While TVK emerged as single largest party with 108 seats in Tamil Nadu, it fell short of majority mark of 118. With DMK ally Congress offering support to TVK, tally goes up to 113.
Unlike larger parties, IUML contests on limited seats but maintains a high strike rate, making it an indispensable ally. In 2021, it had contested on 25 seats and won 15.
The leader targeted incumbent legislator U. Prathibha in Alappuzha’s Kayamkulam constituency for her 'incompetence' as an MLA, saying she was using her 'beauty & eloquence' for re-election.
Coming just months before assembly elections, due by April next year, local body polls in the state this week are crucial, with parties looking to secure momentum-building performances.
Jayanthi Rajan, a local leader from Kerala, Fathima Muzaffer, a councillor from Tamil Nadu, made national asst secys, the first female entrants in Indian Union Muslim League leadership.
The Nair Service Society in Kerala welcomed Ramesh Chennithala like he was the prodigal son. The political situation in Kerala is also in favour of his Nair rebranding.
Syro-Malabar Church screened the film in several dioceses a week ago. While Kerala's ruling Left govt & opposition Congress criticised the move, IUML has kept its reactions low-key.
Congress-led UDF faced questions after Rahul Gandhi held rally in Kerala where one could not spot flags of ally IUML. BJP says Rahul must reject IUML if he is ashamed of its support.
Politics of this region, especially Malappuram, in Kerala since 1990s pits Left supported by A.P. Sunnis against IUML backed by E.K. Sunni faction of Samastha & Congress.
In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.
India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.
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