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1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala: Rahul, Pradeep take oath as MLAs

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: U R Pradeep and Rahul Mamkootathil who were elected to the state assembly from Chelakkara and Palakkad respectively, were sworn in as MLAs on Wednesday. While Pradeep took solemn oath, Rahul took the oath in the name of God. After the ceremony, Pradeep said that his focus would be on improving the condition of roads in Chelakkara while Rahul …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kerala police baton turns protestor's life upside down

New Indian Express

ALAPPUZHA: While the Congress celebrates the victory of Rahul Mamkootathil in the Palakkad bypoll, away from the arc lights in Kayamkulam a 36-year-old woman is hopping from one hospital to another due to the lasting health issues she started suffering following the police lathicharge during the Youth Congress’ Alappuzha Collectorate march in January to protest against Mamkootathil’s arrest. For Megha …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Cong seeks to capitalise on Kerala BJP infighting; woos disgruntled leaders

Deccan Chronicle

Palakkad: Amidst the rift in Kerala BJP over the party's loss in the Palakkad Assembly by-poll, the Congress on Tuesday tried to cash in on the opportunity by inviting dissident leaders of the saffron party to its fold. However, they said they didn't hold any talks with any of the BJP councillors in this regard, and the matter would be …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Salam faces backlash over alleged remarks against Jifri Thangal

New Indian Express

MALAPPURAM: The statements made by Indian Union Muslim League state general secretary P M A Salam during a by-election victory celebration in Kuwait have sparked a controversy. Salam came in for strong opposition from Samastha leaders after his remarks were widely perceived as an attack on Samastha president Syed Muhammad Jifri Muthukoya Thangal. In an oblique reference to Jifri Muthukoya …

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Rahul Mamkootathil of Congress Registers Record Win in Palakkad

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvananthapuram:Youth Congress state president and UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil achieved a historic victory in the Palakkad assembly byelection, winning the seat by a record margin of 18,840 votes. The BJP's vote share decreased by 10,671 votes compared to the 2021 elections when their candidate, Metro Man E Sreedharan, secured 50,220 votes. The CPM-backed independent candidate P Sarin, who switched to …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress retains Palakkad Assembly seat

Deccan Chronicle

Palakkad: In a major boost to the opposition Congress-led UDF, the grand old party retained the Palakkad Assembly seat with its candidate Rahul Mamkootathilwinning by a significant margin of 18,840 votes, pushing the ruling Left bloc to the third spot. Mamkootathil secured 58,389 votes as against BJP's C Krishnakumar who garnered 39,549 votes, according to the Election Commission of India. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Palakkad bypolls: Congress's Rahul Mamkootathil wins by over 18,000 votes

India Today

Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootahil won Kerala's Palakkad Assembly bypoll by defeating BJP's C. Krishnakumar by over 18,840 votes, retaining the seat for the party. P Sarin, the CPI-backed candidate who broke away from Congress and joined the Left camp just ahead of the election, secured third place with 37,293 votes. In 2016, Shafi Parambil won the Palakkad seat with 57,559 …

Election Election Commission Votes Bjp Candidate Palakkad Bypolls Congress

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Palakkad bypoll: Brisk polling after three hours of voting

Deccan Chronicle

Palakkad: Brisk polling was witnessed in the Palakkad assembly by-poll on Wednesday with a turnout of 20.50 percent at 10;30 am, more than three hours after voting commenced. People started arriving early in the morning at the 184 polling booths across the constituency, which has over 1.9 lakh voters who will cast their votes to elect a representative from among …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pinarayi's remarks against IUML supremo evokes sharp reactions

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's remarks against Indian Union Muslim League supremo Panakkad Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal evoked sharp reactions from the Congress and the League on Monday. In the editorial, the IUML said the people of Kerala fondly call Panakkad Thangal as the brand ambassador of communal harmony, and CM Vijayan should not come to "assess his qualifications". …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Ahead of Palakkad bypoll, BJP’s Sandeep Varier joins Congress

Hindustan Times

Ahead of the key bypoll in Palakkad assembly constituency in Kerala, the Congress got a big boost with the induction of Sandeep G Varier, a BJP state committee member and one of its prominent faces on television debates, on Saturday. Sandeep G Varier, who had been sulking for over two weeks alleging neglect and disrespect by the BJP’s state leadership …

Congress Party Palakkad Surendran Bjp State K Surendran Varier

2 months ago

Could BJP infighting in Kerala dash its Palakkad bypoll win hopes?

