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, …
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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…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 26 (IANS) Kerala BJP MLAs on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan demanding an immediate CBI probe into the alleged Sabarimala gold scam and the unconditional withdrawal of all cases registered against devotees during the Sabarimala agitation. BJP MLA V. Muraleedharan alleged that despite Satheesan publicly demanding a CBI investigation into the case during his tenure as Opposition Leader, no announcement has been made even after two Cabinet meetings under the n…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The raging controversy over Munambam land dispute has ignited further, with Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar escalating the matter with the Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday and demanding urgent redressal of residents’ concerns regarding the registration of ‘highly contentious’ pieces of land on the UMEED portal. Chandrasekhar, in a letter to Rijiju, claimed that the Waqf Board registered more than 400 acres of land in Munambam on the portal …
Thiruvananthapuram, May 23 (IANS) Claiming that timely intervention by the Narendra Modi government helped Kerala’s small business sector withstand global economic shocks, State BJP Pesident Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Saturday that more than 5.5 lakh MSMEs in the state benefited from the Centre’s Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS), with guaranteed credit support of more than Rs 8,405 crore extended to enterprises across the state. Chandrasekhar said the scheme played a crucial role…