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KPCC chief Sunny Joseph alleges home voting ballot boxes in a north Kerala district have wide openings that could allow ballot removal, urging action by the Election Commission and the Chief Electoral Officer. District Collector Arun K Vijayan rejects the claims, saying the postal ballot process for senior citizens and differently abled voters follows Election Commission security guidelines. KPCC chief Sunny Joseph alleged that ballot boxes used for home voting in Kannur had openings wide enough
'My Biggest Complaint Against RSS, CPI(M) Is...': Rahul Gandhi Slams 'Politics Of Greed, Anger' Congress MP & Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi delivered an emotional tribute to former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy on his second death anniversary in Kottayam. Calling Chandy a "master of politics of feeling," Rahul said, "I literally saw him kill himself for the people of Kerala." In a sharp political message, he criticised both the RSS and CPI(M), accusing them of lacking empathy: "They don't have fee ...Read More >
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 2 (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday challenged opposition parties to visit his state and witness the successful implementation of the six guarantees by the Congress government. He made these remarks while releasing the United Democratic Front (UDF) manifesto for the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections here. Taking a swipe at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reddy referred to them as "Modi Brothers", drawing parallels between their tenures and alleging unbridled corruption, administrative incompeten ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala registered a voter turnout of 62 per cent by 3 pm, as polling continued in 140 assembly constituencies on Thursday. The crucial elections will decide whether the ruling LDF will get a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if BJP springs a surprise in an otherwise bipolar battle. According to Election Commission (EC) figures, by 3 pm, 62.71 per cent of the 2.71 crore voters had cast their vote. The ruling LDF is fighting to retain power, banking on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's model of governance and welfare. The Congress-led UDF is vyi ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive here late Friday night to inaugurate the new BJP State Committee Office and launch the party's campaign for the upcoming local body elections. Shah is expected to land at Thiruvananthapuram airport around 10 pm, where he will be received by BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and other senior leaders, an official statement said. The formal inauguration of the state office will take place at 11 am on Saturday. Shah will hoist the party flag, plant a sapling in front of the building, and light a traditional lamp after ...Read More >
Led by opposition leader V D Satheeshan, the UDF members disrupted the house proceedings after Speaker A N Shamsheer denied permission for an adjournment motion regarding the government's alleged refusal to arrest BJP leader Printu Mahadevan. Earlier, PCC president and Peravoor MLA Sunny Joseph had submitted a notice for an adjournment motion to discuss the Rahul Gandhi issue, but the Speaker rejected it, deeming the matter neither important nor urgent enough. He suggested that Sunny Joseph coul ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, July 10: Amid an uneasy equation with the Congress high command, senior leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor appears to have received a significant boost from a pre-poll survey conducted by Mumbai-based VoteVibe, which names him as the most preferred candidate for the post of Kerala Chief Minister. Tharoor wasted no time in sharing the survey results on his X handle on Wednesday. The post -- seemingly shared by a supporter -- was also tagged to senior Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, Priyanka Gandhi, and Leader of Opposition V.D. Sathees ...Read More >
Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal has alleged that not only the PM SHRI scheme but every new incident in Kerala is part of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Communist Party of India (Marxist) secret understanding. Speaking at a press conference here, Venugopal accused the left government of cooperating with the BJP on multiple fronts while pretending to oppose it publicly. Venugopal clarified that the Congress was not implementing the PM SHRI scheme. "It's wrong to say Congress is implementing P ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Monday criticised the Election Commission's plan to implement the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, calling it "impractical" as local body elections are approaching. At a meeting chaired by KPCC president Sunny Joseph and attended by DCC presidents and senior functionaries, the party said revising the voter list alongside election preparations would create confusion and hardship. The date for the Local Self-Government Department (LSGD) polls is yet to be announced. The KPCC alleged that the EC was hastily ...Read More >
Kannur (Keralam) : KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday said that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for Wayanad rehabilitation and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims. Joseph said that, in addition to the funds received in the account operated jointly by him and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, the Youth Congress collected around Rs 1.05 crore for rehabilitation efforts. "The amounts collected were used to buy land in Wayanad in two phases for building homes for those who lost their properties in the July 2024 lands ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Booth-level officers across Kerala staged protests on Monday in a day-long agitation over the death of Ajeesh George, a BLO from Kannur district. Aneesh reportedly took his own life due to the intense work pressure of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), with unions claiming he was pushed to the edge by excessive workload and pressure from senior officers. The Joint Action Committee of State Employees and Teachers, along with Teachers Service Organisations, called for a one-day strike. Union members, including BLOs, marched to the Chief Electoral Officer's office in Thir ...Read More >
