As voting continues in the crucial bypolls for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat and the Chelakkara Assembly constituency, the alleged leak of excerpts from CPI-M leader and former LDF convener EP Jayarajan’s upcoming autobiography has sparked a political storm in Kerala.
Kerala Chief Minister and senior CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan has alleged that Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is contesting the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with the backing from the Jamaat-e-Islami.
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.
The Congress-led Opposition made multiple walkouts on the second day of the second session of the 15th Kerala Assembly. The walkouts pertained to corruption issues in which the ruling CPI-M-led government allegedly had crucial roles.
Incidentally, the death warrant in the form of a letter was received at the Vadakara office of legislator K.K. Rema, the wife of Chandrasekheran, won the April 6 assembly polls from the Vadakara constituency in Kozhikode district with the support of the Congress-led UDF.
"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.
