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…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 5 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister, V. Muraleedharan, on Tuesday described his victory from the Kazhakkoottam Assembly constituency as an endorsement of “pro-people policies” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after defeating the CPI(M) leader and Minister Kadakampally Surendran by a narrow margin of 428 votes.Speaking to IANS, Muraleedharan said that his win marked a significant shift in Kerala’s political landscape, where the BJP-led ND…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Politics of polarisation has been a part of the larger battle on the ground in several constituencies where Assembly elections were held recently, with Muslim candidates put up by the Congress and its allies having triumphed in minority-influenced areas. In Assam, where polls were held across 126 seats in the state, Monday’s results show that 18 out of 19 Assembly seats that the Congress won are by Muslims.Only one among the 79 non-Muslim candidates fielded by the party…
Kochi, May 5 (IANS) Kerala delivered a decisive and sweeping mandate in the Assembly elections, with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) storming to power and dismantling the entrenched strongholds of the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) across the state. In an outcome marked by scale and symbolism, the UDF registered a clean sweep in five districts — Malappuram, Wayanad, Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki, leaving the LDF without a single seat in these regions.The LDF was further …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) Bringing the curtain down on a defining chapter in Kerala politics, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday night submitted his resignation to Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar, hours after the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) suffered an unprecedented electoral drubbing.The Governor asked Vijayan to continue till the new Chief Minister assumes office.The LDF was reduced to 35 seats, while the Congress-led UDF won 102 seats, and the BJP three.The resignation fo…
Jaipur, May 4 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader, Sachin Pilot, on Monday extended congratulations to United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates for their stellar electoral performance in Kerala, praising their efforts for earning the trust of the people.In a statement, Pilot said the party’s campaign, conducted under the leadership of Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi, focussed on key grassroots issues and presented a vision for a progressive Kerala that resonated with voters.”I ex…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) Kerala’s 2026 Assembly poll verdict marks not just a change of government but the end of an era in Indian politics, with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) dismantling the decade-long rule of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.More significantly, the result leaves India without a single Left-led state government for the first time in more than five decades.Even as the final tally has not been declared by the Elect…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 (IANS) Framing the election outcome as a decisive shift in public sentiment, Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member K.C. Venugopal on Monday said the results validate the opposition’s reading of a pro-change undercurrent across Kerala.The Congress-led UDF is leading in 102 seats, the Left Democratic Front in 36, and the BJP has picked up two, including Nemom.”Throughout the campaign, we maintained that a wave was building. Even when exit polls suggested other…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) India’s Left parties, once a powerful force in national and regional politics, are now confronting the possibility of being out of power across all states for the first time in more than five decades. To understand the magnitude of this moment, it helps to revisit the past. In 1996, veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu, who had already served as Chief Minister of West Bengal for two decades, came close to becoming Prime Minister as part of the United Front coalition. Although …