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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 attract specific caste groups to its fold. The anticipated subaltern revolt failed to materialise whil...

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. Vijayan was also quick to address problems of the people, like during the sudden lockdown in earl...

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 ministerial posts to all the constituent parties. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who will arrive in the...

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 Kerala to a resounding victory in the April 6 Assembly polls, on Monday resigned from the post, ahead o...

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 Vijayan's 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 Vijayan's second innings. After that the LDF will meet and then Vijayan will drive back to the Raj Bhavan and submit all the required papers as per the law of the l...