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3 days, 3 hours ago

Shah’s disparaging views on Ambedkar reflective of BJP/RSS casteist ideology: CPI(M)

Communist Party of India State secretary M.V. Speaking to journalists after chairing a CPI State secretariat meeting here on Friday, Mr. Govindan said the Bharatiya Janata Party, an RSS offshoot, drew ideological inspiration from the Manusmriti. Mr. Govindan said that during the previous Lok Sabha election campaign, the BJP aspired to get up to 430 seats in the Lok Sabha …

India Constitution Political Caste Shah Bjp Cpi

1 week ago

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024

Live Law

Nominal Index Manoj George v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw 782 Manohari R v The Deputy Tahsildar, 2024 LiveLaw 783 DBS Bank India Ltd v The State of Kerala and Others, 2024 LiveLaw 784 M Shammy Kumar v State of Kerala & Connected Matter, 2024 LiveLaw 785 Nishad Padinjare Peediyekkal V Hyderiyya Masjid Mahall Committee, 2024 LiveLaw 786 State Bank …

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2 weeks ago

Contempt Case Filed In Kerala High Court Against CP(I)M State Secretary MV Govindan For Blocking Roads To Hold Party Conference

Live Law

A contempt case has been filed against CPM State Secretary M V Govindan in the Kerala High Court for allegedly blocking the roads by constructing a stage for holding Palayam area conference of the party on December 5. The contempt case has been filed alleging that the MV Govindan has violated the directions of the Court dated June 23, 2010 …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Kerala: LDF launches state-wide protest over delay in landslide aid

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPM-led LDF on Thursday organized a state-wide protest across Kerala against the Centre's failure to provide assistance to the landslide-affected areas of Wayanad. A delegation of Kerala MPs, headed by Priyanka Gandhi, met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently to seek immediate aid for the people of landslide-stricken Wayanad. The MPs emphasized that the state needs …

Kerala Wayanad State Centre Cpm Ldf Govindan

1 month, 2 weeks 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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1 month, 3 weeks ago

MTC Conductor Dies After Passenger Assault in Chennai

The Hindu

A passenger assaulted an MTC conductor, leading to his death in Chennai. The victim, J. Jagan Kumar, 52, was allegedly arguing with a passenger, V. Govindan, 53, on a bus. Govindan punched Jagan, causing his death. The police have arrested Govindan and booked a case of murder against him. The family of the deceased has been announced to receive a …

Law Crime Chennai

3 months, 2 weeks ago

UDF questions ruling front’s anti-Sangh Parivar stance

The Hindu

An alleged clandestine meeting between a top law enforcer and an apex Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh apparatchik in 2023 has seemingly come in handy for the Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition to stir public scepticism about the Pinarayi Vijayan government’s stated anti-Sangh Parivar position, foment an ideological fissure in the Left Democratic Front, and retard the ruling front’s standing among minorities, …

Congress State Bjp Satheesan Rss Udf Vijayan

4 months, 2 weeks ago

People must support Wayanad tragedy survivors: CPM state secretary M V Govindan

New Indian Express

KOCHI: CPM state secretary M V Govindan Master on Saturday urged the public to contribute to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund to help Wayanad landslide victims. He was speaking after presenting the ‘PG Sahitya Puraskar Trust Award’ to renowned writer and literary critic M K Sanoo Master at a function held at Ernakulam Public Library. “Though the epicentre of …

Wayanad Cpm V Govindan

6 months ago

Pinarayi Vijayan faces rare censure within CPI(M) after LS polls drub

Hindustan Times

For the first time since he was elected to power in 2016, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the administration he runs has come under censure of his party, CPI, in the backdrop of the Left Democratic Front ’s severe drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha polls. Pinarayi Vijayan faces rare censure within CPI after LS polls drub A five-day …

Party State Vote Bjp Polls Chief Vijayan

6 months ago

Kerala CPM leadership evaluates Lok Sabha poll debacle

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvananthapuram: The CPM state leadership on Thursday attributed the LDF’s massive loss in the recent Lok Sabha elections to several factors including failure to understand the public sentiments, a decline in minority votes, and a shift in the Left's traditional Ezhava vote bank in certain constituencies. Besides, the backing of hardline Muslim factions such as Jamaat-e-Islami, SDPI for Congress and …

