Thiruvananthapuram, June 9 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday accused the Congress-led UDF government of facilitating attempts to “saffronise” Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU) in Kottayam, alleging the involvement of the Governor’s office.In a social media post on Tuesday, Vijayan said secular and democratic forces must come forward against what he described as efforts by the Sangh Parivar to gain control over the state’s higher education sector.He …
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) Kerala’s Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday termed the UDF government’s decision to dismiss tribal mentor teachers as a ‘grave injustice’ and demanded that they be reinstated immediately, saying the move would adversely affect the education of tribal students. Vijayan said the mentor teacher programme was introduced by the LDF government to prevent school dropouts among tribal children and provide them with academic support.As many as 308 mentor tea…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 5 (IANS) The first Budget of the new Kerala government, to be presented by Chief Minister and Finance Minister V.D. Satheesan on June 19, is expected to focus on a major course correction for Kerala’s finances after a White Paper exposed serious gaps between earlier budget projections and the state’s actual fiscal position. With the government facing an estimated shortfall of nearly Rs 20,500 crore in Central fund transfers this financial year, CM Satheesan’s maide…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The raging controversy over Munambam land dispute has ignited further, with Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar escalating the matter with the Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday and demanding urgent redressal of residents’ concerns regarding the registration of ‘highly contentious’ pieces of land on the UMEED portal. Chandrasekhar, in a letter to Rijiju, claimed that the Waqf Board registered more than 400 acres of land in Munambam on the portal …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 (IANS) With the Assembly election campaign entering its final and most intense phase, Kerala’s political discourse is being shaped by a high stakes challenge, an open debate between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Leader of the Opposition, V.D. Satheesan.What began as a political dare has quickly evolved into a potential centrepiece of the campaign narrative.Satheesan’s call for a public debate on development has been met with a guarded but clear willingness …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 5 (IANS) A political controversy has erupted in Kerala after the state government released front-page advertisements in several leading newspapers on Thursday highlighting what it described as the “changes brought about by the LDF government” in sectors that were allegedly in poor shape during the previous United Democratic Front (UDF) regime (2011-16).Issued through the state-run Information and Public Relations Department (I&PRD), the advertisements contrasted…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 11 (IANS) With Assembly elections round the corner, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government has rolled out what is being seen as a significant welfare intervention – one that could double as a political booster in the months ahead.Taking to his social media page, Vijayan said the State on Wednesday launched the ‘Women’s Safety Pension Scheme’, transferring Rs 1,000 each to 10,18,042 beneficiaries within two hours of its state-level inauguration at noon.”The speed of disbu…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 31 (IANS) BJP president in Kerala, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the LDF government, accusing it of economic mismanagement, lack of vision, and failure to utilise borrowed funds for real development. He also said that only the development model pursued by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government can revive Kerala’s economy.Addressing a press meet here, Chandrasekhar said there was nothing inherently wrong with taking loans, but …
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Kerala Budget presented by Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal, alleging that the State’s fiscal credibility had been “completely destroyed” and that the LDF government was merely shifting its financial burden to the next dispensation.Echoing the criticism, Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader P.K. Kunhalikutty termed the document “the best budget of a failed government.”…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) State Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on Thursday presented his sixth consecutive budget of the LDF government in the Kerala Assembly, opting for a full budget despite Assembly elections being scheduled later this year, when conventionally a vote-on-account is presented.The final budget of the second-term Pinarayi Vijayan government places strong emphasis on social security, healthcare, education and inclusive welfare measures, with a series of announcements aim…