Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate raids at the residences linked to former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan may not merely be another financial investigation. In Kerala’s rapidly shifting political landscape, the timing of the action has triggered intense speculation over whether the BJP has finally decided to strike at the CPI(M) when the party is at its weakest point in decades.The raids come just 23 days after the Congress-led United Democratic Front storme…
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New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will hold his first official meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday in New Delhi, marking a politically significant engagement soon after assuming office.This is Satheesan’s first meeting with PM Modi after the United Democratic Front government came to power in Kerala.Though details of the agenda have not been officially disclosed, the discussions are expected to focus on Kerala’s immediate development priorities, cen…
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has called for the revival of the Opposition INDIA bloc following the recently held Assembly election results, but alleged that the Congress, the largest constituent of the alliance, took a stand contrary to unity-building. “The attitude of the Congress towards other opposition parties is not helpful in building the unity of secular forces in a united fight against the RSS-BJP, which is the need of the hour,” said a party statem…
New Delhi/Kochi, May 23 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will hold his first official meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (May 26) in New Delhi, marking a politically significant engagement soon after assuming office.Satheesan, who arrived in Delhi late on Friday for a series of high-level meetings with Congress leaders, is expected to return to Kochi later on Saturday before flying back to the national capital for the meeting with the Prime Minister.The upcoming inte…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) The United Democratic Front government led by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan has formally buried Kerala’s controversial SilverLine project and is eyeing an alternative broad-gauge high-speed rail corridor, setting the stage for a major political and infrastructure debate in the State.The move assumes significance as it was Satheesan himself, during his tenure as Leader of the Opposition, who spearheaded one of Kerala’s biggest political campaigns against the R…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Fresh from securing the top post after an intense internal battle within the Congress, Kerala Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan is slated to leave for New Delhi later on Friday for a round of meetings with the party high command.Satheesan is scheduled to meet senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party President Mallikarjuna Kharge on Saturday.From Delhi, he will fly back to his hometown Kochi and will return to th…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) Bringing an end to days of intense negotiations and political uncertainty, Kerala’s United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Wednesday finally completed the allocation of portfolios in the 21-member ministry led by Chief Minister V. D. Satheesan, marking the formal beginning of a new political chapter in the state.The last time a Congress-led UDF government assumed office in the state was in 2011 under the leadership of Oommen Chandy. The new ministry, howeve…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) For the first time since the stunning electoral collapse of the Left Democratic Front in the Kerala Assembly elections, former Chief Minister and now Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan has publicly spoken about the defeat, and his carefully worded remarks come at a time when anger and rebellion are steadily building within the Communist Party of India (Marxist) itself. Addressing a party event in his hometown of Kannur on Tuesday, Vijayan said the Left governmen…
Thiruvananthapuram, May 19 (IANS) Barely a day after V.D. Satheesan assumed office as the Chief Minister, the reopening of the North Gate of the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram has emerged as one of the most politically-loaded images of the new regime.This is a deliberate attempt by the new United Democratic Front government to draw a sharp contrast with the decade-long rule of former Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan.For years, the Left government projected itself as an administration t…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The swearing-in ceremony of the new Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government, headed by Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan, is scheduled to be held on Monday at the Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram.The event will formally mark the UDF’s return to power in Kerala after a decade, following its decisive victory in the Assembly elections.Several senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and Mallikarjun Kharge, along with c…