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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Congress Working Committee member Shashi Tharoor, MP, appeared to have put his party in an awkward spot by purportedly referring to Hamas as a terrorist organisation at the mammoth rally organised by the Indian Union Muslim League in Kozhikode on October 26, 2023 to proclaim solidarity with the Palestine cause. He welcomed Mr. Tharoor’s clarification and said provincial politics had …

Congress legislator Mathew Kuzhalnadan, who emerged lately as the Left Democratic Front government’s bugbear by raising high-decibel allegations of corruption against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter and businesswoman T. Veena, attempted to take the fight to the ruling Communist Party of India ‘s top leadership on Wednesday. Mr. Kuzhalnadan also accused the CPI district secretaries in Ernakulam and Idukki of …

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Communist Party of India State secretary M.V. Govindan said the civil unrest in Manipur exposed the Janus-faced nature of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s approach to Christians, other minorities, and tribes in the country. Nevertheless, Sangh Parivar’s ‘pogrom’ against Christians in Manipur proved that the BJP’s made-for-television minority outreach in Kerala could not camouflage the party’s ‘fascist spots’. Mr. Govindan said …

The Kannur police arrested on Monday at least 19 Congress workers for staging black flag protests against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s motorcade in Taliparamba, Pariyaram, and Payyannur police station limits. Kannur District Police Chief M. Hemalatha said that all who tried to wave black flag at Mr. Vijayan’s convoy were Congress workers. Youth Congress protests Black flag protest The Youth …

Communist Party of India State secretary M.V. Govindan’s Statewide campaign tour, Janakiya Prathirodha Yatra, which will kick off from Kasaragod on Monday, will likely lay the ground for the Left Democratic Front’s campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Not surprisingly, Mr. Govindan, in an interview with a television channel on the eve of the campaign, reiterated the CPI‘s appeal …