Community Kerala Congress Bjp Christian Nda Udf

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Need urgent self-correction, feels CPM in Kerala

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Having suffered a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, the CPM leadership has finally acknowledged the urgent need for critical introspection and drastic course correction. “If a change cannot be brought in now in the way the committees function, the party will not last long,” Govindan reportedly said at the party’s preliminary election review meeting. Party’s take CPM …

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7 months ago

Bindu, Govindan term Kerala HC verdict blow to governor Arif Khan

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : The High Court quashing Governor Arif Mohammed Khan’s nomination of student representatives to Kerala University Senate is a blow to his attempts to exceed his powers and to undermine the achievements of the state in the higher education sector, Higher Education Minister R Bindu has said. Bindu said that as per rules, the governor in his capacity as …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF hopeful of winning majority seats in Kerala: State Secretary M V Govindan

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvananthapuram: CPM state secretary M V Govindan on Monday exuded confidence that the ruling Left Democratic Front would win a majority of the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala. Addressing a press conference after the state secretariat of the CPM, the first meeting of the party leadership after the polls on April 26, Govindan said the people had rejected Narendra …

Kerala State Bjp Cpm Ldf Jayarajan Govindan

8 months, 2 weeks ago

After flak from CPI(M) and BJP, Congress in Kerala rejects SDPI’s support in Lok Sabha 2024 polls

The Hindu

The Congress-led United Democratic Front rejected the Social Democratic Party of India’s support in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The UDF had drawn intense flak from the CPI and BJP for “soliciting” the support of an allegedly religious fundamentalist organisation that supposedly “bore the stigma” of being the political front of the proscribed PFI. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee acting president …

Support Kerala Congress Lok Sabha Bjp Eci Udf

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Apex court order a recognition of Kerala’s case, says Govindan

The Hindu

By referring a case filed by Kerala challenging the limits imposed by the Union government on the States’ borrowing capacity to a five-judge Constitution Bench, the Supreme Court has recognised the relevance of the issue, CPI State secretary M.V. He told the media in Kozhikode on Monday that the Union government had been taking steps akin to imposing an economic …

State Paddy Procurement Govindan

9 months, 2 weeks ago

CPI(M) in Kerala says defections to BJP have enfeebled Congress, eroded public’s trust in Opposition

The Hindu

CPI Kerala State secretary M.V. Addressing a press conference at AKG Centre in Thiruvananthapuram on March 8, Mr. Govindan also made a robust Lok Sabha electoral pitch by portraying the ruling Left Democratic Front as the “sole secular bulwark” against the Sangh Parivar’s alleged attempts to “divide” Kerala into communal lines and turn the State saffron. Mr. Govindan said the …

Kerala Congress State Bjp Modi Udf Govindan

9 months, 2 weeks ago

CPI(M) in Kerala closes ranks against BJP’s attempt to ‘poach’ sidelined workers facing disciplinary action

The Hindu

The Communist Party of India in Kerala has closed ranks against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s alleged attempt to poach party cadres facing disciplinary action even as it sought to spotlight the Congress party as “the Sangh Parivar’s favourite hunting ground.” For one, CPI Kerala State secretary M.V. The CPI also sought to burnish its secular image by harping on Padmaja …

Kerala Congress Disciplinary Action Party Bjp Govindan Rajendran

10 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala: 'CRPF security ring won't deter SFI’s anti-Governor protests', says MV Govindan

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A day after the Union government granted Z-plus security to the governor in the wake of a series of bizarre scenes that unfolded in the streets of Kollam, the CPM on Sunday said the CRPF’s protection ring for Arif Mohammed Khan will not deter the SFI from protesting against him. Party state secretary M V Govindan also accused …

Khan His Car Crpf Sfi Govindan Security Ring

11 months, 1 week ago

Probe into firm owned by CM’s daughter a political vendetta: CPM Kerala state secretary M V Govindan

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : Terming the Centre’s probe against the IT firm of the chief minister’s daughter ‘political vendetta’, CPM state secretary M V Govindan said the party was not afraid of the investigation. Govindan also defended his ‘fake medical certificate’ remark against Youth Congress state president Rahul Mamkootathil. Govindan had recently alleged that Rahul submitted a ‘fake medical certificate’ to obtain …

