‘Chose to go along with general consensus’, Kerala’s lone BJP MLA supports resolution against farm laws
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December 31, 2020 18:35 IST
Senior leader O.Rajagopal said that he supported the Kerala Chief Minister’s resolution against the new agricultural laws.
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BJP MLA O. Rajagopal.
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Senior leader O.Rajagopal said that he supported the Kerala Chief Minister’s resolution against the new agricultural laws.
Senior BJP leader O. Rajagopal, the lone MLA of the party in Kerala Assembly, sprang a surprise on Thursday when he chose not to oppose the resolution passed by the House demanding that the Narendra Modi government repeal the contentious farm laws.
CPM picks youngest Kerala panchayat president Reshma Mariam Roy, who turned 21 just a day before she filed her nomination papers on November 19, will head the Aruvappulam village panchayat
The CPM has given Kerala its youngest village panchayat president, days after picking the state’s youngest mayor.
Reshma Mariam Roy, who turned 21 just a day before she filed her nomination papers on November 19, will head the Aruvappulam village panchayat in Pathanamthitta district.
On Friday, the party had chosen Arya Rajendran, a 21-year-old BSc mathematics student, as mayor of Thiruvananthapuram. Twenty-one is the minimum age to contest elections. Reshma, a graduate in business administration from V.N.S. College in Konni, Pathanamthitta, won from the Congress stronghold of Ward 11.
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Kerala Congress leaders demand removal of non-performing DCCs, more youth representation ahead of assembly polls
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Last Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 03:39 PM IST
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Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee political affairs committee members, state-level office-bearers and District Congress Committee presidents were among those who met the delegation headed by AICC general secretary (in charge of Kerala) Tariq Anwar.
There was also a general suggestion to give more representation for youth in the assembly polls.
Thiruvananthapuram: Concerned over the party s poor showing in recent civic polls, several Congress leaders in Kerala have flagged various issues including, the need to change the working style of the state leadership and sacking of non-performing district units, ahead of the assembly elections likely in April-May. Presenting a hordes of complaints and concerns before an All-India Congress Committee delegation which was here on Sunday to examine the party s deb
Updated Dec 28, 2020 | 17:09 IST
Arya Rajendran, who is a second-year BSc Maths student of the All Saints College, won from the Mudavanmugal ward, defeating her nearest Congress rival by a margin of 549 votes. Arya Rajendran becomes the youngest mayor of the country. | Photo Credit: ANI
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala s Arya Rajendran has become the youngest mayor of the country after her election to the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation at age 21. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had on Sunday officially declared Rajendran as the party-led Left Democratic Front s mayoral candidate in the election to the post to be held on Monday.