kerala politics

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 – In a dramatic last-minute intervention, senior Congress leader A.K. Antony stepped in to defuse a brewing crisis within the Indian National Congress, persuading veteran leader and Kannur Lok Sabha member, K. Sudhakaran, to stay back after he was on the verge of...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 19 Former CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran said on Thursday that Pinarayi Vijayan and the LDF will not get a third term in office, as the leadership of the Left party has "failed politically," while that of the Congress and UDF can be seen as winning.Sudhakaran, who...

Kochi, March 19 – Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, V.D. Satheesan, said on Thursday that issues within the CPI(M) are getting worse, and that if it took 33 years for its decline in West Bengal, the party in Kerala appears to be heading down a similar path much faster.“After a decade...

Kannur (Kerala), March 19 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan filed his nomination from the Dharmadom Assembly constituency here on Thursday.Vijayan submitted his nomination papers at the Thalassery Sub Registrar Office around 11 am, which were received by Kannur registrar A B Sathyan.The...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 – The Vattiyoorkavu assembly constituency in the Kerala capital has emerged as one of the most closely watched battlegrounds in the April 9 Assembly elections, with three high-profile candidates turning the contest into a keen political fight.The constituency...

New Delhi, March 19 According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), nearly 70 per cent of sitting MLAs in Kerala have declared criminal cases against themselves, while more than half are crorepatis.The analysis, conducted by ADR and Kerala Election Watch, examined the...

Kannur, March 18 – Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched his election campaign on Wednesday with a sharp attack on the opposition, accusing them of abandoning political decency and resorting to false propaganda as he seeks an unprecedented third consecutive term in Kerala.Addressing the LDF...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 – The frequent use of the term “class traitor” by the CPI(M) in Kerala is now attracting sharp scrutiny, as a series of recent defections expose what critics describe as a deeply inconsistent political stance.In the past few weeks, the phrase has been repeatedly...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18. Discontent has now spread to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Kerala unit following the announcement of its first list of candidates for the Assembly elections, mirroring similar unrest within both the Indian National Congress and the CPI(M).With Kerala set to...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 Riding high on its first victory in Kerala in the recently held local body elections, the BJP is gearing up for a fierce battle in Nemom, a constituency that includes parts of Thiruvananthapuram city and its outskirts, where the party secured its first and only MLA...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam has asserted that the Sabarimala gold theft scandal will backfire on the Congress-led UDF and BJP, shielding the ruling LDF from any electoral fallout in the upcoming polls in Kerala.Viswam also said that he does not believe there...

Kannur (Kerala), March 17 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan conducted a massive roadshow in his assembly constituency, Dharmadam, on Tuesday, launching his campaign for the high-stakes April 9 elections.Hundreds of party workers gathered at the international airport in Mattannur to...

Kannur, March 17 – In Kannur, widely considered the strongest stronghold of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Tuesday presented two sharply contrasting images: one of mass mobilization and enduring leadership, and the other of internal dissent emerging ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls...

Kochi, March 17 The Twenty20 party, a BJP ally in Kerala, released its fourth list of candidates for the Kerala Assembly elections on Tuesday, with some nominees coming from the film and television industry.The party, associated with the Kitex textile company based in Kizhakkambalam, recently...

Thrissur (Kerala), March 17 CPI MLA C. C. Mukundan, who has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resigned from the Assembly on Tuesday.Mukundan, who quit the Communist Party of India (CPI) last week, has now been given the BJP ticket to contest from Nattika in the April 9 Assembly...

Kannur (Kerala), March 17 The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala on Tuesday expelled party veteran T K Govindan, a day after he announced severing ties with the organisation and declared his intention to contest as an independent candidate from the Marxist stronghold of Taliparamba.Govindan had announced...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 – As Kerala heads towards a crucial Assembly election with just weeks to go, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s bid for a historic third consecutive term appears increasingly uncertain, with challenges mounting from within the Communist Party of India (Marxist)...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan accused the Congress of acting as the "B-team" of the BJP on Monday, citing developments in the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha and Bihar."The results of today's Rajya Sabha elections once again confirm the reality that the...

Kannur (Kerala), March 16 The ruling CPI (M) in Kerala suffered a major setback on Monday, as veteran party member T K Govindan severed all ties with the organization and announced his intention to contest as an independent candidate from Taliparamba, a stronghold of the Marxist party.He...

Kannur (Kerala), March 16 Kerala's ruling CPI(M) suffered a major setback on Monday, as veteran party leader T.K. Govindan severed all ties with the organization and announced his intention to contest as an independent candidate from the Marxist stronghold of Taliparamba.He announced his...