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6 days, 17 hours ago

Kerala government promotes ADGP Ajithkumar to DGP amid row over RSS links

The Kerala government has decided to promote senior IPS officer Additional Director General of Police MR Ajithkumar to the rank of Director General of Police, a move that has sparked controversy due to allegations and political disputes surrounding the officer. The decision was made during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday, which also approved recommendations …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Jamaat-e-Islami slams Pinarayi Vijayan: Carrying RSS's arguments in Kerala

India Today

After repeated criticism by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Jamaat-e-Islami's state unit on Tuesday hit out at him, saying that honesty is necessary in public life and that he was carrying the "Sangh Parivar's arguments" in the state, which is dangerous. The strong words by Jamaat-e-Islami's Kerala unit came after Vijayan's heavy criticism, accusing the body of "not believing in …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

BJP national leadership backs Kerala state chief, despite Palakkad loss

India Today

The Bharatiya Janata Party national leadership unequivocally supported Kerala state president K Surendran, putting an end to speculations about resignations and reshuffling in the southern state unit. Senior BJP leader and the party’s Kerala in-charge Prakash Javadekar, in a post on X said: “BJP has given a good fight in recently concluded by-elections in Kerala. We will win Palakkad and …

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1 month ago

Chelakkara assembly by-poll: CPM defies anti-incumbency trend with remarkable victory

Deccan Chronicle

Thiruvanthapuram: CPM-led LDF candidate U R Pradeep achieved a remarkable victory in the Chelakkara assembly by-election, providing significant relief to the Pinarayi Vijayan government. Although the Left's victory margin decreased by 27,199 votes compared to the 2021 assembly elections, the Left leadership maintained that the victory confirmed the absence of any anti-incumbency sentiment. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan stated that the …

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1 month ago

Can CPI(M) veteran EP Jayarajan survive the autobiography row?

India Today

CPI leader and former Kerala minister E.P. Jayarajan, currently a central committee member of the CPI, denied the volatile contents and continued to campaign for Left candidate Dr P. Sarin, who is contesting the assembly by-election from Palakkad. While Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has backed Jayarajan, the leak has left the CPI worried at a time the party is …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Rs 100 cr bribe' charge and a Pinarayi cabinet aspirant: The new storm in Kerala politics

India Today

The Nationalist Congress Party in Kerala is looking into allegations that Thomas K. Thomas, its MLA from Kuttanad, offered Rs 50 crore each to two legislators of the ruling Left Democratic Front to defect to the rival NCP faction led by Ajit Pawar, which has fledgling presence in the state, in an apparent move to pressure chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Chelakkara will be reclaimed, Wayanad and Palakkad retained: KPCC president K. Sudhakaran

The Hindu

The Congress party will reclaim Chelakkara Assembly constituency from Left Democratic Front, says Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president K. Sudhakaran, MP. Addressing an election campaign of United Democratic Front candidate Ramya Haridas at Chelakkara on Tuesday, Mr. Sudhakaran added that the people will deliver a verdict against the authoritarian rule of the Communist Party of India, which has been trampling …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

CPI(M) Chief Denies Misrepresenting Malappuram, Hits Out at BJP and Cong

ABP News

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress-led United Front (UF), accusing them of misrepresenting Malappuram district and attempting to sow communal division. Vijayan highlighted the government's strict action against gold smuggling and crimes being viewed as crimes, not attributed to any particular community, and warned that the BJP's divisive …

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CPM-led LDF Campaign Kicks Off in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched the CPM-led LDF's election campaign for the upcoming by-election in Chelakara constituency. The chief minister targeted Congress leaders K Sudhakaran and V D Satheesan, accusing them of shielding RSS shakhas and venerating Golwalkar's portrait respectively. He also addressed the issue of gold smuggling in Malappuram, highlighting the high seizure of gold and questioning the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan Blasts Congress, BJP at LDF Convention in Chelakkara

New Indian Express

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan delivered a scathing speech at the LDF convention in Chelakkara, criticizing both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. He highlighted the issue of communalism, the central government's neglect towards the state, and the recent communal clashes that took place outside Kerala. Pinarayi also pointed out that Congress lost more than 84,000 votes in the …

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2 months ago

Anvar's Populist Movement: Will It Upset Kerala's Electoral Dynamics?

