Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 (IANS) The CPI(M)’s post-election introspection has produced an unusual paradox. The party’s Central Committee has delivered one of its strongest indictments yet of the Kerala leadership, substantially rewriting the state unit’s election review and holding the leadership responsible for strategic and political failures.Despite the severity of the criticism, the immediate balance of power within the party appears largely unchanged. That contradiction perhaps best defin…
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Thiruvananthapuram, July 21 (IANS) Kerala on Tuesday remembered one of its tallest political figures as the CPI(M) observed the first death anniversary of former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan with commemorative programmes across the state.His portraits adorned party offices and public spaces, while party workers paid homage to the veteran leader whose political legacy continues to resonate well beyond the Left.The focal point of the observances is Valiyachudukadu in Punnapra, Alappuzha, wher…
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) With the CPI(M) Central Committee set to meet in New Delhi later this week, all eyes are on whether the party leadership can defuse the unprecedented rebellion brewing in its once impregnable Kannur bastion, where expelled veterans continue to challenge the leadership in public.The meeting assumes added significance amid growing disquiet within the party.While the CPI(M) had earlier endorsed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and State Secretary M.V. Govindan to co…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 1 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly on Wednesday passed the Finance Bill, including the contentious revision of the tax structure for low-alcohol beverages, after a stormy debate that ended with the Opposition walking out and boycotting the voting.The Bill, incorporating the government’s official amendments, was passed by voice vote in the absence of Opposition members, who protested what they described as the government’s attempt to push through a major policy change without a…
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…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) The two-day meeting of the CPI(M) Politburo, which began on Friday in the national capital, assumes unusual significance as the party confronts the fallout of its worst electoral setback in Kerala, the only state where it had remained in power until the recent Assembly elections.While the leadership is expected to review the reasons for the defeat, the central question before the party remains whether it will finally fix political responsibility for t…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 (IANS) Seeking to quell the controversy triggered by last week’s Budget proposal on low-alcohol liquor, Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday clarified in the Assembly that the state government had only fixed the tax structure for such beverages and had not yet taken a political decision to permit their sale in the state. Replying to the Budget debate, Satheesan said the issue would be discussed within the UDF before a final call is taken.If the coalition-…
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…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 22 (IANS) Two veteran CPI-M politicians from Kannur, the party’s strongest organisational fortress in Kerala, now reflect on a journey that few had expected, moving from their Left landscape to becoming legislators by defeating their erstwhile outfit’s official candidates.V. Kunjikrishnan and T.K. Govindan, both veteran CPI-M leaders with deep roots in Kannur politics, scripted major upsets in the recent Assembly elections, with the Congress-led UDF’s support helping t…