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	Prakash Karat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 56-year old Prakash Karat was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on the 11th of April, 2005.
		Karat ushers in a new generational change within the CPI(M) and as a behind the scenes politician, analysts say, he will have a major role to play in shaping up the coalition relationship with the Congress -led United Progressive Alliance government.
		Karat worked underground for one-and-a-half-years during the Emergency rule of 1975-76 imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi and was arrested twice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prakash_Karat (213 words)

	Prakash Karat takes over CPI(M) reins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Prakash Karat has taken over as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
		Karat's wife Brinda has become the first woman to be made a member of the CPI(M) politburo.
		Karat takes over at a time when the Left Front and the CPI(M) is playing a crucial role of supporting the UPA government from outside.
	www.ndtv.com /topstories/showtopstory.asp?slug=Prakash+Karat+to+take+over+CPI%28M%29+reins&id=16651 (486 words)

	BS Headline News
		Karat, whose tough line on the party not accepting the prime ministership when it was offered to Basu in 1996 to head a United Front government earned him the sobriquet of hardliner, said in his speech immediately after the election that the party would fight the twin challenge of communalism and the neo-liberal economic policies.
		Karat and Yechury were hand-picked by the party leadership in the mid-1980s to be groomed as the next generation leaders.
		In 1985, Karat was elected the secretary of the Delhi state committee and was inducted in the Politburo along with Yechury in 1992.
	www.business-standard.com /bsonline/storypage.php?&autono=185951 (741 words)

	News World: No signal to Karunakaran camp: Prakash Karat
		Karat said the CPI(M) would finalise its approach towards the Karunakaran faction after examining the policies and programmes of the new party proposed to be floated by it.
		Karat, here to attend the two-day State committee meeting of the party from Thursday, said the lone vacancy in the CPI(M) Central Committee would be filled once the organisational issues in the State CPI(M) were resolved.
		Karat said the general criteria for the acceptance of foreign funds would be finalised soon by the party Central Committee and given for publication.
	newsworld.bizhat.com /2005/04/no-signal-to-karunakaran-camp-prakash.html (329 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Essentially an introvert, Karat was the theoretician of the CPM, its ideologue who kept to himself in his tiny office on the 2nd floor of AK Gopalan Bhavan.
		There was a loud buzz that Prakash — the “hardliner” in the CPM — would not be hard on the UPA government and reforms.
		“Prakash Karat of 2005 is not the Prakash Karat of 1996,” one of them said.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050412/asp/nation/story_4605243.asp (533 words)

	Media-shy hardliner Karat, new CPM Gen Secretary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Described as a "hardliner", Prakash Karat, who took over the mantle from veteran freedom fighter Harkishan Singh Surjeet as CPM general secretary, is an organiser with strong ideological moorings and considered one of the prominent leaders of the party's think tank.
		Karat joined the CPM in 1970 and was groomed further by the legendary E M S Nabmoodiripad and worked as aide to another veteran A K Gopalan.
		Karat was elected Secretary of the Delhi State Committee of the party in 1985 and to the Central Committee in 1985.
	news.indiainfo.com /2005/04/11/1104cpm-karat.html (651 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hardliner Prakash Karat may be gearing up for the CPI(M)’s top job, but the party’s relation with the UPA is not likely to see any radical shift.
		Karat’s leadership may not change the CPI(M) — but it may transform the man. Already, the sources point out, Karat — known as Sudhir when he was underground during the Emergency — is more forthcoming than before.
		Though Karat was elected to the party central committee in 1985 and has been a member of the Polit Bureau since 1992, it was Yechuri, given the role of interacting with the outside world, who had the more visible face.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050410/asp/opinion/story_4598038.asp (1666 words)

	At the 2005-Karat crossroads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For the Karats, it has been a double whammy of sorts, with Brinda Karat making it to the politburo as the first woman ever to be elected to the apex body in its 41-year-old history.
		The baton was passed in a typically low-key fashion with the new general secretary’s name announced, along with the new members to the central committee and the politburo, even as Karat continued to sit in the second row on the dais.
		As Prakash Karat himself has emphasised, the CPM was not a personality-oriented party.
	www.indianexpress.com /full_story.php?content_id=68193 (861 words)

	Chocolate and Gold Coins: Yesterday I Nailed a 24 Karat Commie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Akshaya Mukul of the Times of India reports that one of Nepal's Maoist chiefs, Baburam Bhattarai, is currently a guest of the Indian state, and recently had a meeting with Prakash Karat, the communist leader.
		Karat is using this mistake to, in effect, deny any meeting.
		Karat has two choices: dig himself a bigger hole by a flat-out denial, or clam up and look like a weasel.
	chocolateandgoldcoins.blogspot.com /2005/05/yesterday-i-nailed-24-karat-commie.html (992 words)

	Naxal Terror Watch : Peoples War Group(PWG) , CPI (M) Terrorist: Prakash Karat of "misleading" the country on his ...
		Prakash Karat of "misleading" the country on his reported meeting with Maoist leader
		New Delhi, June 1: The BJP today accused CPI-M leader Prakash Karat of "misleading" the country on his reported meeting with Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai and sought an explanation from the government whether the intelligence agencies were instrumental in arranging it.
		Alleging that something was fishy in the matter, he said the government should make a statement on it, particularly whether the intelligence agencies were involved in arranging the meeting as suggested by media reports.
	naxalwatch.blogspot.com /2005/06/prakash-karat-of-misleading-country-on.html (373 words)

