Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) CPI(M) General Secretary M.A. Baby on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led Centre and the Congress party after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out raids at 10 locations across Kerala linked to former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, his family members and associates in the controversial CMRL-Exalogic case.Describing the ED action as “a heinous crime against Pinarayi Vijayan”, Baby alleged that the Narendra Modi government was using …
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 24 (IANS) A major confrontation appears to be brewing within the newly formed state government after Kerala Ministers expressed displeasure over the sweeping IAS reshuffle carried out by Chief Secretary A. Jayathilak, who is due to retire next month. The controversy has erupted barely days after the new administration led by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan assumed office, with Ministers accusing the Chief Secretary of pushing through key appointments and transfers without c…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) For the first time since the stunning electoral collapse of the Left Democratic Front in the Kerala Assembly elections, former Chief Minister and now Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has publicly spoken about the defeat, and his carefully worded remarks come at a time when anger and rebellion are steadily building within the Communist Party of India (Marxist) itself. Addressing a party event in his hometown of Kannur on Tuesday, Vijayan said the Left governmen…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) The Assembly election defeat suffered by the CPI(M) has triggered an unprecedented internal revolt against the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan and state secretary M.V. Govindan, with district committees, senior leaders and grassroots cadres openly demanding accountability, leadership change and a complete political reset within the party.From Alappuzha to Kannur, party meetings that once functioned under an atmosphere of unquestioned loyalty to Pinarayi Vijayan h…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 16 (IANS) For nearly three decades, Pinarayi Vijayan stood as the unquestioned strongman of the CPI(M) in Kerala. Now, the Assembly poll debacle has triggered a wave of dissent against Vijayan.From the time he entered the E.K. Nayanar Cabinet in 1996 and later assumed charge as state secretary in 1998, Vijayan steadily consolidated his authority within the party with an iron grip that few dared to challenge.However, the political landscape within the CPI(M) appears to hav…
Kannur (Kerala), May 8 (IANS) In a significant political intervention after the Left Democratic Front’s crushing defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections, senior CPI-M leader E. P. Jayarajan on Friday publicly acknowledged the scale of the setback and called for introspection within the party, even as he sought to rally cadres for a political comeback.Jayarajan’s unusually candid Facebook post assumes added significance given his long and often complicated political relationship with Chief Mi…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) The stunning electoral collapse of the CPI-M-led-Left Democratic Front in Kerala has triggered what is fast turning into the party’s most intense internal rebellion in recent years, with sharp criticism now openly directed against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, state Secretary M.V. Govindan and the party’s style of functioning.What was initially expected to be a routine post-poll review has instead snowballed into a rare public display of anger, frustration…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 8 (IANS) With the Congress-led UDF preparing to assume office after its sweeping electoral victory, the mysterious death of former Kannur Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Naveen Babu is once again set to return to the political centre stage, with strong indications emerging that the new government may order either a CBI probe or a fresh investigation by a specially constituted team of impartial Kerala Police officers.The issue gathered fresh momentum after KPCC Genera…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 7 (IANS) For perhaps the first time in nearly three decades, the unquestioned authority of Pinarayi Vijayan within the CPI-M and the Left movement in Kerala is facing open turbulence from within party ranks. Days after the crushing Assembly poll debacle that reduced the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front to just 35 seats, senior party leader P. Jayarajan broke his silence amid a growing wave of support for him and mounting anger against the present state leadership.In a care…
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…