Wayanad (Kerala), Feb 10 (IANS) Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday slammed the CPI-M-led LDF government of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, alleging deep administrative failure, political intolerance, and gross neglect of disaster-hit Wayanad, and claiming that even “good communists and Left fellow-travellers now want the CPI-M out of power more than the UDF does”.Satheesan told the media at the Samvadikkaam Puthuyugathinayi interaction programme held as part of the Puth…
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Thrissur, Feb 7 (IANS) On his first visit to Kerala after taking charge as BJP national president, Nitin Nabin appears to have struck a chord with the state party leadership, packing symbolism and political messaging into a hectic two-day schedule that culminated in what was effectively the launch of the party’s Assembly election campaign.On Saturday, the second day of his visit, Nabin travelled to Kalady, the birthplace of the influential ninth-century philosopher Adi Shankara, where he offered…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin, on Friday, launched a sharp attack on Kerala’s two major political fronts, accusing the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) of competing to project themselves as “anti-Sanatan” forces, in remarks that underscore the party’s aggressive Hindutva pitch ahead of the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections scheduled to be held earlier this year. In a strongly-worded st…
Kasaragod, Feb 6 (IANS) With the Assembly election schedule expected to be announced in the first week of March, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) on Friday formally launched its election campaign by flagging off the Puthuyuga Yatra (Journey to a New Era) from Kasaragod, the northern tip of Kerala.AICC general secretary and Alappuzha MP K.C. Venugopal flagged off the yatra by handing over the flag to team leader V.D. Satheesan, the Leader of the Opposition, in the presence of leader…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 28 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday strongly rejected the Opposition’s charge that Kerala’s public healthcare system was in decline. Speaking in the Assembly, he said that the State continued to be a national model in the health sector.Replying to an adjournment motion moved by the Congress-led UDF seeking a discussion on what it described as an alarming health crisis, Vijayan said the criticism ignored the structural improvements and investments ma…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27 (IANS) Kerala General Education Minister V. Sivankutty slammed Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday as he rejected criticism of the state’s public education system and escalated the political confrontation over the Sabarimala gold theft case.Responding to Satheesan’s remarks on school standards, Sivankutty said no other government could match the LDF’s record of investing nearly Rs 9,000 crore in public education over the past decade.He challenged t…
Alappuzha, Jan 20 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (Marxist), on Tuesday, found itself on the defensive after news surfaced that Alappuzha MLA Daleema Jojo shared a stage at a programme organised by the Jamaat-e-Islami–controlled Kaniv Charitable Organisation, opening up a fresh political flashpoint ahead of a crucial election cycle in Kerala. MLA Jojo attended the event at Vaduthala to inaugurate an ambulance delivery programme, which was inaugurated by Jamaat-e-Islami Kerala Ameer Mujeeb …
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Travancore Devaswom Board member and senior CPI leader K.P. Sankaradas, arrested in connection with the Sabarimala gold heist case, was shifted from a private hospital to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital on Saturday evening, even as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) accelerated the probe ahead of a crucial deadline set by the Kerala High Court.Sankaradas was taken into custody on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) A crucial steering committee meeting of the Kerala Congress(Mani) led by Rajya Sabha MP Jose K. Mani will be held in Kottayam on Friday, once again placing the spotlight on a party whose political journey has been defined by splits, realignments and an unerring instinct for survival.Formed in 1964, the Kerala Congress has, over the decades, lived up to the often quoted political description that it “grows as it splits and splits as it grows”.Today, six facti…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 13 (IANS) Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday accused the ruling CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) of conducting election campaign activities using government funds, calling it “unacceptable and unethical”, and warned of legal action to recover public money allegedly diverted for partisan purposes.Satheesan alleged that the Public Relations Department under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had organised a government-funded quiz competition b…