The Hindu

Opposing fronts in Kerala appear to be struggling to answer the pivotal question of whether independent legislator P. V. Anvar's proposed populist movement could potentially unsettle the conventional electoral dynamics to some degree in the byelections in the Chelakkara and Palakkad Assembly constituencies.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala’s LDF legislator P.V. Anvar to float secular, youth-centric party

The Hindu

Disgruntled Nilambur MLA P.V. Anvar said here on Wednesday that he would float a new party ahead of the next local body elections in the State. Mr. Anvar said his party would lay stress on secularism and would accommodate Dalits and backward communities. Kunhalikutty, MLA, said the United Democratic Front would discuss Mr. Anvar’s move to float a new party …

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3 months, 1 week ago

LDF meets amid reports of CPI(M)-CPI rift over Kerala ADGP’s continuation in office

The Hindu

A crucial meeting of the ruling Left Democratic Front in Kerala commenced at AKG Centre in the State capital at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Shamseer’s statement that there was nothing amiss in a senior officer meeting the top leaders of an “important organisation.” Mr. Gopakumar said Mr. Shamseer’s statement ran against LDF policy. Mr. Gopakumar also addressed the controversy surrounding …

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3 months, 1 week ago

How a Kerala top cop-RSS leader 'meeting' has put Pinarayi Vijayan in a spot

India Today

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in office since the massive mandate the Left Democratic Front received in May 2016, appears pushed into troubled waters by his own loyalists. His party CPI and LDF partners are finding it difficult to defend Vijayan after media reports have suggested that one of Kerala’s seniormost police officers, additional DGP M.R. Ajithkumar, had met Rashtriya …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF MLA Anvar puts the onus on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to act against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar

The Hindu

Left Democratic Front Independent legislator P.V. Notably, Mr. Anwar had blamed the political secretary to the Chief Minister P. Sasi, for “failing” Mr Vijayan by ignoring red flags and cautionary reports about Mr. Kumar’s “questionable conduct.” He said he would submit his report to CPI State secretary M.V. CPI legislator U. Prathibha lauded Mr. Anvar’s “courage” and warned that he …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Allegations against Chief Minister’s political secretary P. Sasi serious, says LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan

The Hindu

Left Democratic Front convener T.P. Ramakrishnan has said that the allegations levelled against P. Sasi, political secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, by Independent MLA P.V. Addressing a ‘Meet the Press’ event organised by the Calicut Press Club here on Tuesday, he said Mr. Anvar had highlighted many issues during his recent interactions with the media, which were either based …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Backwash of LDF MLA Anvar’s charges against ADGP Ajith Kumar rocks Kerala government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announces high-level police investigation

The Hindu

The backwash of the accusations raised by Left Democratic Front Independent legislator PV Anvar against M.R. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced a high-level police inquiry in Mr. Kumar’s presence at the Kerala Police Association’s State conference in Kottayam. Mr. Kumar said he sought the investigation and petitioned Mr. Vijayan and State Police Chief S. Darvesh Sahib for a “government probe”. …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

LDF government has no right to remain in power, says Surendran

The Hindu

Bharatiya Janata Party State president K. Surendran has claimed that ruling party MLA P.V. Anvar has raised the most serious allegations ever in the State against the Chief Minister’s Office. Mr. Anvar has alleged that gold smuggling, murder, and drug mafia operations are centred around the Chief Minister’s Office. Mr. Surendran described as unprecedented the allegations that the ADGP and …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala Opposition launches Statewide agitation demanding Chief Minister’s resignation

