'Farms, fields and factories': CPI-M chief Yechury says Left is 'rising not diminishing' 'Farms, fields and factories': CPI-M chief Yechury says Left is 'rising not diminishing' India Today Conclave East 2021: CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said the new farm laws will increase food insecurity and give way to hoarding. advertisement UPDATED: February 12, 2021 17:32 IST CPI(M) at the India Today Conclave East 2021 in Kolkata on Friday (Photo Credits: Yasir Iqbal/India Today) HIGHLIGHTS CPI-M still has solid policy differences with the Congress, CPI(M) leader Yechury said Sitaram Yechury: Intimidation is 'crassest form of politics' Dismissing the criticism that electoral loss of the Left in India amounts to a loss of support on the ground among the masses, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the party's ideology was growing and attracting the youth across the country.