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BJP’s outreach to Christian community in Kerala faces backlash

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s expanding outreach to the Christian community in Kerala appears to risk running into significant socio-political headwinds. In a seemingly sarcastic social media post on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, Yuhanon Meletius, the Metropolitan bishop of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church’s Thrissur Diocese, appeared to spotlight the sharply contrasting aspects of the BJP’s attempt to court the Christian …

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2 days, 12 hours ago

UDF, LDF contesting polls supported by communal forces: Surendran

The Hindu

Thrissur BJP State president K. Surendran has alleged that communal forces are supporting not only Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi but also CPI polit bureau member A. Vijayaraghavan. The BJP leader was responding to the recent remarks by Mr. Vijayaraghavan that “fundamentalist votes” catalysed the victories of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The CPI lost the support of the …

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1 month, 1 week ago

BJP leader Sandeep Varier joins Congress ahead of crucial Palakkad bypoll

New Indian Express

PALAKKAD: In a significant political move just a few days ahead of the crucial by-election in Palakkad, BJP leader Sandeep G Varier joined the Congress on Saturday. BJP a ‘hate factory’: Sandeep Varier Varier’s entrance into the Congress was dramatic, with a surprise entry into the DCC office during a press conference by KPCC leaders in Palakkad on Saturday. Amid …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala BJP's star spokesman Sandeep Varier joins Congress

Deccan Chronicle

THIRUVNANTHAPURAM: The UDF in Kerala, led by Congress, was bolstered on Saturday when Sandeep Varier, a member of the BJP state committee and a well-known spokesman in prime time TV news debates, joined the party before the Palakkad assembly by-election. BJP state president K Surendran mocked Sandeep's decision, saying, "Let him get a bigger chair in Congress." Earlier, Sandeep Varier …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Congress in Kerala apologises to Christians after facing flak on social media

Hindustan Times

The Congress in Kerala on Monday tendered an apology to the Christian community a day after one of its social media posts taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his recent meeting with Pope Francis triggered a political row in the state. The party said no Congress worker would even entertain the remotest thought of insulting the Pope, …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Congress apologises to Christians for mocking the Pope, comparing Modi to Jesus

Op India

Amidst a backlash over an X post equating Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘God’ and mocking the Pope, the Kerala unit of Congress has ‘apologised’ on the 16th of June. Congress is a movement that unites all religions and faiths and leads the people forward in a friendly atmosphere.” The Congress party added that none of its workers would think …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Congress considers state as political ATM: Kerela BJP chief on Rahul Gandhi's decision to vacate Wayanad seat

India TV News

Kerala BJP Chief K Surendran took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's decision to vacate his Wayanad seat, accusing the Congress party of treating the state like a "political ATM". Rahul Gandhi retains Rae Bareli, Priyanka to contest Wayanad bypoll Addressing a press conference on Monday evening, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said the decision was taken during a party …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Never thought about joining BJP: LDF convenor to CPM secretariat

New Indian Express

He further pointed out that allegations against him surfaced after he said that Congress leader K Sudhakaran will join BJP. “I haven’t met BJP leader Shobha Surendran. After her statements, a section of the media started propagating that I held talks with the BJP leader and would join that party”, he said. There was a big conspiracy behind it all,” …

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8 months ago

Parties make last pitch with rallies and roadshows in Kerala

Hindustan Times

Public campaigning in all the 20 seats of Kerala for the Lok Sabha polls came to an end on Wednesday with the ‘kalashakottu’, a show of strength by all parties converging at major town centres with balloons, flags and loud music. A woman walks past a wall filled with campaign posters of various candidates contesting in India’s parliamentary elections at …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi will abandon people of Wayanad like Amethi: Smriti Irani

New Indian Express

KALPETTA : Union Minister Smriti Irani launched a scathing attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as she arrived in Kalpetta to support NDA’s Wayanad candidate and BJP state president K Surendran on Thursday. The minister joined Surendran as he filed his nomination papers and later took part in a roadshow and addressed the public, a day after Rahul led a …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad LDF candidate Annie Raja files nomination, Surendran to file on Thursday

New Indian Express

KAPETTA : Annie Raja, the LDF candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, filed her nomination at the collectorate on Wednesday. Glady Vaiphei Hunjan, a Kuki-Zo community activist in Manipur, Tamil Nadu Minority Commission member Thamimun Ansari and victims of alleged police brutality in Sathyamangalam forests, took part in the roadshow. LDF parliamentary constituency election committee chairman C K Saseendran, …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections: Congress says ‘no friendly fight’ in Kerala after Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Wayanad

Hindustan Times

The Congress on Wednesday ruled out a ‘friendly fight’ in Kerala and said that the party is fighting in all 20 constituencies of the southern state against the Communist Party of India -led Left Democratic Front, which happens to be its partner in the opposition INDIA alliance. Satheesan's remark comes after Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Wayanad, a seat …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi not visiting Ram Temple fearing Islamic fundamentalists, says Kerala BJP president K. Surendran

The Hindu

National Democratic Alliance candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency K. Surendran has alleged that Congress leader and his opponent Rahul Gandhi has evaded from visiting the Ram Temple in Ayodhya fearing the Muslim fundamentalists. If Rahul’s secularism is not one-sided, he should have visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, siad Mr. Surendran, who is also the State president of …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

K Surendran, BJP candidate fielded against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, has 242 cases against him

Hindustan Times

BJP state chief K Surendran, who is also the NDA candidate pitted against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, has 242 criminal cases against him. Kerala BJP chief K Surendran and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi As part of the statutory requirements, Surendran had recently published the details of his cases in the party mouthpiece which ran for …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

‘He will meet same fate as Amethi’: BJP's Wayanad candidate K Surendran jabs Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times

Kerala BJP president K Surendran, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election against Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, has claimed that the Congress leader will face the ‘same outcome’ as Amethi where he lost in 2019. Surendran, who took over as the state BJP chief in 2020, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Pathanamthitta and secured the third position. …

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9 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Who is K Surendran, BJP’s pick against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad?