Malappuram (Kerala), May 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trouble has broken out in the Congress's Kerala unit over the selection of the candidate for the upcoming Nilambur Assembly by-election. The Election Commission on Sunday announced that the by-election will be held on June 19, along with four other seats in three other states. The election became a necessity after two-time Left-supported Independent legislator P.V. Anvar surprised all by resigning as the legislator in January this year after a serious difference of opinion with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. As is the usual practice in Kerala po ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Sunny Joseph on Friday made light of the controversy over the alleged rift among the party leadership over the Nilambur bypoll victory, stating there was no dispute over the credit for the win. "There isn't any dispute over credit. The credit for the victory goes to Team UDF as well as the ordinary workers of the alliance. Today's meeting has put it on record," Sunny said as he briefed the media about the decisions taken by the party's Political Affairs Committee (PAC) in Thiruvananthapuram. Questions over the 'credit for ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala) [India], March 31 (ANI): Launching a blistering attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged a "secret partnership" between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming both have abandoned their ideologies to become "corporate parties." Addressing a gathering at the Kannur Police Maidan, Rahul Gandhi reiterated his charge that the Congress-led UDF is fighting the combined forces of LDF and BJP in the State. Also Read | Rahul Gandhi Slams Left for Moving Away From ...Read More >
Kannur: Left Democratic Front (LDF) will prioritise expanding public healthcare access if it retains power in Kerala after the April 9 assembly polls, CPI(M) leader and former health minister KK Shailaja said. LDF, which is seeking a third consecutive term that would be unprecedented in the state's history, would build on interventions made during its previous tenures, said Shailaja, the Left Front candidate for Peravoor constituency in Kannur district. "We focused on improving the public healt ...Read More >
A 2023 incident of alleged police brutality against a Youth Congress leader has kicked up a storm in Kerala after the leader managed to procure video "evidence" under the Right to Information act. According to V S Sujith, a Youth Congress leader from Thrissur, the alleged incident occurred on April 5, 2023, at the Kunnamkulam Police Station under the Thrissur city police limits. CCTV footage of the purported incident was made public following a favourable order from the station information comm ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (PTI) Kerala Congress (Mani), a key partner of the ruling LDF, on Wednesday firmly denied any possibility of returning to the Congress-led UDF in the wake of the recent civic polls results. Addressing reporters here, KC (M) Chairman Jose K Mani rejected speculations about a potential move following the recent local body elections. "We are with the LDF. We stand firm with them," Mani said after attending an LDF meeting here. Kerala Congress (M), once an ally of the UDF, shifted to the LDF under the leadership of Jose K Mani following the death of his father and par ...Read More >
Kannur (Kerala), Apr 4 (PTI) KPCC chief Sunny Joseph on Saturday said that the Congress has received around Rs 5.38 crore in its account set up for Wayanad rehabilitation and used the funds to purchase land for constructing homes for landslide victims. Joseph said that, in addition to the funds received in the account operated jointly by him and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan, the Youth Congress collected around Rs 1.05 crore for rehabilitation efforts. "The amounts collected were used to buy land in Wayanad in two phases for building homes for those who lost their properties in the July ...Read More >
Constituency-wise, the highest polling percentage till 9 am was seen in Thripunithura with 20.59 per cent, according to EC data. The ruling LDF is fighting to retain power and secure a third consecutive term, banking on CM Pinarayi Vijayan's model of governance and welfare. The Congress-led UDF is vying to regain power, seeking to end a decade of left rule in the state. Amidst this traditionally bipolar contest, the BJP-led NDA is looking to disrupt the duopoly of LDF and UDF and aims to transl ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 15 (PTI) The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) on Monday criticised the Election Commission's move to implement the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and said it is currently "impractical" in Kerala as local body polls are round the corner. The EC's attempt to revise the voter list amid the busy arrangements for Local Self Government Department (LSGD) elections would pave the way for a major crisis, a KPCC meeting opined. The date for the LSGD election is yet to be announced in the state. The meeting, chaired by KPCC chief Sunny Joseph, was attended by DCC pres ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy challenged the critics of the Five Guarantees announced by the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala to visit Telangana, if they wanted to understand how the poll promises were being implemented. He suggested that they could directly examine the Six Guarantees being implemented by the Congress government in Telangana and assess the government's track record. Revanth Reddy said that if Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his ministers visited Telangana, the Telangana government would demonstrate firsthand how the guarantees are bei ...Read More >
