New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) The political battle over the V.D. Satheesan government’s proposal to reduce the tax on low-alcohol beverages intensified on Friday, with the CPI-M mounting a robust defence of its earlier liquor policy even as religious leaders called for caution and wider consultations on the contentious issue.Seeking to draw a clear distinction between the Left government’s policy and the present proposal, CPI-M State secretary M.V. Govindan said the LDF’s objectiv…
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation on Thursday descended into chaos as a simmering political and legal battle over the oath taking of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Councillors spilled onto the streets, triggering clashes between ruling and Opposition Councillors and leaving a woman Councillor injured. The confrontation erupted when senior BJP leader as well as Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Mayor V.V. Rajesh arrived at the Corporation office amid a protest by LD…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) In a rare candid assessment from within the CPI-M leadership, Central Committee member K.K. Shailaja has described the party’s defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections as a serious setback and warned that the Left cannot ignore the organisational and political challenges that have emerged.In an article titled ‘A Comeback is Inevitable’ in the CPI-M’s ideological journal ‘Chintha’, Shailaja, a former state minister, said the defeat was not a routine elect…
Chennai, June 23 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamizhaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) President C. Joseph Vijay on Tuesday launched a sharp counterattack against the opposition DMK in the Assembly, rejecting allegations that his government functioned as the “B-team” of any political party and asserting that the administration drew its strength solely from the people’s mandate. Replying to the motion of thanks to the Governor’s Address on the final day of the Assembly session, Vijay defen…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) Two veteran CPI-M politicians from Kannur, the party’s strongest organisational fortress in Kerala, now reflect on a journey that few had expected, moving from their Left landscape to becoming legislators by defeating their erstwhile outfit’s official candidates.V. Kunjikrishnan and T.K. Govindan, both veteran CPI-M leaders with deep roots in Kannur politics, scripted major upsets in the recent Assembly elections, with the Congress-led UDF’s support helping t…
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…
Agartala, June 19 (IANS) Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M.A. Baby on Friday said all constituent parties of the opposition INDIA bloc must undertake honest and sincere introspection of the 2024 Lok Sabha election outcome to emerge as a stronger alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Maintaining that the INDIA Bloc remains a viable platform to challenge the BJP and its allies, Baby said greater unity, realism and accommodation…
Agartala, June 14 (IANS) The CPI-M, the main Opposition party in Tripura, on Sunday demanded a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe or a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge into the mysterious death of a 24-year-old woman employed at a private medical college in the state.Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Assembly and CPI(M) state Secretary Jitendra Chaudhury visited the victim’s residence on Sunday and met her family members.Several senior CPI(M) leaders, including the party’s youth…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) Two years after a roadside confrontation that turned into a major political controversy, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation’s former temporary driver, Yadu Krishnan, is set to return to the driver’s seat, this time at the Kerala Legislative Assembly, and through it, the development has acquired a larger political significance. Yadu Krishnan, in 2024, lost his temporary KSRTC job following the controversy involving CPI (M) leaders Arya Rajendran (who wa…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) For nearly a decade, Pinarayi Vijayan’s style of functioning as Kerala’s Chief Minister was defined by authority, distance and a carefully controlled public presence. But recent developments suggest a noticeable change in the body language of the veteran leader, who once appeared almost unreachable to the media and others.Soon after assuming office in 2016, Vijayan discontinued the weekly Cabinet media briefing, a practice that had existed in Kerala politics …