Thiruvananthapuram/Kollam, May 4 (IANS) In a breakthrough moment for the BJP in Kerala, the party has secured three Assembly seats, capping its best-ever performance in the state till now with a dramatic, last-round victory in Kazhakootam.Former Union Minister, V. Muraleedharan, edged past two-time CPI(M) Legislator Kadakampally Surendran by a razor thin margin of just 265 votes, sealing a nail biting contest that went down to the final round of counting.Muraleedharan’s win completes a signifi…
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) In a result of considerable political significance, the BJP has secured a second seat in Kerala, with Rajeev Chandrasekhar winning from Nemom and reinforcing the party’s incremental but notable gains in the state.The victory follows B.B. Gopakumar’s earlier win in Chathanoor, marking a rare moment of expansion for the BJP in Kerala’s traditionally bipolar political landscape.Chandrasekhar’s triumph in Nemom is being viewed as historic, restoring the const…
Palakkad (Kerala), April 8 (IANS) NDA candidate Sobha Surendran on Wednesday strongly denied allegations that a BJP worker distributed money to a voter in Palakkad, terming the charge a “scripted attempt” to malign her during the final phase of campaigning. The BJP leader asserted that she would pursue the matter legally, including filing a police complaint against a media organisation and its reporter, whom she accused of conspiring to damage her public image. Addressing the media, Surendran ma…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) The state capital district has emerged as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s strongest political base in Kerala, a reality underscored by its historic victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.The party wrested control from the CPI(M)-led Left, which had maintained an uninterrupted hold over the civic body for over four decades.Party strategists now see the district as central to its plans for the upcoming state Assembly elections.In the 101-member corporation, t…