Congress & Left are locked in an intense fight in Kerala, but leaders from both parties believe this doesn't confuse state's voters, who can distinguish between state & national elections.
Former Union minister Prakash Javadekar, BJP's Kerala incharge, said George's decision to merge party will help BJP improve its tally in Lok Sabha polls.
Despite growing islamophobia in a section of Christian community, they are, by instinct, Congress voters. BJP will have to widen schism between Muslims & Christians to pip the Congress.
Riyas shot to prominence after he married Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena in 2020. A recent survey by a Malayalam newspaper had placed Riyas as the likeliest future CM of Kerala.
In Kerala, CPI(M) state secretary MV Govindan's apparent overture to IUML has caused much speculation, as has Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's meeting with IUML chief.
BJP believes it's on same page as Christian community in Kerala on 'love jihad'. Party is also focussing on reaching out to beneficiaries of central govt schemes.
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.
LDF is all set to return to power in Kerala, defying all tradition. And the man responsible, ‘captain’ Pinarayi Vijayan, proved himself to be an efficient crisis manager.
Early leads showed that CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Health Minister K K Shailaja, ex-CM Oommen Chandy and Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala were leading in their respective constituencies.
As the sun sets on the oldest mosque in Calicut, Muslims on the Malabar coast are looking at other political parties to vote for, instead of the Congress
With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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