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KANNUR: Congress state president K Sudhakaran has endorsed senior party leader Ramesh Chennithala as a potential chief ministerial candidate, with the next assembly elections scheduled for 2026. Addressing a press meet in Kannur, Sudhakaran said that Chennithala, given his experience, deserves a claim to the chief minister’s post. The comments came in response to SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan’s …

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Congress suspends all rebel candidates for 6 years, says no friendly fights in MVA

Congress' Maharashtra in-charge Ramesh Chennithala on March 12 said the Maha Vikas Aghadi's seat-sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be finalised after March 17. Addressing a press conference of the party's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Nandurban, Mr. Chennithala said discussions were also underway with Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar, and all are moving ahead together …

New Delhi: The Congress will give priority to youth and women in ticket distribution for the Gujarat Assembly elections due later this year, state party's screening committee chairman Ramesh Chennithala said on Tuesday. Last month, the All India Congress Committee constituted a three-member screening committee to shortlist party candidates for the Gujarat polls due in December this year. Gujarat Congress …

The All India Congress Committee on Tuesday appointed K Sudhakaran, a member of parliament from Kannur, as president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee after intense deliberations, the party said in a statement. Kannur strongman K Sudhakaran is new Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee chief “I know it is a big challenge. Following the defeat in the recently-held assembly elections, opposition …

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Assembly Elections 2021: Sporadic violence marks voting in Kerala, Bengal; polling largely peaceful in TN, Assam, Puducherry

ECI said that elections remained largely peaceful in all states. However, media reports confirmed sporadic spurts of violence in West Bengal where some candidates of the ruling TMC were allegedly attacked by BJP cadres Polling was conducted peacefully in 1,53,538 polling stations across 475 Assembly constituencies in the single-phase elections in the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and for …

Kerala elections | Pinarayi Vijayan’s words reflect shame of failure on fake voters issue, says Ramesh Chennithala

Kerala Assembly Elections 2021 | Details of multiple entries in electoral rolls to be made public on April 1, says Ramesh Chennithala

Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala has lauded the Election Commission for its willingness to check his complaint regarding double entries of voter names in the electoral rolls. Mr. Chennithala, who was campaigning in Kasaragod for the Assembly elections, told mediapersons on Tuesday that over four lakh multiple/‘bogus voters’ were included on the voters’ list by officials owing allegiance to …

LDF track record overshadowed in run-up to local body elections in Kerala