TopicKerala assembly elections

Topic: Kerala assembly elections

‘Poll fund misuse, bribery, now heist’ — Kerala BJP chief’s problems just keep piling up

Shanker Arnimesh - 8 June, 2021

K. Surendran finds himself caught in a case of an alleged robbery on a Kerala highway near Thrissur ahead of elections. Target was RSS worker and businessman Dharmarajan.

Congress MLA Satheesan to be Leader of Opposition in Kerala assembly

PTI - 22 May, 2021

Satheesan, elected from the Paravur Assembly seat in Ernakulam district, will lead a 41-member Congress-led UDF against the CPI(M)-led LDF in the state Assembly.

Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as Chief Minister of Kerala for second successive term

PTI - 20 May, 2021

CPI(M) veteran Pinarayi Vijayan led the Left Democratic Front (LDF) to an unprecedented consecutive victory in the Kerala assembly polls held on 6 April.

Cong performance in assembly polls disappointing, CWC to review results, says Sonia Gandhi

PTI - 7 May, 2021

The Congress leader also congratulated Mamata Banerjee, M K Stalin and the Left parties for their victories in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala assembly polls respectively.

Single seat in Bengal, dip in Kerala tally — why ‘Muslim parties’ didn’t do well this time

Fatima Khan - 4 May, 2021

While ISF and AIMIM failed in Bengal, AIUDF-Congress alliance couldn't stop the BJP from retaining power in Assam. In Kerala, the IUML's performance has taken a beating.

Kerala’s Deng Xiaoping, Pinarayi Vijayan is showing Bengal’s Left how it’s done

K P Sethunath - 3 May, 2021

With the LDF's historic win in Kerala, CM Pinarayi Vijayan has further increased his clout before the CPM's central leadership, especially with the Left drawing a blank in Bengal.

Pinarayi Vijayan is Kerala’s ‘Modi in a mundu’ — unchallenged, unapologetic & now unbeaten

Jyoti Malhotra - 3 May, 2021

This time around, 75-yr-old Pinarayi Vijayan has created history not just by keeping the state, with 99 seats, but by restricting the UDF to 41 seats.

‘A test Rahul Gandhi failed’ — Congress drubbing in Kerala, Bengal will hurt party chief push

Fatima Khan - 3 May, 2021

Rahul Gandhi's leadership has been questioned by many in Congress in the past year. The election debacle will further intensify resistance to him taking on the post of party president.

Mamata Banerjee, Babul Supriyo, Dhinakaran, Sreedharan — the big losers this election

Shubhangi Misra - 3 May, 2021

Several names, considered promising candidates for their parties, lost the seats they contested in 2021 assembly polls in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam & Puducherry.

Assam win offers consolation to BJP on day of grand Bengal defeat & blow to Kerala, TN push

Neelam Pandey - 2 May, 2021

2021 assembly elections were a super-charged affair dogged by controversy from the get-go, primarily on account of the rallies convened by parties amid Covid.

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