Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (IANS) Kerala politics is witnessing a dramatic political turnaround that many within the CPI(M) are already describing as a rare moment of political poetic justice.The decision to restore the party membership of Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of former CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, after three years of political exile has exposed the rapidly changing power equations inside the party, especially in the backdrop of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) tightening its …
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s intensified probe into the controversial CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case involving T. Veena, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, has reignited political debate over what critics describe as the CPI-M’s “double standards” in handling allegations against leaders’ family members.The controversy centres on the sharp contrast between the party’s present-day aggressiv…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said neither he nor the Kerala Police had prior knowledge of the Enforcement Directorate’s ongoing raids conducted at 10 locations across the state, including the residences linked to former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his family members in the controversial CMRL-Exalogic case.“I spoke to the State Police Chief, and also the Home Secretary, and they too said they had no information. Their services we…
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Admitting that the Communist Party of India-Marxist is passing through one of its most difficult political phases in decades, party General Secretary M. A. Baby on Monday described the Kerala election defeat as a serious setback and said the party was undertaking a detailed internal review of the debacle.Addressing the media after the CPI-M Central Committee meeting, Baby said the party and the Left Democratic Front were closely examining the reasons behind the defeat, a…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 25 (IANS) For perhaps the first time in his six-decade-long public life, Pinarayi Vijayan finds himself politically cornered, not by his political adversaries alone, but from within the very party structure he once controlled with unquestioned authority.The stunning electoral debacle suffered by the CPI(M) in Kerala has triggered an unprecedented backlash against Vijayan across party committees, from grassroots area meetings to the party’s national leadership forums.The…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) The CPI(M) is witnessing an unusual phase of internal dissent, with criticism of senior leader Pinarayi Vijayan intensifying across party committee meetings following a major electoral setback in Kerala.The discontent has surfaced even as the party holds a three-day review meeting in Delhi, which Vijayan is not attending. Party leaders are assessing the scale of the defeat and the growing dissatisfaction within the ranks.What has stunned the top CPI (M) leadersh…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) A row has broken out in the now beleaguered Kerala unit of the CPI-M after State Secretary M.V. Govindan on Friday brushed aside questions over the continued denial of party membership to Bineesh Kodiyeri.Govindan while talking to the media in Delhi, brushed aside the controversy with a smile, describing it merely as a local issue.He was speaking to reporters ahead of the party’s crucial three-day Central Committee meeting.However, behind the casual …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) For perhaps the first time in recent Kerala political history, the once tightly controlled inner circles of the CPI(M) have turned into arenas of open anger, frustration and brutal introspection, with former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and party state secretary M.V. Govindan facing an extraordinary wave of criticism across district committee and secretariat meetings following the Left Democratic Front’s crushing Assembly election defeat.What has especially…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) For the first time since the stunning electoral collapse of the Left Democratic Front in the Kerala Assembly elections, former Chief Minister and now Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has publicly spoken about the defeat, and his carefully worded remarks come at a time when anger and rebellion are steadily building within the Communist Party of India (Marxist) itself. Addressing a party event in his hometown of Kannur on Tuesday, Vijayan said the Left governmen…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) The Assembly election defeat suffered by the CPI(M) has triggered an unprecedented internal revolt against the leadership of Pinarayi Vijayan and state secretary M.V. Govindan, with district committees, senior leaders and grassroots cadres openly demanding accountability, leadership change and a complete political reset within the party.From Alappuzha to Kannur, party meetings that once functioned under an atmosphere of unquestioned loyalty to Pinarayi Vijayan h…