kerala assembly elections

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 BJP Kerala general secretary S Suresh on Saturday alleged that Election Commission officials, including the state CEO, were colluding with the government and the ruling CPI(M) to "undermine" free and fair elections in the state.Addressing a press conference here...

Kochi, March 28 AICC leader Pawan Khera on Saturday alleged that there is a nexus between the CPI(M) and the BJP in the Kerala Assembly elections, but said voters would reject such an arrangement.Khera told

Kochi, March 28 A prominent leader from the Sangh Parivar, R V Babu, claimed on Saturday that UDF chairman V D Satheesan had met RSS leaders in 2001 and 2006 to seek their support in winning the state Assembly elections in those years. This allegation was denied by the Congress leader...

Kannur (Kerala), March 28 A public relations department official from the district has been suspended for "prematurely" releasing a complaint related to the Kerala Assembly elections to the media, without authorization, the Election Commission said on Saturday.The complaint was released to the...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 27 Union Minister of State Suresh Gopi said on Friday that leaders like BJP members K Surendran and Sobha Surendran, who are contesting in the Kerala Assembly elections on April 9, are needed in the state legislature.Surendran is contesting from the Manjeshwar Assembly...

New Delhi, March 27 – A total of 1,955 candidates are contesting the Assembly elections in two states and a Union Territory, along with by-elections in four states, scheduled to be held on April 9, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Friday.The poll panel said that 250 candidates...

Kochi/Kollam, March 26 Rahul Gandhi's claim that the LDF and BJP are colluding in the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala drew a sharp rebuttal on Thursday from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who said the Congress leader lacks even the insight of a regional leader.A day after Rahul claimed that...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The Kerala Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9, will see over 2.7 crore voters in the state choosing between 890 candidates from various political parties, according to figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI).The ECI stated that out of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The Congress party's allegation of a "deal" between the CPI(M) and the BJP in the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala on Thursday triggered a social media war between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and V D Satheesan over who has links with the RSS.Vijayan, earlier in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – The political battle between the ruling CPI(M) and the Congress-led opposition intensified on Thursday, with Leader of the Opposition, V.D. Satheesan, launching a sharp counter-attack against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over allegations of a BJP-CPI(M) nexus...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan posted an old photograph of V D Satheesan at an RSS event on Thursday, intensifying his attack on the Congress leader over claims of a CPI(M)–BJP "deal" ahead of the April 9 polls.Posting the photograph on his Facebook page...

Agartala/Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha is scheduled to address two major election rallies in Kerala on Thursday as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign for the state’s upcoming 140-member Assembly elections.According to BJP sources in Agartala...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – Kerala Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, launched a sharp attack on Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday, alleging that the Congress and its leader have historically functioned as the “B-team of the BJP", even as he dismissed...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 Congress leader K Muraleedharan, contesting in the April 9 Assembly elections, alleged on Thursday that there is a "deal" between the CPI(M) and the BJP in the Vattiyoorkavu constituency, a claim rejected by rival candidates.Speaking to the media, Muraleedharan...

Kozhikode, March 25 – Congress leader Rahul Gandhi intensified his criticism of both the BJP and the ruling LDF in Kerala on Wednesday, alleging a tacit understanding between the two formations ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections.He also unveiled a set of welfare guarantees for women...

Kozhikode (Kerala), March 25 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Wednesday that the BJP and the LDF in Kerala were colluding, as central agencies have not taken any action against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, unlike other opposition leaders in the country.He said that only two parties...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 25 – The contours of the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections are beginning to take shape, with the number of candidates settling at 985 after the scrutiny of nomination papers across the state.Kerala will go to the polls to elect 140 new legislators on April 9, and the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 25 Former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan, who resigned from service in 2019 due to the "denial of freedom of expression" to the people of Kashmir, alleged on Wednesday that the Centre has refused to process his resignation, thereby preventing him from contesting the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 The Election Commission said on Tuesday that of the 2,125 nominations it had received for the upcoming assembly elections in Kerala, 1,637 had been accepted and 337 had been rejected.Kerala Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rathan U Kelkar said that by the time the...

Ernakulam, March 24 – Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan launched a scathing attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday, accusing him of authoritarian conduct, political double standards, and entering into covert electoral understandings with the BJP, as the campaign for...