Ramesh Chennithala (ANI Images) New Delhi: Congress leader and Haripad Assembly candidate Ramesh Chennithala on Friday said the party leadership will take a final decision on electing him as chief minister for the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections. Referring to his 50-year-old relationship with veteran leader Sonia Gandhi and the Nehru family, Chennithala stressed that he … Read more
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (file photo) New Delhi: Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor On Friday, when asked about colleague Shama Mohammad’s complaint about the meager number of votes allotted to women candidates in the Kerala assembly elections, she came out strongly in favor of increasing women’s representation in elections.Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP acknowledged the under-representation of … Read more
New Delhi: Mani Shankar Aiyar The Congress on Monday distanced itself from BR Ambedkar after the former Union minister praised the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government in Kerala ahead of the Assembly polls.In an interview with ANI news agency, Aiyar said Rahul Gandhisaid he was a Gandhian but not a “Rahulite”.Quoting Ambedkar’s biography A Part Apart, Aiyar … Read more
K Satchidanandan (data photo) Thrissur: The CPM on Tuesday launched a drive to appease pro-Left writer and Sahitya Akademi president K Satchidanandan, who had embarrassed the LDF government ahead of the assembly elections by warning of the dangers of the same political outfit coming to power repeatedly.Party district secretary KV Abdul Khader and Sahitya Akademi … Read more