BJP and other parties spoke out their stand on the Lokpal Bill, sharing stage with anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.

Accusing the government of kneeling down before market forces and corporate houses, CPI today slammed the hike in fuel prices and demanded its immediate roll back.