Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 15 (IANS) The Kerala High Court issued notices to 20 BJP councillors of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation over the manner in which they took their oath of office, after observing that the oath appeared to have been administered in the names of multiple deities instead of in the name of God as prescribed under municipal rules.The BJP created history in December last year, when for the first time it won a Corporation in Kerala.A division bench sought to know how an o…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8 (IANS) Even as the Election Commission of India (ECI) is yet to announce the schedule, the battle for Kerala’s 140-member Assembly has clearly begun, with the state’s traditional rivals setting ambitious numerical targets that frame the political contest ahead of the April-May polls.At a two-day brainstorming session held in Wayanad last week, the Congress leadership set the tone for the United Democratic Front (UDF) by declaring a goal of winning 100 seats.The exer…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 3 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to visit Thiruvananthapuram to participate in celebrations marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, a milestone achievement for the party in Kerala’s political landscape.The visit assumes added significance as it comes amid earlier indications that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would also visit the state capital, with HM Shah scheduled to arrive ahead of the Prime Minister.Acc…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 2 (IANS) A political storm that broke out in Sasthamangalam in the heart of the state capital has taken a fresh turn, with BJP ward councillor R. Sreelekha and CPI-M MLA V.K. Prasanth continuing to trade barbs on Friday.The row traces its roots to last month’s Thiruvananthapuram Corporation elections, when the BJP registered a stunning victory, ending more than four decades of CPI(M)-led Left rule in the civic body.Sreelekha, who retired from the Kerala Police as Direct…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 30 (IANS) Days after assuming office as Kerala’s first BJP Mayor, V.V. Rajesh has adopted an uncompromising stance, launching a scathing attack on decades of CPI(M)-led Left governance in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation and alleging deep-rooted corruption in civic administration.In his first major intervention, Rajesh flagged what he termed the “misuse” of electric buses allotted to the capital city, signalling a clear departure from past practices. On Tuesday, R…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the office of CPI-M’s Vattiyoorkavu CPI-M MLA and former Mayor V.K. Prasanth in a Thiruvananthapuram Corporation-owned building at Sasthamangalam has escalated into a larger political and administrative issue, with the state capital civic body deciding to launch a comprehensive probe into alleged large-scale irregularities in the leasing of its buildings to private individuals.The move comes amid a political row triggered by now Sasth…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 26 (IANS) Forty-nine-year-old V. V. Rajesh on Friday entered record books as the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to become Mayor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, marking a watershed moment in Kerala’s political landscape. While Rajesh on Friday won with 51 votes, the CPI(M) led Left candidate R.P. Shivaji got 29, and the Congress-led UDF and former legislator K.S. Sabarinathan secured 19 votes, and one independent councillor abstained from the voting.Rajes…
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 25 (IANS) Forty-nine-year-old V.V. Rajesh is poised to enter the record books as the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to assume the office of Mayor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, marking a watershed moment in the city’s political history. At a meeting of all the winning councillors at the BJP office here, general secretary of the party S. Suresh said each one of the winning candidates is good enough to become the Mayor and the deputy Mayor.”While Rajesh w…