Thiruvananthapuram, May 6 (IANS) In a development highlighting the growing churn within Kerala’s defeated Left camp, the Communist Party of India (CPI) has openly opposed the move to appoint former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as the Leader of the Opposition.The issue reportedly figured during a CPI leadership meeting, where senior party leaders argued that the post should go to a new face, holding Vijayan’s leadership style partly responsible for the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) elect…
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Kochi, May 6 (IANS) In a stinging critique following the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) crushing defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections, former Left-supported lawmaker Sebastian Paul has squarely blamed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, calling the verdict a direct rejection of his leadership style.Paul, who has previously served both as a legislator and Lok Sabha member with Left backing, said the scale of the defeat reflects public anger not merely against governance but against Vijayan as an…
Bengaluru, May 5 (IANS) Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Central Parliamentary Committee Member B.S. Yediyurappa has said that the Congress has “no future”, asserting that just as the Trinamool Congress was defeated in West Bengal, the Congress will also face a similar fate in the state in the next Assembly elections. Speaking to the media on Monday in the city on the results of the five-state Assembly elections, he added that the Congress, which could not win eve…
Bengaluru, April 30 (IANS) At least seven people were killed, including a girl child and two tourists from Kerala, after a compound wall of the government-run Bowring Hospital collapsed during heavy rain, hail, and a thunderstorm that lashed several parts of Bengaluru on Wednesday. Seven people, including five women, were injured in the incident.The deceased are identified as 52-year-old cloth merchant Mohammed Abdul Haq, a resident of M R Palya, Bengaluru; 39-year-old Fayaz Ahmed, a resident of…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday evening handed over the probe into the harassment of seven judicial adjudication officers at Kaliachak in minority-dominated Malda district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Earlier in the day, a division bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Surya Kant, strongly denounced the incident, describing it as evidence of a complete law and order failure in West Bengal, and directed that the matter be probed e…
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 …
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) RLD MP Rajkumar Sangwan on Wednesday claimed that he has never seen the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, attending all-party meetings. He said that such meetings are crucial for ensuring the smooth functioning of Parliament. Speaking to IANS, Sangwan said that if Opposition leaders have concerns or issues, they should raise them during these meetings so that proceedings can continue without disruption.“After this incident, whenever all-party m…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on AIMIM chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, accusing him of speaking differently inside and outside Parliament.Speaking to IANS, Singh said, “Owaisi has two faces. One face is that he speaks in Parliament with the Constitution and the law. Outside, his agenda is focused on figures like Akbar and Babur, with the aim of questioning when Sharia laws will be implemented in India.”The remarks come amid fresh political …
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The government will hold an all-party meeting on Wednesday to brief political leaders on the evolving crisis in West Asia, amid rising concerns over its economic and security implications for India.The meeting, scheduled for 5 pm inside the Parliament complex, will be chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is expected to brief party leaders on the latest developments and India’s diplomatic stance. The initiative follows sta…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday expressed regret over Leader of the Opposition Atishi’s absence from the legislature’s proceedings and condemned her party MLAs for speaking ill of the Chair over the suspension of four AAP MLAs by the House. In a letter in response to Atishi’s email seeking revocation of the suspension, Gupta said, “I have reminded you earlier too that, as the Leader of Opposition, it does not behove you to drag the Chair and th…