Political Vendetta Rahul Cpm Govindan

11 months, 2 weeks ago

These South Asian Artists Want Palestinian Liberation — And They’re Not Being Quiet About It

Huff Post

Refaat Alareer seemed resigned to his fate when he wrote “If I Must Die,” the last poem he would publish, on Nov. 1. “Because theirs are the lives we can still save.” Kaur, whose family is from the Punjab state of India, is one of several South Asian artists using their platforms to raise awareness. “The whole idea behind the …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

CPI(M) in Kerala says Congress’s ambivalence about attending Ayodhya Ram temple consecration will subvert secular ideal of INDIA bloc

The Hindu

A meeting of the Communist Party of India State secretariat on December 29 reportedly drew a bleak political inference that the Congress’s alleged ambivalence about attending the consecration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya would subvert the anti-Hindutva politics that lay at the secular heart of the broad anti-Bharatiya Janata Party INDIA bloc. Govindan said the Congress’s backsliding on secularism, …

India Kerala Congress State Bjp Ram Cpi

1 year ago

Individual worship is not in alignment with CPI(M)‘s policies, says Govindan

The Hindu

Communist Party of India State secretary M.V. Vasavan’s remark that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is a gift of God for Kerala, Mr. Govindan suggested that questions about Mr. Vasavan’s remarks be directed to the Minister himself. Drawing a historical parallel, Mr. Govindan recalled the time when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, a materialist, expressed his intention to build a temple. Mr. …

State Govindan Vasavan

1 year ago

Governor, CPI(M) battle over petition to declare a state of financial emergency in Kerala

The Hindu

Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Communist Party of India appeared poised to battle each other over a politically contentious petition seeking the Presidential imposition of a financial emergency in the State under Article 360 of the Constitution. Mr. Sasikumar had sought the President’s intervention to “save Kerala from irredeemable financial instability precipitated by the State government’s reckless borrowing, lax …

Kerala Financial State Bjp Centre Khan Cpi

1 year, 1 month ago

Navakerala Sadas aims to meet administrative and political ends

The Hindu

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet colleagues will reach Kasargode on Saturday to kickstart the Left Democratic Front government’s much-talked-about public outreach programme titled Navakerala Sadas. Communist Party of India State secretary M. V. Govindan said the exercise would help the government emerge from the fog of misinformation generated by corporate media and opposition parties. He said the threat …

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Shah’s disparaging views on Ambedkar reflective of BJP/RSS casteist ideology: CPI(M)

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024

Contempt Case Filed In Kerala High Court Against CP(I)M State Secretary MV Govindan For Blocking Roads To Hold Party Conference

Kerala: LDF launches state-wide protest over delay in landslide aid

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

MTC Conductor Dies After Passenger Assault in Chennai

UDF questions ruling front’s anti-Sangh Parivar stance

People must support Wayanad tragedy survivors: CPM state secretary M V Govindan

Pinarayi Vijayan faces rare censure within CPI(M) after LS polls drub

Kerala CPM leadership evaluates Lok Sabha poll debacle

Need urgent self-correction, feels CPM in Kerala

Bindu, Govindan term Kerala HC verdict blow to governor Arif Khan

LDF hopeful of winning majority seats in Kerala: State Secretary M V Govindan

After flak from CPI(M) and BJP, Congress in Kerala rejects SDPI’s support in Lok Sabha 2024 polls

Apex court order a recognition of Kerala’s case, says Govindan

CPI(M) in Kerala says defections to BJP have enfeebled Congress, eroded public’s trust in Opposition

CPI(M) in Kerala closes ranks against BJP’s attempt to ‘poach’ sidelined workers facing disciplinary action

Kerala: 'CRPF security ring won't deter SFI’s anti-Governor protests', says MV Govindan

Probe into firm owned by CM’s daughter a political vendetta: CPM Kerala state secretary M V Govindan

These South Asian Artists Want Palestinian Liberation — And They’re Not Being Quiet About It

CPI(M) in Kerala says Congress’s ambivalence about attending Ayodhya Ram temple consecration will subvert secular ideal of INDIA bloc

Individual worship is not in alignment with CPI(M)‘s policies, says Govindan

Governor, CPI(M) battle over petition to declare a state of financial emergency in Kerala

Navakerala Sadas aims to meet administrative and political ends