New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Famed author and senior Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor, set off fresh political chatter with a warm and politically-loaded social media post after meeting bibliophile Kerala Chief Minister, V.D. Satheesan, in New Delhi on Tuesday.Calling it a ‘wonderful hour-long conversation’, Tharoor said he held extensive discussions with the Chief Minister on Kerala’s development road map and assured his fullest cooperation in efforts to build a transformed Keralam.The post instan…
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New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) ‘Kerala will never forgive you’ — the posters are likely to haunt the Gandhi siblings for a long time. These were not ordinary political posters meant to mock a leader or score a point. They were a bitter reflection of the kind of politics the Congress high command has increasingly found itself engaged in. The posters mysteriously appeared in Wayanad, targeting Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra over the Congress leadership’s inability to decide between K.C. V…
Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress President D.K. Shivakumar on Friday said that Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy survives politically by criticising the Congress government. “If Kumaraswamy does not criticise us, he cannot survive politically. We do good work, and they oppose it,” Shivakumar told reporters near his Sadashivanagar residence in Bengaluru.Responding to criticism by Kumaraswamy regarding the proposed Bidadi township p…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 15 (IANS) Senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Centre over the latest increase in fuel prices, describing the move as a cruel betrayal of the people at a time when inflation and rising living costs are already pushing ordinary families into severe financial distress.In a strongly worded statement, Vijayan accused the Union government of imposing an additional burden on common citizens instead of of…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 14 (IANS) As celebrations erupted in Congress circles following the announcement of V. D. Satheesan as Kerala’s next Chief Minister, an air of silence and disappointment descended over the residence of veteran party leader Ramesh Chennithala, where hopes had remained very much alive until the very last moment.For Chennithala, one of the senior-most leaders in the Congress and among the principal contenders for the top post, Thursday’s decision was perhaps the closing …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) After the CPI-M Politburo gave a dressing down to Pinarayi Vijayan, the former Kerala Chief Minister finds himself at the centre of another intense political conversation, about whether he should take over as the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly.All eyes remain fixed on the crucial three-day CPI-M state leadership’s three-day meeting that began here on Wednesday, where Vijayan is expected to face tough questions over the collapse of the party’s red bastion…
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party over the delay in naming the next Chief Minister of Kerala, saying the party was trapped in “confusion” despite securing a massive electoral mandate in the state.Speaking to IANS, Poonawalla said, “Today I have brought binoculars because I am using them to look and see that it has been nine days. Where is the Chief Minister of Kerala? People voted saying they want a Chief…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Former Solicitor General of India and senior advocate Harish Salve on Tuesday said that outgoing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to formally resign after the Assembly election defeat may not precipitate a constitutional crisis as the statute has enough muscle to deal with such a situation. Talking to IANS, Salve said that the Governor has the option to not call her to continue as acting Chief Minister or advise the Union government to impose Preside…
Thrissur (Kerala), April 21 (IANS) The Guruvayur Devaswom Board is mulling to initiate legal proceedings against a media professional who allegedly filmed visuals of Vivek Kiran, son of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, during a private visit to the Guruvayur Temple, triggering a debate over privacy, media freedom, and adherence to court orders.The controversy centres on an alleged violation of a standing directive by the Kerala High Court, which strictly prohibits videography within desig…
Palakkad, April 6 (IANS) Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday intensified his attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, targeting him twice in a single day as the election campaign entered its decisive phase. While his first salvo came at Thrissur, the second was delivered at Palakkad, underlining a sharpened focus on the Left leadership.With campaigning peaking ahead of polling, Rahul has increasingly trained his guns on Vijayan, alleging an unspoken understanding between t…