kerala politics

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan has declared assets worth approximately Rs 3 crore, including movable and immovable properties, in his affidavit filed before the Election Commission on Monday for contesting the election from North Paravoor.Satheesan has...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 As the deadline for filing nominations for the Kerala Assembly elections ended on Monday, several candidates, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, are facing challenges posed by name-sakes in different constituencies.Besides Vijayan, CPI(M) rebel leader G...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – A fresh controversy has erupted in Kerala’s high-profile Nemom constituency, located in the heart of the state capital, with the Congress alleging that BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar failed to disclose a prime residential property worth nearly Rs 200 crore in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – The Congress on Monday intensified its attack on Kerala's ruling Left, alleging a growing and unspoken understanding between the CPI-M and the BJP across multiple constituencies in the run-up to the assembly elections.Opposition Leader V. D. Satheesan reiterated...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – With Rajeev Chandrasekhar leading as the BJP’s Kerala unit president, all eyes are on how the party will reshape its strategy ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections.Despite his roots in Kerala, Chandrasekhar was long seen as an outsider to the state's complex...

Pathanamthitta, March 23 Rejecting the Congress's charge of a covert CPI(M)-BJP understanding, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday that the allegation stems from the UDF's "fear of defeat" and asserted that the BJP will not win even a single seat in the upcoming Assembly elections...

Pathanamthitta/Palakkad (Kerala), March 23 CPI(M) leader T M Thomas Isaac apologized to Congress candidate Ramesh Pisharody on Monday for referring to the actor as a "joker" contesting from Palakkad.On Sunday, the former finance minister, reacting to the UDF's allegation that CPI(M) and BJP...

Kochi, March 23 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to arrive in Thrissur, Kerala, on March 29, providing a major boost to the BJP-led NDA’s campaign in the run-up to the April 9 Assembly elections from Thrissur.According to initial indications, PM Modi will participate in the election...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 23 Congress candidate Ramesh Pisharody, contesting from Palakkad, said on Monday that he would not respond to senior CPI(M) leader T M Thomas Isaac's remarks about fielding a comedian actor, asserting that he has "culture".Speaking to reporters here, Pisharody said he...

Kochi, March 22 The People's Democratic Party has decided to support the LDF in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.The decision was officially announced by PDP chairman Abdul Nasar Madani in a statement on Sunday after a state leadership meeting held in Ernakulam.The statement said that...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 22 The verbal sparring between CPI(M) leaders and G Sudhakaran, who left the party to contest as an independent in Ambalapuzha, showed no signs of abating, with the latest exchange between Left leader V Vijayaraghavan and the veteran communist on Sunday.Speaking at a...

Malappuram (Kerala), March 22 In a significant political development ahead of the April 9 assembly elections, former independent MLA Karat Razack, who had been backed by the Left, reunited with the IUML on Sunday, after parting ways with the ruling LDF.The IUML is a key constituent of the...

Kollam (Kerala), March 22 Ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala, senior RSP leader N K Premachandran has accused the ruling CPI(M) of having an electoral understanding with the BJP in 30 constituencies across the state, but asserted that the opposition UDF will overcome any such "unholy...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 As Kerala goes to the polls on April 9, a prominent Sangh-affiliated group has raised concerns over what it termed as growing challenges to national unity, calling for collective efforts to counter "narrow regionalism."A right-wing cultural think tank based in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday criticized the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of being the "B-team of BJP".Vijayan made the accusation during an interview withIn response to a query regarding Rahul's recent remark that...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 – An intriguing electoral pattern has emerged ahead of the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, with as many as 17 constituencies set to witness repeat contests as the same winners and runners-up from the 2021 elections face off once again.Kerala goes to the polls on...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday criticized the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing them of being the B-team of the BJP.Vijayan made the accusation during an interview given toIn response to a query regarding Rahul's recent remark...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 – AICC general secretary and Alappuzha MP K.C. Venugopal intensified his criticism of the BJP and the CPI(M) in Kerala on Saturday, alleging a "secret agreement" between the two parties, with Palakkad emerging as a key flashpoint."The cat is out of the bag,"...

Kochi, March 21 Congress leader V D Satheesan agreed on Saturday that more seats should have been allocated to women in the upcoming Assembly elections.The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Kerala Assembly said that the party wanted to give more seats to women in the Assembly elections...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 21 – A new political controversy has erupted in Kerala after an independent candidate from Ambalappuzha, backed by the UDF (Congress-led coalition), and former CPI(M) leader G. Sudhakaran publicly contradicted Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over claims of outreach...