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Thursday, September 11, 2025
TopicKerala assembly elections

Topic: Kerala assembly elections

Conversion, temples — themes defining BJP manifestos in 4 states. But cow missing in Kerala

The coming assembly elections are crucial for the BJP as they will decide the success or failure of the party’s expansion plans in the south, and its push in Bengal.

UDF had a chance in Kerala. Then Congress played a dangerous communal game

United Democratic Front may think losing the Kerala election will be the beginning of its end. But Congress' campaign may have already laid the path.

How BJP’s using intellectuals, actors to win Bengal & ‘get traction’ in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

By fielding public figures, BJP aims at expanding its footprints in Kerala & Tamil Nadu, but in Bengal, its strategy is to counter TMC’s outsider jibe, party leaders say.

Palaniswami, Stalin file nominations for Tamil Nadu polls, Vijayan files for Kerala elections

Both Tamil Nadu and Kerala have Assembly elections in one phase on 6 April, along with Puducherry.

Congress fields MP Muraleedharan from Nemom, the only seat BJP won in Kerala in 2016 polls

Congress releases list of 86 candidates. Former CM Oommen Chandy will contest from Puthuppally, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala from Haripad.

BJP fields Sreedharan from Kerala’s Palakkad, MPs Babul Supriyo, Swapan Dasgupta in Bengal race

Sitting BJP MPs Babul Supriyo, Locket Chatterjee & Swapan Dasgupta to contest Bengal polls. In Tamil Nadu, Mahila Morcha chief Vanathi Srinivasan will take on Kamal Haasan.

Sabarimala incidents ‘should never have happened’, says Kerala minister Surendran

Kerala minister Kadakampally Surendran's statement comes amid Congress and BJP raking up the 2018 Sabarimala temple incidents in a bid to target Kerala's CPI(M) government.

Congress leader PC Chacko resigns from party, alleges groupism in upcoming polls in Kerala

Chacko alleged that candidates for Kerala assembly polls, due on 6 April, were being determined undemocratically by 2 groups, led by Oommen Chandy & Ramesh Chennithala respectively.

Rawat’s exit underlines the failure of Modi-Shah’s CM choices, again

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Kerala BJP requests central leadership to make Sreedharan NDA’s CM candidate

The state BJP unit said it is confident that development works will get implemented with a ten-fold force under ‘Metro man’ E Sreedharan.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?