India Today

With campaigning for by-elections to the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat and Chelakkara Assembly seat coming to an end, the focus has now shifted to the Palakkad Assembly seat in Kerala. BJP'S LITMUS TEST IN PALAKKAD Palakkad will witness a three-way contest between BJP candidate C Krishnakumar, Congress's Rahul Mamkootathil and Left Democratic Front’s P Sarin. Krishnakumar is no electoral novice; …

Kerala Assembly Party State Bjp Candidate Palakkad

2 months, 1 week ago

Palakkad bypoll: Trolley bag row will turn out to be votes for LDF, says CPM

Deccan Chronicle

Palakkad: The ruling CPI in Kerala on Saturday expressed confidence that the trolley bag controversy would cause set back to the Congress-UDF in bypoll-bound Palakkad and would turn out to be votes for the party-led LDF in the constituency in the November 20 assembly by-election. The Left party said the midnight search issue and the subsequent trolley bag controversy had …

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2 months, 1 week ago

EC steps in as black money allegations rock Palakkad byelection

The Hindu

The Election Commission of India has sought a report about the allegations of black money against United Democratic Front candidate in the Palakkad Assembly byelection Rahul Mamkootathil and other Congress leaders. When the CPI alleged that Congress leaders, including the candidate, had exchanged black money at the hotel, the Congress accused the CPI of ‘‘scripting a drama’’ to help the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

A trolley bag symbolises the intensity of Palakkad bypoll campaign

The Hindu

A trolley bag has emerged as a metaphor for the sensationalist political processes influencing the byelection campaign in the Palakkad Assembly constituency. Of all objects, the commonplace travel bag’s appearance at a hotel frequented by campaigning politicians in Palakkad prompted a midnight police raid for concealed wads of illicit cash supposedly meant for opaque election funding early Wednesday. The police’s …

Congress Campaign Black Money Bag State Rajesh Palakkad

2 months, 1 week ago

Kerala bypolls: Priyanka Gandhi shows fellow Congress leaders Shafi and Rahul true meaning of political civility

The Hindu

United Democratic Front candidate in Palakkad Assembly byelection Rahul Mamkootathil and his mentor Shafi Parambil, MP, perhaps have a lesson in political civility from Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress’ national general secretary and UDF candidate in Wayanad Lok Sabha byelection. But Ms. Vadra, their national leader, surprised even LDF campaign managers when she stopped her vehicle to greet her electoral opponent …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Midnight raid drama in Palakkad: CPI(M) claims Congress brought in black money

India Today

Late-night police raids on Congress leaders’ rooms at a Palakkad hotel have snowballed into a political controversy, with the CPI accusing the Congress of bringing 'black money' to the hotel. The CPI claimed a trolley bag containing money was brought to the hotel, where Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil, Vadakara MP Shafi Parambil and party leader Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala were staying. …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Midnight police raid sparks political uproar in Palakkad

New Indian Express

PALAKKAD: Kerala’s highly charged political scene reached a boiling point on Wednesday after an early morning police raid at a Palakkad hotel where Congress leaders were staying for a bypoll campaign. The police claimed they were acting on a tip-off about black money transactions for UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil, but Congress leaders alleged it was a planned attempt to implicate …

Congress Workers Leaders Bjp Cpm Palakkad Mamkootathil

2 months, 1 week ago

Congress candidate for Palakkad bypoll, Rahul Mamkootathil denies black money allegations

New Indian Express

KOZHIKODE: UDF candidate Rahul Mamkootathil on Wednesday took to Facebook Live after police searched the hotel rooms of Congress leaders in Palakkad citing suspicions of carrying black money for use in the byelection campaign there. Rahul, who was away from Palakkad since Tuesday till Wednesday afternoon, appeared live from Kozhikode Town Police Station at 2.30 am to reply to the …

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Midnight police swoop on hotel hosting campaigning politicians in Palakkad for illicit election funds roils Kerala politics

The Hindu

The high-profile midnight police raid on a hotel in Palakkad early Wednesday, ostensibly to confiscate concealed wads of illicit cash for electioneering, roiled Kerala politics in the run-up to the critical bypolls in the Chelakkara and Palakkad Assembly constituencies and the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. The Congress-led United Democratic Front sought to weaponise the sensational police swoop on the rooms …

