The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by Asha Lawrence , daughter of veteran CPI- M leader MM Lawrence, challenging the decision of Ernakulam Government Medical College Principal to donate her father's body to the medical college.
In a surprising move, the LDF candidate for the Palakkad bypolls, Dr P Sarin, has claimed that Congress candidate Shafi Parambil's previous victory in the assembly elections was largely due to support from leftist voters.
Dr. P Sarin, who was expelled from Congress for anti-party activities on Thursday, is set to become the CPI-M-led LDF candidate for the Palakkad Assembly bypoll.
After the sudden demise of the CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury earlier this month, the party will now function through the collective leadership of the exiting politburo with Yechury’s predecessor Prakash Karat acting as the “politburo coordinator.”
A day after he unleashed a blistering attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the left government, CPI-M severed links with independent MLA from the Nialambur constituency PV Anvar.
"In the last seven months, prices of LPG have also increased by Rs 250. The Centre is deliberately pushing the common people towards destruction".
In Bengal, Covid cases have crossed six lakhs while the death toll, at present, has crossed 10,000. Addressing the Press, CPIM politburo member, Md Salim, said, “With another wave of coronavirus apparently affecting people globally, the Narendra Modi government must immediately take all necessary steps to prevent another lockdown.”
The BJP launched the social media campaign Ar Noi Annay on December 5 and promised to reach one crore people before the end of the election.
JP Nadda reached Kannur, Kerala for election campaign.
The CPM has been in power in the state and Yechury has his task cut out to oversee his party’s bid to retain the mandate there.