	21st State Conference Of The Bengal CPI(M)
		Prakash Karat noted that the contradiction between the imperialists did exist but not to the extent it had earlier when the USSR was there.
		Warning against the continuing danger of communalism, Prakash Karat said that the fight against the communal forces must not be counted in terms of electorally defeating them.
		Prakash Karat said that Bengal unit of the CPI(M) was the most advance contingent in the Party.
	cpim.org /pd/2005/0227/02272005_bengal-2.htm (1932 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But when 89-year-old Surjeet asked Prakash Karat to read his speech at the 18th CPI(M) party congress in Delhi in the second week of April, that was a signal.
		In a party where individual stamp and style are viewed as suspiciously as imperialism and neo-liberalism, Karat had stayed clear of asserting his personality, or his love for the latest thriller novels, on the ideological documents he had drafted for the party.
		Karat and team have identified Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, apart from West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura as states where the party is fairly strong.
	www.the-week.com /25apr24/currentevents_article7.htm (1464 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Every move of Prakash Karat, considered more of an ideologue lacking the political skills and contacts needed to interact with leaders of non-Communist parties, would be watched as any step by the CPM would have larger implications not only on the stability of the government at the Centre but also the financial markets.
		Karat joined the CPI (M) in 1970 and was groomed further by the legendary E M S Nabmoodiripad and worked as aide to another veteran A K Gopalan.
		Karat was elected Secretary of the Delhi State Committee of the party in 1985 and to the Central Committee in 1985 and the politbuo in 1992.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050412/main3.htm (847 words)

	Third Front not for now, says Karat : Canada News ExpressNewsline.com- ExpressNewsline.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Karat, who heads India's dominant Left group, told the Toronto-based South Asian Observer that it was not enough for non-Congress, non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parties to get together just on the eve of elections.
		Karat said the Left was not seeking, for now, to usher in socialism in India.
		Karat also warned his party colleagues from becoming lethargic in view of the crucial role being played by the Left vis-à-vis the present government.
	www.expressnewsline.com /2005/06/story2005-insight-News-status-80-newsID-638.html (841 words)

	prakash karat press conference
		Karat said this while addressing a press conference at the CPI(M) state headquarters on the sideline of his participation in a two-day meeting of the party’s state committee.
		Prakash Karat expressed resentment over the centre’s dilly-dallying on the insurgency problem, the fundamental problem of the entire north-east including Tripura.
		Replying to the newsmen’s query as to the organisational strength of the CPI(M) in tribal belts, especially in view of the May 2000 ADC elections, he stated that extremists are fast losing ground in their strongholds as evidenced in the massive participation in the three central rallies of Tripura Upajati Ganamukti Parishad last month.
	pd.cpim.org /2002/dec22/12222002_tripura2.htm (343 words)

	[India Thinkers Net]We dont agree with cong's eco policies ! - CPI-M - India Thinkers Net Archives at Zinester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was Karat and fellow ideologue Sitaram Yechury who forced the CPI-M to turn down the prime minister's post for Marxist icon Jyoti Basu at the head of the United Front government in 1997.
		The hardliner Karat's undiminished influence was in evidence last month when, despite the strong advocacy of Surjeet, Basu and Yechury, the Politburo decided that the party should stay out of the Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance government.
		Karat recently granted an exclusive interview to Contributing Editor Sheela Bhatt, shedding rare light on his party's expectations from the Manmohan Singh government.
	archives.zinester.com /76029/18589.html (1455 words)

	The Hindu : National : Plan panel with foreign experts unacceptable: Prakash Karat
		Karat asked whether the foreign experts included in the Planning Commission would take a stand against the interests of the World Bank and other funding agencies.
		Karat said the special task before the UPA Government would be to "de-toxify" the education system.
		Karat said the Left would take into account the views expressed by organisations of teachers and students while drafting the legislation on self-financing colleges.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/09/26/stories/2004092602261000.htm (352 words)

	The Public Affairs Magazine- Newsinsight.net
		Thirty years ago, when the Soviet Union was still ruling, and China was something of a beacon for the Indian Marxists, Karat, with his ideological fixities, his argumentative hair-splitting, the capacity to impress with his knowledge of doctrinaire Communism, would have fitted for the top job.
		Ideologues like Karat or Biman Basu in West Bengal have maintained an iron grip on the party, and, therefore, for all the popularity of West Bengal’s chief minister, Buddhadev Basu, his capacity for political action is severely circumscribed by Basu.
		At that time, Karat gave a curious logic to this writer, that the CPI-M would have its PM only if it fully controlled the Central government, and remarkably, he believed that day was not far.
	www.indiareacts.com /archivedebates/nat2.asp?recno=1118 (1035 words)

