Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) At the stroke of 6 PM on Tuesday, the curtains came down on more than three weeks of relentless, high voltage campaigning for the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections, leaving behind a state charged with anticipation and political theatre at its peak.The finale was nothing short of grand. Across Kerala, cadres of all three major fronts, the LDF, UDF, and NDA leading with their candidates, poured onto the streets in a dazzling show of strength.This is one moment wh…
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Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) Alleging a series of “secret meetings” with top BJP leaders, AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday mounted a sharp attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, releasing an open letter that raises ten pointed questions over alleged backroom deals and governance issues ahead of the Assembly election.Kerala goes to the polls on Thursday to elect 140 new MLAs.Leading his charge, Venugopal questioned Vijayan’s private meeting with Union Home Minister…
Thiruvalla, April 7 (IANS) A fresh political storm has erupted in Kerala after Congress candidate and Muvattupuzha MLA, Mathew Kuzhalnadan, alleged that the devastating 2018 floods were “man-made,” triggering a fierce war of words and exposing deep fault lines within the JD(S), a key ally of the ruling LDF.Kuzhalnadan accused former irrigation minister Mathew T. Thomas of deliberately delaying the opening of the Thottappally spillway to benefit private contractors.He released an audio clip, pu…
Kottayam, April 7 (IANS) With just 48 hours left for voting to start, in a shocking incident that has sent ripples through Kerala’s political landscape, a farmer was found hanging inside the CPI local committee office at Thalayazham in Vaikom, a constituency represented by the party.The deceased, Chellappan Pulikkasheri, a local farmer and agricultural researcher, had earlier levelled serious allegations against party leaders, making his death particularly contentious.Chellappan had publicly a…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 (IANS) With the curtain set to fall on public campaigning at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Kerala’s political theatre enters its decisive final act, marked by a palpable churn on the ground and a sharpening triangular contest.The Congress-led UDF appears to have seized the momentum at the fag end of the campaign, riding on what it projects as a growing undercurrent for change.Feedback from across districts suggests that sections of the electorate are increasingly vocal about f…
Hyderabad, April 6 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has come out with a point-by-point rebuttal to the tweets by his Kerala counterpart, Pinarayi Vijayan. The Telangana Chief Minister stated that seven tweets of Pinarayi Vijayan contain several misstatements, selective citations and glaring omissions.In a six-page letter addressed to the Kerala Chief Minister, the Telangana CM tried to set the record straight. He told Vijayan that his data is outdated and that he was speaking abo…
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…
Chengannur, April 6 (IANS) As Kerala heads into the final phase of polling, the Chengannur Assembly constituency in Alappuzha district is shaping up as one of the most closely-watched contests, marked by a compelling mix of incumbency, grassroots connect, and shifting political undercurrents.At the centre of the battle is two time legislator and State Fisheries Minister, Saji Cherian, of the CPI(M)-led LDF, who is seeking a third-consecutive victory.Up against him is Congress candidate Abey Kuri…
Kozhikode, April 5 (IANS) With nearly days left for Kerala to head to the polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a high-energy roadshow in Beypore Assembly constituency, signalling an aggressive final push by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA to expand its footprint in the state. Union Home Minister Shah, who arrived in Kozhikode on Saturday evening, took out the roadshow along a key stretch from Mathottam Bijith Junction to Naduvattom, transforming the coastal constituency i…
Thiruvalla (Kerala), April 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Thiruvalla on Saturday. He began his speech with the slogans “Jai Keralam! Jai Vikasita Keralam!” Reactions from people attending the rally have since poured in. Audience reaction has reflected enthusiasm and support.A woman who attended the rally told IANS that she saw the Prime Minister in person for the first time in her life. She said she had previously held a position in the Communist Party of I…