Thiruvananthapuram, April 17 (IANS) A brewing leadership tussle within the Congress over the Chief Minister’s post has cast a shadow over the UDF camp in Kerala, prompting concern among allies and close monitoring by the party high command.The internal friction, surfacing even before the Assembly election results due on May 4, has triggered unease within the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), a key UDF partner.League leaders are learnt to be dissatisfied with the public sparring, viewing it as…
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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…
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…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will lay the foundation stone on February 26 for 50 houses being constructed by the Congress for survivors of the Wayanad natural disaster. The ceremony will be held at 2 pm at Kunnambetta in Meppadi panchayat, said KPCC president Sunny Joseph MLA on Thursday.The housing initiative forms part of the Congress party’s rehabilitation effort in the aftermath of the devastating landslides that struck Mu…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 13 (IANS) Congress’ Kerala unit President Sunny Joseph on Friday demanded a High Court-monitored investigation into the alleged large-scale corruption behind the Global Ayyappa Meet, accusing the CPI-M-led establishment of misusing the Sabarimala administrative machinery for “loot and exploitation”.Joseph said serious irregularities in the conduct of the Ayyappa Meet had come to light based on the Special Commissioner’s report.He alleged that funds of the Devaswom Board…
Thiruvananthapuram Feb 13 (IANS) With the Election Commission’s team scheduled to visit Kerala next week, political activity has intensified across parties, signaling that the formal announcement of Assembly elections could follow soon after the delegation returns to New Delhi. Both the Congress and the BJP have indicated that their first list of candidates will be released by the end of this month.Within the Congress, organisational and electoral calculations are moving in tandem.Kerala Prade…
Thiruvananthapuram Feb 4 (IANS) Top Central and state Congress leaders gathered at the party’s Kerala headquarters on Wednesday for a cake-cutting ceremony to mark the 63rd birthday of party General Secretary, Organisation, K.C. Venugopal.Held in his absence, yet attended by virtually the entire top brass of the state Congress as well as leaders from outside, the event underlined the clout Venugopal wields within the party and also marked his five decades in public life.The presence of Congress …
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 2 (IANS) Even as the Election Commission is yet to announce the schedule for the Kerala Assembly elections, the Congress on Monday sent out a clear political signal by indicating that P.V. Anvar, a two-time former Left-backed Independent legislator, will contest the Beypore Assembly constituency in Kozhikode district.Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President and senior legislator Sunny Joseph said Anvar would be the candidate and expressed confidence in his victo…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 29 (IANS) Congress Working Committee member and former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Thursday expressed serious concern over the growing disinterest of young people in politics and an increasing reluctance among educated youth to remain in Kerala, often described as “God’s Own Country”.In his remarks at a function here, Antony said the trend was alarming and called for urgent introspection.He said that when the United Democratic Front (UDF) returns to power, it should…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 23 (IANS) Kerala politics on Friday was jolted by explosive revelations made by senior CPI-M leader and Kannur district committee V. Kunjikrishnan, alleging large-scale financial irregularities within the party, leading to the opposition latching on to attack the ruling dispensation.Kunjikrishnan alleged that Payyannur MLA T.I. Madhusoodanan and his group misappropriated more than Rs one crore, including funds from the party’s martyrs’ fund.According to him, manipulat…