Thiruvananthapuram: The election manifesto of the Left Democratic Front was released on Friday. LDF convener A Vijayaraghavan stated that the manifesto was prepared, by taking up popular issues, aiming at continuity in governance. The manifesto has two parts. The first part has 900 suggestions based on 50-points. More importance has been given to creating opportunities […]
Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretariat has decided that five of the ministers need not contest the upcoming Assembly elections.homas Isaac, G Sudhakaran, C Raveendranath, EP Jayarajan and AK Balan will refrain from contesting in the polls.Others in the cabinet including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan are likely to enter the fray.CM and others attended the secretariat meeting […]
Alappuzha: CPM has expelled 3 branch secretaries for organising protest against party’s decision regarding Alappuzha Municipality chairperson.CPM had made Soumya Rajendran the chairperson of Alappuzha Municipality. This caused outrage among the party workers. 19 party members, including 3 branch secretaries, organised a protest march in Alappuzha town against this.CPM district leadership observed that this was a […]
Kottayam: After disputes, the LDF has finally reached a consensus regarding seat sharing in Kottayam district panchayat. The CPI (M) and Kerala Congress Jose faction will contest in 9 seats each. The CPI will contest in 4 seats while the NCP and Janata Dal did not get any seats.LDF’s seat sharing in Kottayam became complicated […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPM has lashed out at the Congress over the latter’s alleged move to join hands with the Jama’at-e-Islami and the Welfare Party. According to the CPM, the Congress has surrendered its secular stance before the Muslim League (IUML), which has lately been toeing the Jama’at-e-Islami ideology. The Congress looking for alliances with extremist forces […]