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…
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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…
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Amid reports suggesting that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is upset with Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and may skip a key meeting, party leader Sandeep Dikshit on Friday said that the absence of leaders who are not central to the party does not make any difference. Talking to IANS, Dikshit said: “All the strong and senior leaders from Kerala are attending the meeting. Those who are relevant to the Congress are coming. It doesn’t make a difference if leaders who ar…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) The political standoff between the Congress-led Opposition and influential community organisations in Kerala sharpened on Tuesday with SNDP Yogam General Secretary Vellappally Natesan launching a fresh attack on Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan and demanding that the Congress national leadership clarify its stand.In a strongly-worded Facebook post, Vellappally accused Satheesan of publicly targeting the SNDP Yogam and questioned whether his remarks reflec…
Thiruvananthapuram Jan 13 (IANS) In a major political setback for Kerala’s ruling CPI-M, three-time former party MLA Ayisha Potty on Tuesday formally joined the Congress, sending shockwaves through the Left establishment and giving a morale boost to the Opposition ahead of the Assembly elections.A lawyer by profession, Potty represented the Kottarakara Assembly constituency for three consecutive terms, beginning in 2006, earning a reputation as a formidable grassroots leader.Her political journe…