The Hindu

The Congress-led United Democratic Front Opposition in Kerala launched a Statewide agitation demanding Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s resignation on Monday. Satheesan, who inaugurated the protest, said Mr. Anvar had “vindicated” the UDF’s assertion that a “criminal clique” operating out of the Chief Minister’s Office controlled the police and used law enforcement for “corruption, nepotism, vendetta and self-enrichment.” Mr. Satheesan said …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Anvar provides ammunition to Kerala Opposition to assail LDF government

The Hindu

Left Democratic Front independent legislator P.V. Satheesan said Mr. Anvar had resurrected the gold smuggling accusations that dogged the 2016 LDF government. Chilling effect He said Mr. Anvar’s grave accusation that the ADGP, Law and Order, was capable of harming people had a chilling effect on Kerala society. Mr. Satheesan said Mr. Anvar had claimed that the ADGP worked to …

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4 months ago

'UDF circulated communal videos during LS polls': CPI(M) leader hits back at Cong-led front in Kerala

Hindustan Times

A senior leader of Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India on Sunday accused the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front of circulating ‘communal and objectionable’ videos during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in the state's Vadakara constituency. CPI leader MV Govindan The statement from MV Govindan, the state secretary of the CPI, came amid continuing criticism of it by the …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

LDF's poll debacle stirs a hornet’s nest in KC(M)

New Indian Express

KOCHI : Amid widespread criticism following the recent electoral setback, the Kerala Congress is rallying behind Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. However, a section of party leaders feels that the CM’s actions contributed to the Left Front’s defeat in the Lok Sabha elections, particularly in Kottayam constituency, a traditional Kerala Congress stronghold. Former MP Thomas Chazhikadan’s critique at the party’s steering …

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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 …

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6 months ago

Will Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad Help Congress' Prospects in 2026 Kerala Polls?

The Quint

Wayanad, the hilly constituency in Kerala that sent Rahul Gandhi to the Lok Sabha in 2019 and 2024 with huge margins, is gearing up for a by-election, with the senior Congress leader choosing to retain the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh. The national leadership has ensured that Rahul's exit from Wayanad does not cause any disappointment to the Congress …

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Kerala government promotes ADGP Ajithkumar to DGP amid row over RSS links

Jamaat-e-Islami slams Pinarayi Vijayan: Carrying RSS's arguments in Kerala

BJP national leadership backs Kerala state chief, despite Palakkad loss

Chelakkara assembly by-poll: CPM defies anti-incumbency trend with remarkable victory

Can CPI(M) veteran EP Jayarajan survive the autobiography row?

'Rs 100 cr bribe' charge and a Pinarayi cabinet aspirant: The new storm in Kerala politics

Chelakkara will be reclaimed, Wayanad and Palakkad retained: KPCC president K. Sudhakaran

CPI(M) Chief Denies Misrepresenting Malappuram, Hits Out at BJP and Cong

CPM-led LDF Campaign Kicks Off in Kerala

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan Blasts Congress, BJP at LDF Convention in Chelakkara

Anvar's Populist Movement: Will It Upset Kerala's Electoral Dynamics?

Kerala’s LDF legislator P.V. Anvar to float secular, youth-centric party

LDF meets amid reports of CPI(M)-CPI rift over Kerala ADGP’s continuation in office

How a Kerala top cop-RSS leader 'meeting' has put Pinarayi Vijayan in a spot

LDF MLA Anvar puts the onus on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to act against ADGP M.R. Ajith Kumar

Allegations against Chief Minister’s political secretary P. Sasi serious, says LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan

Backwash of LDF MLA Anvar’s charges against ADGP Ajith Kumar rocks Kerala government, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announces high-level police investigation

LDF government has no right to remain in power, says Surendran

Kerala Opposition launches Statewide agitation demanding Chief Minister’s resignation

Anvar provides ammunition to Kerala Opposition to assail LDF government

'UDF circulated communal videos during LS polls': CPI(M) leader hits back at Cong-led front in Kerala

LDF's poll debacle stirs a hornet’s nest in KC(M)

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

Will Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad Help Congress' Prospects in 2026 Kerala Polls?