The bypoll for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency will see 16 candidates, most of them independents, battling it out for a chance to represent the hill constituency, with UDF’s Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri and NDA’s Navya Haridas being the frontrunners. After the last date for withdrawal of nominations came to an end on … Read more
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
Thiruvananthapuram: The notification of CAA rules by the Central government has turned into a key issue in Kerala in the Lok Sabha polls, sparking separate protests by the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF, while the BJP vehemently defended it, asserting it does not target Muslims. Protests have erupted in various parts of Kerala against … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: Amidst a running feud between the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government and the Raj Bhavan, state Governor Arif Mohammed Khan in an unusual move on Thursday read out only the concluding paragraph of the government’s customary policy address in the Assembly. The Governor’s action drew sharp criticism from the Opposition Congress-led UDF, which termed it … Read more
