Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 10 (IANS) With the Kerala Assembly elections round the corner, the list of political turncoats likely to enter the fray is steadily growing.What is striking this time is that the churn is hitting the CPI(M), a party that for years benefited from high-profile crossovers from the Congress party.The names doing the rounds include two former three-time CPI(M) MLAs, a two-time Left-leaning Independent legislator, and a long-time personal assistant of V.S. Achuthanandan.Such a …
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 4 (IANS) The Congress high command will take the final call on whether sitting party MPs should contest the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, Congress Screening Committee Chairman Madhusudan Mistry said here on Wednesday, underlining that the issue involves a larger policy decision.Mistry expressed confidence that the party leadership would take an appropriate view on the matter and indicated that the Congress candidate list is likely to be released by the end of this m…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2 (IANS) Even as the Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for the Kerala Assembly elections, the Congress on Monday sent out a clear political signal by indicating that P.V. Anvar, a two-time former Left-backed Independent legislator, will contest the Beypore Assembly constituency in Kozhikode district.Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President and senior legislator Sunny Joseph said Anvar would be the candidate and expressed confidence in his victo…
Kozhikode (Kerala), Jan 19 (IANS) Beypore, long considered one of the safest CPI(M) bastions in Kozhikode district, is emerging as an unlikely electoral battleground, with signs of churn threatening the political ascent of State Tourism Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s son-in-law and the sitting MLA from the constituency.The rise of Riyas within the party and government has been swift and closely watched. After marrying Vijayan’s daughter Veena Vijayan during t…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 23 (IANS) The return of P.V. Anvar to the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has set the stage for a sharp and potentially bruising political battle as Kerala moves closer to the next Assembly elections.A two-time legislator who once enjoyed the backing of the Left, Anvar’s political career has been defined by abrupt turns and tactical recalibrations. His latest move, however, appears deliberate and consequential, aimed squarely at unsettling the Pinarayi Vijaya…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 22 (IANS) The Congress-led United Democratic Front’s (UDF) effort to expand its political base ahead of the Assembly elections in Kerala has suffered a setback, with Kerala Kamaraj Congress President Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan publicly ruling out any move to join the front as an associate member. He was reacting soon after Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition (LoP) V.D. Satheesan, on Monday, after chairing a meeting of the entire UDF top brass announced that Chandrasekharan…
Kochi, Dec 22 (IANS) After its stunning performance in the Kerala local body polls held earlier this month, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) on Monday decided to admit former two-time MLA P.V. Anvar, tribal leader C.K. Janu, and the VSDP of Vishnupuram Chandrasekheran as associate members of the coalition, signalling an early attempt to broaden its political base ahead of the Kerala Assembly elections next year.While the VSDP and Janu’s party were part of the BJP-led NDA, but kee…