New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 (IANS) The two-day meeting of the CPI(M) Politburo, which began on Friday in the national capital, assumes unusual significance as the party confronts the fallout of its worst electoral setback in Kerala, the only state where it had remained in power until the recent Assembly elections.While the leadership is expected to review the reasons for the defeat, the central question before the party remains whether it will finally fix political responsibility for t…
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Kochi, June 26 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has widened its investigation into the alleged CMRL-Exalogic ‘masappadi’ (monthly payment) case to examine whether Cochin Minerals and Rutile Ltd. received undue favours from the erstwhile LDF government, even as it subjected T. Veena, daughter of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, to more than 10 hours of questioning in Kochi a day earlier.The agency is learnt to be examining whether the monthly payments allegedly made by CMRL to V…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s intensified probe into the controversial CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case involving T. Veena, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister and current Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, has reignited political debate over what critics describe as the CPI-M’s “double standards” in handling allegations against leaders’ family members.The controversy centres on the sharp contrast between the party’s present-day aggressiv…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 28 (IANS) Kerala Revenue Minister and senior Congress leader A.P. Anil Kumar on Thursday came down heavily on former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi instead of the Centre after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at his residence.Soon after the ED team completed the searches on Wednesday, Vijayan had remarked that ‘Rahul Gandhi would now be happy’, referring to repeated questions raised by the Congress leader over why no action…