Pinarayi Vijayan
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that the BJP has reduced democracy to an item to be purchased while Congress itself has become a thing put up for sale.
The rivals of LDF have big concerns over the added mass support to the government. “Now, they are trying to create certain kind of symbols for limiting the discussions to such issues. Congress tries to give a message that contest in Nemom is the party’s trump card in its fight against BJP. The Congress should first make it clear that where have their votes gone in the previous election in Nemom. Now, they (the Congress) say they have fielded a strong person in Nemom. It will take quite some time to know whether the Congress is sincere in its fight against BJP in Nemom,” the CM told a news conference in Kannur on Tuesday.
Lathika Subhash resigned as Mahila Congress president after being denied a ticket in the assembly polls. She also got her head tonsured in protest against the inadequate representation of women in the candidate list
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress announced its list of candidates for the assembly election on Sunday after week-long discussions. The list, which according to KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran indicated a “generation shift”, was however greeted by protests in parts of the state.
Mahila Congress state president Lathika Subhash staged the most dramatic protest in front of KPCC headquarters here immediately after Ramachandran read out the candidates names in New Delhi. She got her head tonsured in protest against denial of seat to her. Lathika, who wanted to contest in Ettumanoor, also quit the president s post.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The KPCC headquarters at Indira Bhavan here witnessed dramatic scenes just after KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran read out .
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: City police have arrested two more people in connection with an attack on a house at Chempazhanthy. The arrested are Kiran, 26, and Sachu alias Unni, 28. They are the fifth and sixth accused in the case, respectively.
Police had earlier arrested Ratheesh, Jishnu, Akhil and Deepu in connection with the case.
On March 7, the gang barged into the house of a woman named Shyla and damaged a car and two motorcycles parked in front of the house. They also damaged the goods kept in the furniture store that functioned close to the house. When Shyla tried to resist the attack, the gang assaulted her. They also snatched a gold chain worth six sovereigns. They also attacked a youth who was employed by Shyla’s husband.