Congress Bjp Hotel Palakkad Midnight Roils Kerala

2 months, 1 week ago

Muraleedharan will not want Rahul's victory in Palakkad, says Padmaja Venugopal

New Indian Express

PALAKKAD: K. Muraleedharan may be compelled by the Congress leadership to campaign for the UDF candidate in the Palakkad by-election, Rahul Mamkootathil, but he will never desire the victory of the man who spoke disparagingly about his mother, former Chief Minister K. Karunakaran’s daughter, Padmaja Venugopal, said on Monday. Had she not tried to shower her affection on ungrateful Congress …

Congress Rahul Palakkad Padmaja

2 months, 1 week ago

Kerala bypolls: Arguments about civility in electoral politics dominate Palakkad byelection narrative

The Hindu

Politicians usually leave their rancorous partisanship at the door when making campaign stops at social events. The electoral battle appeared to assume the unsightliness of a fratricidal brawl that played out in public when expelled Congress leader-turned-Left Democratic Front Independent candidate P. Sarin ran into his former compatriot and electoral rival in the Palakkad Assembly constituency, Rahul Mamkootathil of the …

Congress Palakkad Mamkootathil Sarin Kerala Assembly Parambil

2 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF Candidate P Sarin Ramps Up Campaign, Visits Leaders of Ezhava and Nair Communities in Palakkad

ABP News

LDF candidate P Sarin has stepped up his poll campaign by visiting leaders of the Ezhava and Nair communities in the Palakkad assembly seat. He visited the general secretary of the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, Sukumaran Nair, and the general secretary of the Nair Service Society (NSS). Sarin also visited the tomb of former Congress leader Oommen Chandy.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Leader Confident of UDF Victory in Palakkad

New Indian Express

Congress leader Shafi Parambil expresses confidence in his party's victory in Palakkad, predicting a significant erosion of votes for both the BJP and the CPM. He dismisses allegations of mudslinging and candidate selection irregularities, stating that the party followed due process in selecting Rahul Mamkootathil as the candidate.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Palakkad Triangular Showdown: UDF's Mamkootathil Faces Tough Battle

The Hindu

A fierce triangular contest is brewing in the Palakkad Assembly constituency, with the United Democratic Front (UDF), the Left Democratic Front (LDF), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) locked in a keen battle for the seat vacated by Shafi Parambil. The UDF has brought in Youth Congress State president Rahul Mamkootathil to retain the seat, while the LDF's P. Sarin …

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Kerala: Rahul, Pradeep take oath as MLAs

Kerala police baton turns protestor's life upside down

Cong seeks to capitalise on Kerala BJP infighting; woos disgruntled leaders

Salam faces backlash over alleged remarks against Jifri Thangal

Rahul Mamkootathil of Congress Registers Record Win in Palakkad

Congress retains Palakkad Assembly seat

Palakkad bypolls: Congress's Rahul Mamkootathil wins by over 18,000 votes

Palakkad bypoll: Brisk polling after three hours of voting

Pinarayi's remarks against IUML supremo evokes sharp reactions

Ahead of Palakkad bypoll, BJP’s Sandeep Varier joins Congress

Could BJP infighting in Kerala dash its Palakkad bypoll win hopes?

Palakkad bypoll: Trolley bag row will turn out to be votes for LDF, says CPM

EC steps in as black money allegations rock Palakkad byelection

A trolley bag symbolises the intensity of Palakkad bypoll campaign

Kerala bypolls: Priyanka Gandhi shows fellow Congress leaders Shafi and Rahul true meaning of political civility

Midnight raid drama in Palakkad: CPI(M) claims Congress brought in black money

Midnight police raid sparks political uproar in Palakkad

Congress candidate for Palakkad bypoll, Rahul Mamkootathil denies black money allegations

Midnight police swoop on hotel hosting campaigning politicians in Palakkad for illicit election funds roils Kerala politics

Muraleedharan will not want Rahul's victory in Palakkad, says Padmaja Venugopal

Kerala bypolls: Arguments about civility in electoral politics dominate Palakkad byelection narrative

LDF Candidate P Sarin Ramps Up Campaign, Visits Leaders of Ezhava and Nair Communities in Palakkad

Congress Leader Confident of UDF Victory in Palakkad

Palakkad Triangular Showdown: UDF's Mamkootathil Faces Tough Battle