Thiruvananthapuram, July 9 (IANS) Kerala unit Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday dismissed as completely false an alleged BJP office circular that has been circulating on social media platforms and aired by some television news channels, asserting that the document was fabricated to malign the party.In a statement, Chandrasekhar, one of the BJP’s three MLAs in the 140-member Kerala Assembly, categorically denied reports suggesting financial irregularities in …
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Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) Escalating its campaign over issues relating to Sabarimala, BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday urged Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to order a CBI probe into the alleged disappearance of gold from the hill shrine and unconditionally withdraw all criminal cases registered against Ayyappa devotees during the Sabarimala protests.In a letter to Chief Minister Satheesan, Chandrasekhar said the issues were of immense significance to millions of Ayya…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) Kerala BJP President, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Friday used the anniversary of the 1975 Emergency to call for constant vigilance in safeguarding the Constitution, asserting that its protection was the collective responsibility of every citizen and not merely that of political parties or governments.Addressing a function organised to mark the anniversary of the Emergency, Rajeev Chandrasekhar alleged that the Emergency imposed by the Congress government nearly fi…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 20 (IANS) India’s transformation from a country once criticised globally for corruption and lack of vision to the world’s fifth-largest economy was the result of a decisive change in governance under the Narendra Modi government, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday. Inaugurating the Navabharat Sadas, organised by the BJP as part of the celebrations marking 12 years of the Modi government, Chandrasekhar said the country, …
Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan over his criticism of three university Vice-Chancellors who attended an RSS centenary programme addressed by RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, accusing the Chief Minister of hypocrisy on secularism and constitutional values.The BJP leader’s remarks came after Satheesan described the participation of the Vice-Chancellors in the RSS event as a “serious l…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 12 (IANS) Marking 12 years of the Narendra Modi-led Union government, Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday claimed that the state had witnessed a significant development push under the Prime Minister’s leadership, while accusing successive state governments of weakening Kerala’s economic foundations. Chandrasekhar said the Centre’s interventions had transformed key sectors in Kerala, citing record investments in railways, road infr…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 10 (IANS) The simmering factional battle within the CPI-M in the Kerala capital has intensified, with senior party leader and former minister V. Sivankutty openly expressing his dissatisfaction over the decision to retain V. Joy as the Thiruvananthapuram district Secretary.Sivankutty, on Wednesday, stayed away from the district secretariat meeting, signalling his displeasure over the party’s decision to bring back Joy to the powerful post.The CPI-M leadership had recen…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) BJP state president and MLA Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday accused successive LDF and UDF governments of failing to address the growing threat of human-wildlife conflict in Kerala, alleging that people in the state’s hilly regions are being left to face repeated attacks without adequate protection.Chandrasekhar said five people had lost their lives in wildlife attacks in Kerala in the past two weeks alone, but the government had failed to take effective preven…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (IANS) Kerala BJP has blamed both the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and United Democratic Front (UDF) for pushing the state into a severe financial crisis, alleging that successive governments have failed to address structural issues in the state’s economy despite repeatedly bringing out White Papers on the fiscal situation.BJP state president and MLA Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the economic weakness of Kerala was the result of a decade of financial mismanagement under the…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the UDF government’s policy address, alleging that it was a document prepared to mislead the people of Kerala and accused the Congress-led-UDF government of remaining silent on corruption allegations and the Sabarimala gold theft controversy. Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters, BJP MLAs Rajeev Chandrasekhar, V. Muraleedharan and B.B. Gopakumar said the policy address failed to pres…