(Eds: Upgrading) Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 11 (PTI): Opposition Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala has approached the Election Commission against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in his press meets after the declaration of the April 6 Assembly polls. In a letter to
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Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI-M on Wednesday released its first list of 83 candidates for the April 6 Assembly polls.
The list includes Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who will contest from Dharmadam in Kannur district. His son-in-law Mohammed Riyaz has also been given a party ticket.
Many others who are known as close aides of Vijayan - P.Rajeev, K.N. Balagopal, V.N. Vasavan and M.B. Rajesh - have also been given tickets to contest. All four had lost the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Among others who got tickets are ministers K.K Shailaja from Mattannur and K.T. Jaleel from Thavanoor.
With the first list out, it is the ruling CPI-M in Kerala that has got off the blocks to the upcoming Assembly polls. A look at the list of candidates released on Wednesday shows that Vijayan appears to have had the final call.
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Pinarayi Vijayan and Amit Shah. Photos: Reuters and PTI
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Kochi: Pinarayi Vijayan’s home village of Dharmadom in Kannur had been buzzing with the excitement of a rally addressed by the leader after what was a pretty long gap.
With a charged audience on his side, Vijayan – who is called ‘captain’ by his supporters on social media – took the lectern. What followed was one of the most scathing attacks on Union home minister Amit Shah by a member of the opposition on a chair as high as a chief minister’s.