Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 (IANS) Kerala’s evolving electoral landscape has thrown up a rare and striking trend this Assembly election — direct contests between six sitting legislators.As many as six incumbent MLAs are locked in head-to-head battles across three constituencies. This means that at least three will return to the Assembly while the remaining half face inevitable defeat when votes are counted on May 4.The state will go to the polls on April 9 to elect 140 new legislators.This i…
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 (IANS) A keenly watched electoral contest is shaping up in Peravoor in Kerala’s Kannur district, with the CPI-M deciding to field its star leader K.K. Shailaja against state Congress President Sunny Joseph in the upcoming Assembly elections.The decision, cleared by the Kannur district leadership on Tuesday after intense internal discussions, comes amid indications that Shailaja was initially reluctant to move out of her present constituency, Mattannur.In 2021, she ret…
Wayanad, Feb 26 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday positioned farmers at the centre of India’s economic and political debate, alleging that the Union government was poised to “sacrifice” their interests under pressure from the US.Addressing a large gathering at the Karshaka Sangamam in Peravoor, Kannur district, LoP Gandhi described agriculture as the “foundation of India” and warned that any trade agreement allowing heavily mechanised American…