K.K. Shailaja, LDF candidate in the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh K.K. Shailaja, Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate in the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency, has accused the United Democratic Front (UDF) of resorting to personal attacks against her through social media accounts to counter the LDF’s rising popularity. She told the … Read more
LDF candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituncy Annie Raja taking a selfie with the employees of the Kalpetta Service Cooperative Bank in Wayanad during her campaign on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Even after Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja kicked off her campaign in the Wayanad constituency a fortnight ago, … Read more
The stage is set for a high-voltage political battle in Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency in Kozhikode district with the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Shafi Parambil, Palakkad MLA, launching his campaign on Sunday evening. Mr. Parambil was taken in an open vehicle followed by a huge procession from the Vadakara bus stand premises to the … Read more
The United Democratic Front (UDF) has once again demonstrated its might in Puthuppally with its candidate Chandy Oommen winning by a landslide the byelection held to the Assembly constituency that was represented by his father Oommen Chandy for 53 years. When the final result of the byelection was announced, Mr. Oommen bagged 80,144 votes (61.17%) … Read more
Opposition leaders during a march from MLA Hostel to Kerala Assembly protesting against the State budget, in Thiruvananthapuram, on Thursday. | Photo Credit: PTI Speaker A. N. Shamsheer adjourned the Kerala Legislative Assembly until February 27 following strident opposition protests over fuel, piped water, power and liquor price increase. Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) legislators … Read more
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan dismissed opposition United Democratic Front‘s demand for a high court-monitored CBI probe into the gold smuggling case. The CM, while responding to a submission by Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan in the Assembly, said that as the case was Centre’s subject, the state cannot make any request about which … Read more
The Congress-led opposition UDF on Thursday alleged in the Kerala Assembly that the economic situation in the state was being led to a “dangerous” situation by the fiscal mismanagement of the government and staged a walkout after its motion to adjourn House proceedings and discuss the issue was rejected. Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the … Read more
Many senior leaders of the UPA and like-minded Opposition parties, including half a dozen chief ministers, will attend a virtual meeting that Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called on August 20 to discuss the current political situation, including the efforts for firming up anti-BJP unity. Among those Gandhi has invited, and are expected to attend … Read more
Ridiculing the major fronts in Kerala as “LUDF”, the BJP on Saturday alleged that the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the opposition UDF headed by the Congress were “deceiving” people by engaging in “mock battles”. They are constantly deceiving people by engaging in mock battles whenever the other comes to power. Their agendas are common, Lekhi … Read more
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday slammed Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for calling central probe agencies as political tools of the BJP-led NDA government and asked him to make it clear whether the main accused in the gold and dollar smuggling cases worked in his office or not. Speaking at the culmination of … Read more