Jaipur, March 21 (IANS) Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma arrived in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday as part of his visit to Kerala during the ongoing Assembly elections. He participated in the nomination filing ceremonies of four BJP candidates: Kerala BJP President and Nemom Assembly candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar; Kazhakkoottam Assembly candidate V. Muraleedharan; Kattakkada Assembly candidate P. K. Krishnadas; and Vattiyoorkavu Assembly candidate R. Sreelekha.Addressing the gathering, S…
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Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (IANS) Kerala Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Friday, hit out at the Congress after its leader Shama Mohamed expressed concern over less number of female representation in the party’s ticket allocation for the state Assembly election, scheduled for April 9.In a post on social media platform X, Congress leader Shama Mohamed urged the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to “help the Congress women of Kerala”.”Denied but …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 20 (IANS) With barely two days left for the closure of nominations, Kerala’s electoral battle has entered a high-voltage phase, with all three fronts scrambling to seal candidates and maximise last-mile outreach.Kerala goes to the polls on April 9 to elect a new 140-member Kerala Assembly.The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF), the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are down to announcing a handful of sea…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Battle lines have been firmly drawn in what is shaping up to be one of the most prestigious contests in Kerala’s April 9 Assembly elections – the Nemom Assembly constituency in the state capital.Nemom holds a unique place in Kerala’s political landscape as the only constituency ever won by the BJP.The party broke new ground here in 2016 when veteran leader O. Rajagopal defeated CPI-M’s V. Sivankutty.However, the seat slipped from its grasp in 2021 when S…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Kerala BJP President, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Thursday, remarked, “You have to be a sycophant if you have to be successful in the Congress.”Speaking to reporters, he said, “You can’t have it. Being in the Congress and having self-respect are two contradictions.”Chandrasekhar will contest from the Nemom constituency in the Kerala Assembly election, scheduled to be held on April 9 to elect a new 140-member Assembly. The results will be announced on May 4.He fur…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 (IANS) Senior leader Kummanam Rajasekharan has been brought back into the electoral fray as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of candidates on Thursday for the Kerala Legislative Assembly election 2026, seeking to quell internal discontent and recalibrate its strategy.The party’s first list, released on March 16 with 47 names, had triggered murmurs within the ranks, particularly over the exclusion of veterans like Rajasekharan.A day later, c…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 (IANS) Dissent has now spread to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Kerala unit following the announcement of its first list of candidates for the Assembly elections, mirroring similar unrest within both the Indian National Congress and in the CPI(M).With Kerala set to go to the polls on April 9, all three fronts appear to be grappling with internal strains even before the campaign gathers full momentum.For the BJP, the turbulence is particularly significant.The …
Kochi, March 11 (IANS) The Kerala government is set to boycott Wednesday’s National Highway inauguration programme to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ernakulam.This appears to be a fallout over the exclusion of State Public Works Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas from the event.Apart from being the Public Works Minister, Riyas is also the son-in-law of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.Chief Minister Vijayan and ministers M.B. Rajesh and K. Krishnankutty have decided not to attend the …
Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) Amid rising tensions between Iran and Gulf nations, Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday accused the ruling Left and the Opposition Congress of ignoring the concerns of Malayali expatriates in GCC countries for the sake of what he described as “appeasement politics”.Chandrasekhar said Iran’s attacks on Gulf nations have direct implications for lakhs of families in Kerala, given the state’s deep economic and social links with the region.“Ig…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 3 (IANS) State BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday urged the Kerala Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar to grant assent to the proposed Malayalam Language Bill, describing it as a measure that would reinforce Kerala’s cultural identity and strengthen the self-respect of its people. Chandrasekhar said the Bill would be a landmark step in promoting Malayalam as the primary language of governance.He noted that cultural leaders who had recently met the Prime Mini…