Kottayam, July 21 (IANS) India’s youngest municipal chairperson, 21-year-old Diya Binu Pulikkakandam, was voted out of office on Tuesday after a no-confidence motion against her was passed in the Pala Municipality, bringing down the UDF-backed administration amid a deepening internal rift within the Congress.The motion was carried unanimously by the 17 councillors present in the 26-member council.All 17 voted in favour of the motion, including the 12 LDF councillors, four Congress councillors …
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 17 (IANS) The battle between the CPI(M) and the CPI over the post of Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly has snowballed into the biggest internal confrontation within the Left Democratic Front (LDF) since it lost power, exposing long-standing tensions between the two Communist parties.It was in 1964 that the CPI(M) was formed after walking out of the CPI.While the CPI(M), the dominant partner in the alliance, has refused to part with the post, the CPI has …
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) For the first time since the Left Democratic Front’s crushing defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections, the CPI-M national leadership has publicly acknowledged that mistakes were made in the party’s electoral strategy, particularly in the selection of candidates. Emerging from the party’s three-day Central Committee meeting in New Delhi, CPI-M General Secretary M.A. Baby on Tuesday stopped short of naming individuals but made it clear that the party wa…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 14 (IANS) The Kerala government on Tuesday ordered a Crime Branch investigation into the controversial audio clip purportedly featuring former Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty, in which the devastating 2018 Kerala floods that occurred during the Pinarayi Vijayan regime are allegedly described as the result of a criminal conspiracy and human intervention.Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala ordered the probe on a complaint filed by a private individual seeking a comprehe…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 13 (IANS) Kerala’s former General Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Monday mounted a strong defence of the previous LDF government’s stand on the PM SHRI school scheme, rejecting as factually incorrect the contention by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s Additional Private Secretary Ratheesh Kaliyadan that the state cannot unilaterally withdraw from the scheme after signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).Sivankutty said there was no need for anyone to cons…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (IANS) Allegations of irregularities in the Kerala Public Service Commission (PSC) have intensified, placing the spotlight on the weekly Cabinet meeting of the V.D. Satheesan government on Wednesday, which is expected to signal the new administration’s approach towards one of the state’s most important constitutional institutions. Veteran Congress leader Cherian Philip has demanded a comprehensive judicial inquiry into the alleged irregularities that, according to hi…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 29 (IANS) The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Council descended into chaos on Monday after a demand by the Opposition for the resignation of BJP councillor R. Sugathan, who is currently in judicial custody under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA), triggered violent scenes, physical scuffles and unprecedented disruption of the council proceedings.The flashpoint was a dispute over the attendance register.The Left and the Congress-led UDF alleged that…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Friday launched a blistering critique of the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala following its Budget proposal to reduce taxes on low-alcohol content beverages, calling it the “darkest spot in the history of Congress surrendering the country’s national interests”.Addressing the media, the BJP MP said: “After remembering the darkest hour of Indian democracy yesterday, remembrance of Emergency, today is another black spot in the entire histor…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) The Congress-led UDF is weighing a no-confidence motion against the BJP administration in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, a move that could throw the state’s only BJP-led civic body into political uncertainty if the CPI-M-led LDF decides to extend support.The Corporation Council is scheduled to meet on Monday, when the opposition is expected to chalk out its strategy in the wake of the violent scenes witnessed inside the civic body earlier this week.The unp…
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…