Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will arrive in New Delhi on Monday night for a series of meetings that could have a bearing on both the government’s financial position and the Congress party’s organisational future in the state.Top on the Chief Minister’s agenda are meetings with Union Ministers to seek Central assistance for several pending infrastructure and development projects, while also pushing for approval of new proposals.The visit assumes added si…
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 18 (IANS) Barely two months after assuming office, the V.D. Satheesan government has intensified its scrutiny of institutions and decisions of the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) regime, signalling what is fast emerging as a broad accountability drive across key sectors of the administration.The first major step was the release of a White Paper on the state’s finances, which painted a grim picture of Kerala’s fiscal health and alleged years of financial mismanagemen…
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 …
Thiruvananthapuram, July 16 (IANS) Kerala is facing one of its most severe power crises in recent years as a weak southwest monsoon has drastically reduced water levels in the state’s hydroelectric reservoirs, forcing the return of load shedding and raising concerns over the government’s preparedness to tackle the growing electricity shortage.With water storage in Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) reservoirs falling to just 29 per cent, hydroelectric generation has dropped sharply.The state’…
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 10 (IANS) For a party that has long prided itself on iron discipline and collective responsibility, the CPI-M in Kerala is witnessing an unusually public display of dissent as its Central Committee meets on Saturday to deliberate on the crushing Assembly election defeat that ended the Left Democratic Front’s decade-long rule in the state.What began as an internal post-election review has now spilled into the public arena, with senior leaders openly contradicting one anot…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 (IANS) The BJP’s fight to secure bail for jailed Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Councillor, R. Sugathan, has acquired enormous political significance, with the party battling against time to protect its wafer thin majority in Kerala’s largest civic body.Sugathan, detained under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA), is preparing to move the Kerala High Court after the KAAPA Advisory Board delayed its decision on his bail plea despite hearing the ma…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution urging the Centre to comprehensively reform the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and the country’s national examination system, with the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and the opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) joining hands to adopt the motion after rejecting amendments moved by the BJP.The resolution, introduced by Higher Education Minister Roji M. John under Rule 118, expressed serious…
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS) The CPI-M Politburo has ruled out any immediate leadership change in Kerala despite the party’s crushing Assembly election defeat, effectively giving former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State secretary M.V. Govindan a reprieve while directing the state unit to undertake sweeping organisational reforms.At its two-day meeting that ended in New Delhi on Saturday, the Politburo concluded that the electoral setback stemmed largely from flawed candidate selection, orga…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 (IANS) For nearly a decade, Kerala’s streets witnessed a rare phenomenon, the relative absence of large-scale agitations by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the formidable youth wing of the CPI(M) known for its ability to bring thousands onto the roads at short notice.With the Left Democratic Front firmly in power under Pinarayi Vijayan since 2016, the party’s traditional street-fighting apparatus had little reason to target the government.But on Wedne…