Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) A debate in Kerala’s Assembly on Monday over the spread of infectious diseases quickly turned into a high-voltage political clash between two prominent political heirs, with CPI-M MLA Mohammed Riyas and Health Minister K. Muraleedharan trading sharp allegations over the government’s handling of the situation.Riyas, son-in-law of the present Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, moved a notice seeking leave for an adjournment motio…
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Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Former West Bengal minister and ex-Trinamool Congress treasurer Aroop Biswas has blamed the party leadership for keeping him in the dark over the use of party funds, in his response to a show-cause notice issued to him in connection with the freezing of party bank accounts, party leaders said on Monday.The controversy began after Biswas, in his capacity as treasurer, wrote to a private bank requesting the freezing of three Trinamool Congress accounts amid a dispute over c…
Amaravati, June 4 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which is heading the coalition government in Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday decided to contest three Rajya Sabha seats, leaving one for its ally Jana Sena. The agreement was reached at a meeting attended by leaders of alliance partners, TDP, Jana Sena, and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The NDA is sure to win all four Rajya Sabha seats going to polls on June 18, going by its overwhelming majority in the state legislative Assembly.The meeting, pre…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) The dispute over the post of Deputy Leader of Opposition in Kerala has once again exposed the uneasy equation between the CPI(M) and CPI, the second-largest constituent of the Left Democratic Front, bringing back memories of earlier occasions when the smaller ally had a few times challenged the dominant party during the decade-long rule of Pinarayi Vijayan. A bilateral meeting between CPI(M) and CPI state secretaries on Wednesday ended without a solution, deepen…
Aizawl, June 3 (IANS) Ruling Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) in Mizoram on Wednesday announced that party spokesperson K. Laltluangkima will be its candidate for the June 18 election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state.ZPM Vice-President C. Lalnunnema announced the name of K. Laltluangkima as the party’s nominee for the election to the Upper House of Parliament.The Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) is yet to announce its candidate for the Rajya Sabha poll. The Congress and the Bhara…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday approached a single-judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging the summons from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police for interrogation in the signature mismatch case.The case involves a mismatch in the signatures of some of the party’s MLAs on a resolution nominating party MLAs to four crucial slots in the Assembly, whic…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) The full Cabinet of the BJP government in West Bengal is set to be formed on Monday. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced how many ministers will take oath at Lok Bhavan during the Cabinet expansion exercise.On Sunday, the Chief Minister posted on social media: “Tomorrow, the full Cabinet of the nationalist government elected by the people of West Bengal is going to be formed. Thirty-five ministers of the West Bengal government will take oath at Lok Bhavan at 11 a…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Friday publicly confirmed that Lok Bhavan had insisted on the full rendition of Vande Mataram during the opening session of the Assembly, keeping alive the political controversy that overshadowed the maiden policy address of the new UDF government. However, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left weighed in on the controversy by backing the existing convention of singing the truncated version.Speaking to reporters at Lok Bhav…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) The very first working day of Kerala’s newly constituted Assembly on Friday witnessed an early confrontation between the Congress-led UDF government and Lok Bhavan, with a controversy over the rendition of Vande Mataram ahead of the Governor’s policy address.The flashpoint came even before Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar began reading out the government’s maiden policy declaration.As part of the ceremonial reception accorded to the Governor, the Keral…
Chandigarh, May 28 (IANS) Ahead of the Assembly elections in Punjab, the BJP national President on Thursday appointed a Jat Sikh face and former legislator Kewal Singh Dhillon, 75, a close confidante of former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, as the new state president, replacing Sunil Jakhar, the party’s prominent Hindu face in the state.Political observers said the BJP’s decision to bet on Dhillon is part of a strategy to project a Sikh face in the Sikh-dominated Punjab with an eye on …