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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
