As one enters Alappuzha, the citadel of the Communists in Kerala and the land of the historic Punnapra-Vayalar uprising and the martyrs column, huge hoardings of KC Venugopal, the influential AICC general secretary (organisation) and a close associate of Rahul Gandhi, are all over. Venugopal is fighting to wrest the CPM seat, the only Lok … Read more
The Congress and the party-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala on Thursday declined the electoral support extended three days earlier by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI). The Congress publicly spurned the offer of support after it came under fire from both … Read more
KOZHIKODE: “Unconditional” support offered by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to Congress-led UDF in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala has put the latter in a spot, with both BJP and the governing Left (LDF) accusing it of taking support from extremist groups. SDPI is widely viewed as the political arm of the banned … Read more
With Sukhbir Singh Badal-led Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) striving to regain Panthic support and unite all Akali Dal factions, Punjab-based party leaders feel the environment is not favourable for alliance with former decades-old ally BJP. Akali leaders believe the party would continue its alliance with BSP and may form a grand alliance by joining hands … Read more