Live Mint

The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded its state chief K Surendran against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Kerala's high-profile Wayanad constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections that are scheduled to take place in seven phases beginning from April 19. So far, the ruling BJP has announced 398 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The parliamentary elections for the …

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9 months ago

Who is K Surendran, BJP's choice from Wayanad to fight Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha polls?

Hindustan Times

Kerala BJP president K Surendran is set to contest from Wayanad, the constituency where incumbent MP and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is running again. Kerala BJP president K Surendran fielded against Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad. BJP's 5th candidates list for Lok Sabha election | Top points • The ruling party has now finalised 398 nominees for the Lok Sabha …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Centre’s framing of CAA Rules animates Kerala politics and reforges State’s Lok Sabha election narratives

The Hindu

The Central government’s recent framing of rules to enforce the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act has animated Kerala politics ahead of what portends to be a bitterly contested Lok Sabha elections. The Congress and the Communist Party of India seemed to vie with each other to tap into the growing social fear that the CAA was patently ‘anti-Muslim, ran against the …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sibling rivalry erupts in Kerala, this time it’s a battle for political legacy

Hindustan Times

Though 14 years have passed since Kerala’s four-time chief minister Kannoth Karunakaran died aged 93, the state will never be allowed to forget the wily Congress politician. Congress leader K Muraleedharan has vowed that he will not allow the BJP to use his father's pictures as campaign materials Muraleedharan, a former KPCC president and one of the mass leaders of …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

No ideological difference between Congress and BJP: Padmaja Venugopal

New Indian Express

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : A day after joining the BJP, Padmaja Venugopal – daughter of the late Congress leader K Karunakaran – said there is no ideological difference between the Congress and the BJP. Now, people from different castes and religions work together in the BJP,” Padmaja said at a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday after returning from New Delhi. When …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi addresses women at Sthree Shakthi Modikk Oppam event in Kerala's Thrissur

India TV News

PM Modi in Kerala: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a roadshow in Kerala's Thrissur and addressed a mass gathering of women at the Bharatiya Janata Party's Mahila Conference. Speaking about the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Modi said that Kerala recognises the BJP as the party capable of amplifying its development, dismissing the support that the Left parties and …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Claims Attacks on Christians Who Joined Party in Kerala; Warns of Retaliation

News 18

The BJP on Sunday alleged that members of the Christian community who recently joined the party in Kerala are facing online attacks from supporters of the Congress and the CPI. In a Facebook post, the saffron party said many people from the Kerala Congress faction also joined the party in the presence of the state president Surendran in Thrissur district …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan’s ‘war criminal’ remark against Israeli PM leaves BJP fuming

Live Mint

Condemning the Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan’s remarks that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a "war criminal" and should be shot dead without trial for allegedly murdering Palestinians in the Gaza strip, the Bharatiya Janata Party has termed it “deplorable”. Speaking at a Palestine solidarity event organised by the United Muslim Jama-ath in Kasaragod town, Unnithan said that another Nuremberg …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Monson Mavunkal Case: Kerala High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed By Congress MP K.Sudhakaran, Ex-DIG S. Surendran

Live Law

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday allowed the anticipatory bail applications filed by former DIG S Surendran and MP, President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee K. Sudhakaran, in the case pertaining to their alleged involvement in the cheating case involving controversial antique dealer Monson Mavunkal.The Single Judge Bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. made its interim order granting. The Kerala …

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BJP’s outreach to Christian community in Kerala faces backlash

UDF, LDF contesting polls supported by communal forces: Surendran

BJP leader Sandeep Varier joins Congress ahead of crucial Palakkad bypoll

Kerala BJP's star spokesman Sandeep Varier joins Congress

Congress in Kerala apologises to Christians after facing flak on social media

Kerala Congress apologises to Christians for mocking the Pope, comparing Modi to Jesus

Congress considers state as political ATM: Kerela BJP chief on Rahul Gandhi's decision to vacate Wayanad seat

Never thought about joining BJP: LDF convenor to CPM secretariat

Parties make last pitch with rallies and roadshows in Kerala

Rahul Gandhi will abandon people of Wayanad like Amethi: Smriti Irani

Wayanad LDF candidate Annie Raja files nomination, Surendran to file on Thursday

Lok Sabha elections: Congress says ‘no friendly fight’ in Kerala after Rahul Gandhi's nomination from Wayanad

Rahul Gandhi not visiting Ram Temple fearing Islamic fundamentalists, says Kerala BJP president K. Surendran

K Surendran, BJP candidate fielded against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad, has 242 cases against him

‘He will meet same fate as Amethi’: BJP's Wayanad candidate K Surendran jabs Rahul Gandhi

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Who is K Surendran, BJP’s pick against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad?

Who is K Surendran, BJP's choice from Wayanad to fight Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha polls?

Centre’s framing of CAA Rules animates Kerala politics and reforges State’s Lok Sabha election narratives

Sibling rivalry erupts in Kerala, this time it’s a battle for political legacy

No ideological difference between Congress and BJP: Padmaja Venugopal

PM Modi addresses women at Sthree Shakthi Modikk Oppam event in Kerala's Thrissur

BJP Claims Attacks on Christians Who Joined Party in Kerala; Warns of Retaliation

Congress MP Rajmohan Unnithan’s ‘war criminal’ remark against Israeli PM leaves BJP fuming

Monson Mavunkal Case: Kerala High Court Allows Anticipatory Bail Plea Filed By Congress MP K.Sudhakaran, Ex-DIG S. Surendran