	Seriously Sandeep » 24 Karat Stealth Meet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In what he thought would be a secret meeting with a terrorist leader, Baburam Bhattarai a Nepali Maoist eminence, Karat had not bargained for the Slimes, which reported the meeting.
		Stung by an embarrassing exposure of a clandestine meeting between Nepali Maoist leader Baburam Bhattarai and CPM chief Prakash Karat, the government and its Marxist ally were in the denial mode on Thursday.
		On Thursday, however, in a terse three-line release, Karat said, “The report in the TOI that I have met a Maoist leader from Nepal in a meeting arranged by the Indian security agencies is untrue.
	www.sandeepweb.com /2005/05/27/24-karat-stealth-meet (1752 words)

	Prakash Karat is new CPM boss - The Economic Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW DELHI: In a generational change in the CPM, Prakash Karat today took over as the new general secretary of the party.
		Mr Karat, an uncompromising practitioner of Communist catechism, started his innings at a session which acknowledged the Congress’ current status as a “secular” biggie, but asked the Union government to tailor its policies to suit the Left’s ideological predilections.
		Mr Karat, as head of the CPM, will require the government at the Centre as well as the Congress, to be more mindful of the Left’s sensitivities.
	economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1075027.cms (228 words)

	CPI(M): Support to UPA will continue, Third Front in three years,Indian Politics, News Analysis, India News Online
		Prakash Karat is widely tipped to take over as the next CPIM General Secretary.
		Prakash Karat said that the Third Front should be ready by the next party Congress which is to be held after three years.
		Prakash Karat made it clear that while working on a third alternative, the party will not pull the rug from under the feet of the UPA.
	news.indiamart.com /news-analysis/cpi-m-support-to-upa-9215.html (939 words)

	The Hindu : Kerala / Kochi News : Prakash Karat blasts BJP
		The CPI(M) politburo member, Prakash Karat, came down heavily on the BJP at a special gathering of pro-LDF industrialists and businessmen convened at T.O. Khader Pillai's house at Aluva near here today.
		Karat said the BJP was a political front set up by the RSS to fulfil its agenda.
		Karat asked the people to be cautious against the economic policies of the Congress.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/05/03/stories/2004050312180300.htm (296 words)

	CPI(M) takes up a new task, advising america on security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Privatization Dogma” (Frontline, November 23, 2001), Prakash Karat, a Polit Bureau member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], dwells on security lapses that led to the September 11 episode.
		Karat’s advice to the US airport authority is a bit hasty, if not naively formulated.
		Karat does not have to examine the US airport security or the malfunctioning of the British railways to make a case for public vs.
	www.cpiml.org /liberation/year_2002/february/opinion00001.htm (1077 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		The CPM today elected party ideologue Prakash Karat as the new General Secretary, bringing about a generational change in the party leadership in a move to give a new direction to the Indian Communist movement in the 21st century.
		Karat, a leader from Kerala, took over the reins from Surjeet, who stepped down from the post on health grounds at the end of the six-day 18th party congress here.
		Prakash’s wife, Brinda, had a couple of years ago created a flutter demanding the presence of women in crucial decision-making body of the party.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050412/main2.htm (633 words)

	‘CPI(M) against FDI in print media’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Karat was in the city to participate in the 18th state-level conference of the party.
		Karat said that CPI (M) was against the disinvestment of the profit-making public sector units.
		Karat strongly criticised the NDA government policies relating to the disinvestment led by Atal Behari Vajypayee.
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=115221 (228 words)

	[ZESTCaste] Karat begins with high hopes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Karat, who comes from that state, will have to use his skills to keep the unit together.
		Karat has said the Bengal and Kerala Assembly elections, where it is pitted against the Congress, will not come in the way of its support.
		New Delhi, April 12: Prakash Karat, the new general secretary of the CPM, has a tough job on his hands.
	www.mail-archive.com /zestcaste@yahoogroups.com/msg00474.html (1122 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> India -> Amendment of CPI-M program started in 1992, says Karat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Thiruvananthapuram: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Saturday that the process of amending the party program had begun in 1992 and it would be wrong to give the impression that the special session was called to make necessary changes so that the party could participate in coalition governments at the center.
		Addressing reporters, party politburo member Prakash Karat said, "I wish to point out that the issue of amendment of party program was first discussed in 1992 after the 14th party congress and we have been debating this issue ever since.
		The question of joining any government at the Center, state or local bodies is a tactical decision that will have to be made by the central committee and the politburo depending on the situation.
	newsarchives.indiainfo.com /2000/10/22/cpim.html (362 words)

	Comments on: When Karat met Bhattarai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Karat denied that the intelligence agencies had organised a meeting.
		Prakash Karat says the reports are untrue, there was no meeting with Bhattarai.
		Prakash Karat says the reports are untrue, there was no meeting with Bhattarai.
	opinion.paifamily.com /wp-commentsrss2.php?p=1447 (383 words)

	Prakash Karat in CPI-M general secretary
		Prakash Karat was on Monday unanimously elected general secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist.
		Karat, 56, takes over from Harkishen Singh Surjeet, who offered to step down from the post.
		Karat's wife, Brinda, became the first woman entrant to the all-male politburo of the party.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/apr/11cpm.htm (264 words)

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