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Mamata Banerjee clearly mobilised the Muslim vote in her favour, elbowing out the Congress-Left-Furfura Sharif alliance NEW DELHI: The thread of polarisation runs through the results of Assam, West Bengal and Kerala, playing out in different ways with the beneficiaries changing in political scenarios where community and ethnic faultlines operate in different ways. BJP’s push for a Hindu consolidation was the key factor in its West Bengal strategy, an effort that ran parallel with a bid to at...

The power pendulum in Kerala has come to a rest. A repeat victory of the LDF is an unusual result and one reason could be that this happened in an unusual time. There is, of course, Covid, and prior to that the state was visited by series of disasters, from deadly Nipah to a once-in-a century deluge. And through these trying times, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has played the role of a pater familias, ‘karanavar’ in Malayalam, to a stressed-out population, imbuing a sense of guardianship...

Sunday 02 May, 2021 | 10:21 PM READ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After recording a thumping victory in the assembly elections, the LDF has begun the discussion regarding the cabinet formation. The final decision regarding the members of the second Pinarayi cabinet will be made within 4 days. Most of the central committee members and state secretariat members who contested from the CPM will be in the cabinet. It is learnt that the Left Front has decided to give minis...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Submits Resignation To Governor Kerala Election Results: Scripting history, the LDF retained power in Kerala, bucking the over four decade-long trend of oscillating between Communist and Congress-led fronts alternately. Updated: May 03, 2021 4:38 pm IST Pinarayi Vijayan has been asked to continue as chief minister till the new government is sworn in. (File) Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan who led the ruling CPI(M)-headed LDF in Ker...

Pinarayi Vijayan submits resignation, gets ready for another term IANS / Updated: May 3, 2021, 14:04 IST Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Arif Mohammed Khan. Left Democratic Front ( Khan after receiving Vijayans resignation asked him to be the caretaker Chief Minister. The scene now shifts to the CPI-M party headquarters here when the state secretariat and state committee of the party meets to decide, the date and other things of Vijayans second innings. After that the LDF will meet and then Vi...

Wrests power from BJP in Nemom, also makes inroads in UDF strongholds except Kovalam Share Via Email   |  A+A A- CPM candidates V K Prasanth (Vattiyoorkavu), Kadakampally Surendran (Kazhakkoottam), and V Joy (Varkala) who emerged victorious in the assembly polls, sharing a light moment at the AKG Centre in T’Pur By Express News Service THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even as the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF finally broke the jinx by securing a second straight term in office, the state capital proved...

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has congratulated political leaders from various parties who won their State Legislative Assembly polls and would be forming governments in their respecti

» Pinarayi Vijayan looks at a historic comeback while Kerala’s BJP cadre can only hope for a higher vote share Pinarayi Vijayan looks at a historic comeback while Kerala’s BJP cadre can only hope for a higher vote share Pinarayi Vijayan, the Chief Minister of Kerala, seeking re-election. After the 1970s, the people of Kerala have never voted a chief minister or party back to power. If you want to believe the exit poll surveys, the state’s incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of the ...

Kerala Assembly election results: Vijayan-led LDF ahead in around 90 seats, inches towards historic 2nd term The ruling LDF continues to maintain the lead in Kerala. As per early trends, the ruling LDF is ahead in 88 of the 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala. advertisement File photo of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan The ruling LDF maintained its lead in 88 of the 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, as per trends available till 10.30 am. The opposition Congress-headed UDF was ahea...

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