The left has called this an open challenge to democracy and an attempt by the BJP to replicate what happened in Puducherry. In February, Kerala’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief K Surendran said his party only needed 35-40 seats to form a government in Kerala. In the past week, just …
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Five of the six corporations in the state will be governed by LDF candidates, with Kannur the only one in which Congress will govern. Arya Rajendran was sworn in as mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation on Monday, making her the youngest person to serve. The 21-year-old from the CPI (M) was …
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Eyebrows rose when it was proposed that 21-year-old Arya’s name be that of the mayor, but she is making a quick impression with her clear and confident responses. On Sunday morning, Anavoor Nagappan, the district secretary of the CPI (M) in Thiruvananthapuram, finally made it official: Arya Rajendran, 21, will …
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‘Down with communalism. Long live secularism! It was the chants that ripped through the air outside the Palakkad municipality office on Friday, as the DYFI (CPI (M) youth wing) marched into the office and displayed the building’s Indian tricolor. This was DYFI’s retaliation to the BJP for celebrating their victory …
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Tarigami said in the letter that several candidates from the group were “grouped in group quarters,” reported The Hindustan Times. “Confining candidates against their wishes has severely restricted their movement and ability to campaign,” the letter said. “There have been some cases where opposing candidates are sent in the same …
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West Bengal BJP Chairman Dilip Ghosh vowed on Sunday to drop “bogus cases against political leaders” across the party spectrum if the BJP comes to power in West Bengal after next year’s Assembly elections. “Only at the first Cabinet meeting, we will decide to withdraw all false political cases, not …
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