Kottayam: Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Adv Sunny Joseph raised a sharp criticism against Health Minister Veena George and Ports Minister VN Vasavan over alleged lapses in the search operations following the building collapse at Kottayam Medical College Hospital. Bindu (52), a native of Thalayolaparambu, died in the accident after being trapped under the rubble for more than two hours. Addressing the media here on Friday, the KPCC president alleged that the two ministers, who visited the accident site, attempted to whitewash the incident by claiming that no one was inside ...Read More >
O J Janeesh has been appointed as the new state president of the Kerala Youth Congress following Rahul Mamkootathil's resignation over sexual abuse allegations. Binu Chulliyil is the new working president, while Abin Varkey and KM Abhijith are national secretaries. Resentment brews within Congress factions over the appointments, with a complaint planned for the high command. O J Janeesh has been appointed as the new state president of the Youth Congress, Kerala, a post that fell vacant following ...Read More >
Kerala SIR: The work of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was widely affected on Monday due to state-wide protest by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) after a BLO worker allegedly died by suicide because of the work pressure. As per the information provided by the police, a school employee, who was working as a Booth Level Officer (BLO) as part of the upcoming local body elections, was found hanging in his house in Kannur district, north Kerala district, on Sunday. 44-year-old Aneesh George was appointed as a BLO in Payyannur, Kannur. According to family members and residents, George took the extre ...Read More >
Kerala Big Fights: As 2026 Assembly Elections approach, political clashes intensify across the state. A look at the key fights and players in Keralam Kerala Big Fights: The 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9, are witnessing high-stakes "big fights" across the state as the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) seeks a historic third term, the United Democratic Front (UDF) aims for a comeback, and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) attempts to break the bipolar trend. All you need to know. HIGH-PROFILE BATTLEGROUNDS Key constituencies are seeing three-cornered contests th ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: As Kerala polls today for all 140-assembly seats, several constituencies have emerged as high-stakes battlegrounds, reflecting shifting political equations, leadership tests and growing multi-cornered contests. While the traditional fight between the Congress-led UDF and CPM-led LDF continues, the BJP's push to expand its footprint has added a sharper triangular edge in select seats this time around.These contests are not just about local outcomes but carry wider political implications, from internal dissent within parties to leadership credibility and alliance strategies. In many o ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) One of the Congress party's top leaders in Kerala, who was always known as the soft face in the party, Thennala Balakrishna Pillai passed away at a hospital here on Friday. He was 95-years-old and was suffering from age-related illnesses. Of late, he was in and out of hospital and on Friday early morning he was rushed to the hospital, but he breathed his last thereafter. A two-time legislator, he had three terms in the Rajya Sabha. He also was the President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee ( KPCC) on two occasions. Known for his clean im ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala crossed the voter turnout of 75 per cent by 5 pm, as polling continued in 140 assembly constituencies Thursday. The crucial elections will decide whether the ruling LDF will get a straight third term, or if the UDF makes a comeback, or if BJP springs a surprise in an otherwise bipolar battle. According to Election Commission (EC) figures, by 5 pm, 75.01 per cent of the 2.71 crore voters had cast their vote. In the 2021 Kerala Assembly polls, a turnout of 74.06 per cent was recorded, and the highest polling the state has seen is 80.5 per cent which was in the 1987 ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After a long interval, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor attended a Congress party function on Monday. He participated in the concluding ceremony of the Mahila Sahas Yatra organsied by the Mahila Congress against the Left government in the state, in front of the secretariat. Following his remarks in support of the BJP-led government on a host of issues like foreign policy and national security, the Congress state unit has not been inviting him to official functions. It is learnt that Tharoor was invited to the function by AICC general secretary in charge of Kerala, Deepa ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], September 30 (ANI): The Kerala cabinet on Tuesday approved the formulation of an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policy aimed at promoting sustainable investments in the state, according to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office. The policy aims to promote environmentally friendly industries that are low in pollution and compatible with local ecosystems. According to the government, ESG has emerged as a central factor in global investment decisions, and Kerala's policy framework will align with this trend. By adopting the ESG approach, ...Read More >
Kannur: Kerala will go to the polls on Thursday, with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) seeking a third consecutive term, centring its campaign on welfare schemes, development projects and local infrastructure. Meanwhile, the United Democratic Front (UDF) is campaigning on anti-incumbency, citing the Sabarimala gold theft, corruption, rising prices and unemployment. Although much of the fight is between the LDF and UDF, the BJP is seeking expansion in key constituencies. Key candidates competing for a place in the 140-member assembly include chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) centr ...Read More >