Thiruvananthapuram, June 2 (IANS) In his first address in the 16th Kerala Assembly on Tuesday, after a dramatic political comeback, veteran leader G. Sudhakaran delivered a blistering critique of Kerala’s cultural landscape, the younger generation, contemporary politics, and even the ideological direction of the Left movement itself. The speech carried added significance because it marked the Assembly return of one of the CPI(M)’s most prominent leaders, who spent more than five decades in t…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) A telling image from Kerala’s Kannur railway station has come to symbolise the dramatic political fall of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the deep crisis engulfing his Communist Party of India-Marxist after its crushing Assembly election debacle.The photograph, now viral across social media, shows the once all-powerful former Chief Minister quietly waiting for a train alongside CPI-M leader K. K. Ragesh at Kannur station with only a handful of securit…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 21 (IANS) The swearing-in of the newly elected members of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly began on Thursday morning, marking the formal start of a House transformed by one of the biggest political upheavals in the state’s recent history.The proceedings commenced at 9 a.m. after Pro Tem Speaker G. Sudhakaran, who was sworn in by Kerala Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar on Wednesday, took his seat in the Assembly.Legislators were called in alphabetical order to take the o…
Kannur (Kerala), May 6 (IANS) In a gesture rich in symbolism, Thaliparamba MLA-elect T. K. Govindan visited the residence of late CPI-M stalwart Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, even as unrest ripples through the party’s Kannur stronghold after its electoral drubbing.A long-time party leader in Kannur, Govindan jolted the CPI-M by quitting the party and contesting from Thaliparamba, one of its safest seats, against state Secretary M.V. Govindan’s wife, P. K. Shyamala.The constituency was earlier repre…
Kozhikode, April 2 (IANS) CPI(M) candidate State Tourism Minister and son-in-law of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, P.A. Mohamed Riyas, is to approach the Election Commission with a complaint against UDF nominee P.V. Anvar in Beypore, alleging character assassination in an intensifying electoral contest in the historic port constituency.The complaint alleges that Anvar has been targeting Riyas and members of Vijayan’s family through repeated references to “nepotism” and “Pinarayism”, …
Payyannur, March 30 (IANS) In a development that has injected fresh heat into the election battle in Payyannur, former CPI(M) leader, V. Kunjikrishnan, now a Congress-led UDF backed independent on Monday, publicly released what he claims is documentary evidence of fund misappropriation linked to a martyr’s relief collection.Taking to social media on Monday, Kunjikrishnan shared bank statements and internal account records to substantiate his allegation that Rs 5 lakh was diverted from the ‘Com…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (IANS) With the Pinarayi Vijayan government on Tuesday firmly backing the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) and ‘Metroman’ E. Sreedharan championing a competing vision, Kerala now finds itself at a “rail crossroads”.As both proposals gather momentum, the coming months are likely to see sharper political, technical, and financial scrutiny over which rail path is ultimately chosen to be pursued.The Kerala government has moved decisively to advance RRTS on Tuesday by is…