Political slugfest is intensifying over a WhatsApp screenshot with communal overtones that appeared on the eve of the recent Lok Sabha elections in the Vadakara segment. The screenshot of a message seeking votes for United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Shafi Parambil, terming his Left Democratic Front (LDF) rival [K.K. Shailaja] a ‘kafir’, had led to … Read more
K.K. Shailaja, the LDF candidate in the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency, campaigning at Uralloor on Wedensday. | Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT A row over the misuse of cyberspace for denigrating candidates appeared to monopolise the Lok Sabha campaign narrative in Kerala on Wednesday. Online slander spreads like invasive digital weeds, dehumanising candidates and blurring their … 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