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…
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Kochi, June 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has widened its investigation into the alleged CMRL-Exalogic ‘masappadi’ (monthly payment) case to examine whether Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd. received undue favours from the erstwhile LDF government, even as it subjected T. Veena, daughter of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, to more than 10 hours of questioning in Kochi a day earlier.The agency is learnt to be examining whether the monthly payments allegedly made by CMRL to V…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday alleged that the CPI(M) was resorting to politics of violence to divert public attention at a time when the people of Kerala had recognised the complete failure of the party’s ten-year rule in the state.Speaking at the Medical College Hospital after visiting Mayor V.V. Rajesh, Deputy Mayor G. Ashanath, and others who were injured in violence at the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Chandrasekhar said the CPI…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday decided to implead itself in the matter relating to the alleged attack on its officials during a raid linked to the CMRL-Exalogic case, following the grant of bail to one of the accused.The attack happened outside the rented residence of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, where his daughter Veena Vijayan lives, who is an accused in the CMRL-Exalogic case.After questioning her at Vijayan’s rented home here in the…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 25 (IANS) Veteran Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran has once again emerged as a thorn in the side of the V.D. Satheesan-led Kerala government, publicly attacking the proposed tax structure for low-alcohol beverages in the State Budget and demanding that the provision be dropped when the Finance Bill is introduced in the Assembly.A former Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president, Lok Sabha member, Speaker and Minister, Sudheeran has for decades built his political identit…
Kochi, June 25 (IANS) The political temperature surrounding former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter Veena Vijayan rose sharply on Thursday after the latter made an ‘unexpected’ appearance before Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in Kochi for a second round of questioning this month.What has particularly raised eyebrows is the timing of her visit. Veena had reportedly been directed to appear before the Central agency on June 29.However, in a move that surprised political …
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 24 (IANS) The Kerala Assembly on Wednesday witnessed a political showdown over the controversial PM SHRI school scheme, with the ruling UDF and opposition LDF accusing each other of ‘compromising’ the state’s interests before the confrontation culminated in an opposition walkout.The flashpoint was an adjournment motion moved by LDF MLA P. Prasad, seeking discussion on the government’s stand regarding the Centrally sponsored scheme.However, Education Minister N. Shamsudhe…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 23 (IANS) A fresh political flashpoint is set to erupt in the Kerala Assembly with the CAG flagging the transfer of Rs 262.06 crore from the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) to the Consolidated Fund, raising questions over financial management during the previous Pinarayi Vijayan government.The 2024-25 economic review report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, tabled on Tuesday in the Assembly, said the transfer was carried out in an irregular manner a…