New Delhi: The Kerala Police on Monday registered a case of murder against CPM leader MM Mani after his remark that the CPM had a history of killing its political rivals. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that Mani's statement will be probed. Meanwhile, a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information has been filed against the Idukki district leader. Sources say that the CPM will deal with...
05:00 PM, May 28, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran CPM leader V S Achuthanadan on Sunday termed the Thodupuzha speech byIdukki district party secretary M M Mani as an awful attempt to brand the CPM as a party of murderers.Coming down heavily on Manis statement, Achuthanandan said at Chembazhanthy here that he could state this categorically as he was the partys state secretary during the period mentioned by Mani.The veteran CPM leader urged people not to believe...
09:36 AM, May 28, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has hit back denying that political rivals were eliminated in the CPM during his term as the state secretary. This came after party leader MM Mani, who is considered close party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, alleged that the CPM had killed political rivals in the past and would continue to do so. The party is scrambling to limit the damage caused by its...
08:45 AM, May 28, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: There seems to be more trouble in Kerala's CPM at a time when the party is being torn apart by infighting. The Idukki district head of the CPM, MM Mani, has controversially claimed that the CPM has a history of 'murdering' rivals within the party. The comment comes on the back of the alleged murder of TP Chandrasekharan, a CPM rebel in May this year. Earlier this week, former...
02:09 PM, May 26, 2012
NEW DELHI: Left with not many options, the CPM central leadership has decided to continue with its usual wait and watch policy even though V S Achuthanandan has lobbed the ball into their court with his controversial letter in the backdrop of the murder of RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan.The available PB which met here on Tuesday has decided to play down the matter for the time being and not...
08:39 AM, May 23, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The CPM is busy dealing with crisis after crisis, be it the gruesome murder of a renegade or the letter of its veteran leader. And for the comrades, the 75th anniversary of hoisting the party flag in the state seems to have failed to bring any cheers. But V V Giri, former Information Commissioner of the state, though not a party worker, has every reason to be elated as...
08:09 AM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Factional fight in the CPI(M)'s Kerala unit flared up yet again on Sunday with the Leader of the Opposition VS Achuthanandan threatening to quit. In a letter addressed to party supremo Prakash Karat, Achuthanandan asked for a leadership change in the state. He also asserted that "criminalisation of politics" could not be accepted. The move came against the backdrop of a long-drawn rivalry between Achuthanandan and the State...
03:21 PM, May 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The feud between the Communist Party of India Marxist's (CPM) two tallest leaders in Kerala - V S Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan - appears to be headed for an exciting finish, with the former now taking on not just his bete noire but the party itself. In stinging remarks, Achuthanandan on Saturday warned that party state secretary Vijayan will soon meet the fate of the once iconic Indian Communist...
12:13 PM, May 14, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: It seems that former Kerala chief minister and one of the founding members of the CPM VS Achuthanandan is likely to split the party. Achuthanandan on Saturday openly said that he did not believe that Party Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan had the last word. He also said that the CPM did not have a high command like the Congress and the Muslim League. A rift seemed to be brewing in...
03:32 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: There seems to be a rift brewing in the Kerala CPM after the brutal killing of rebel leader TP Chandrashekharan. Though a police probe is still on, many allege that Chandrashekharan's killing was orchestrated by CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan's group. Vijayan alleges that the killing is a conspiracy to tarnish the CPM and even reiterated an earlier comment that Chandrashekharan was a traitor. "A traitor is a...
09:42 AM, May 10, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Two days since Left leader TP Chandrashekharan was killed in Kerala there is still no clue about those who were behind the assassination. Sources say some CPI(M) leaders are involved in the killing of Chandrashekharan, which is being seen as the most brutal political assassination that Kerala has seen. Moments after the assassination of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader Chandrashekharan, rumours began that some CPI(M) members had a hand in...
09:46 AM, May 07, 2012
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition of Leader of Opposition V S Achuthanandan seeking a copy of the investigation report in the Kozhikode ice-cream parlour sex case allegedly involving state minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader P K Kunhalikutty. It was Achuthanandan as the then chief minister in January last year who had ordered a fresh probe by the Kerala Police in the wake of...
04:29 PM, May 02, 2012
Kozhikode (Kerala): Former Kerala chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan was clearly upset on Monday after he failed to make it into the politburo of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM). Achuthanandan has been in the politburo, the CPM's highest decision making body, since 1985. "I have nothing to say," the blunt speaking politician said as he came out of the venue of the CPM leadership meet. Not one to hide his...
03:15 PM, Apr 09, 2012
Irumpanam: On a day of active campaigning in Piravom on Wednesday, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy embarked on a roadshow in support of UDF candidate Anoop Jacob. Set off from Irumbanam, the show was accorded rousing welcome at Chottanikkara, Mulanthuruthy, Amballor, Arayankavu, Olippuram, Arakunnam, Ramamangalam Kadavu, Hospital Junction, Pambakuda, Anjalpetty, Thirumarady, Kuthattukulam, Mutholapuram, Elanji, Palachuvadu and Piravom. In his speeches at the reception centres, Chandy lashed out at Opposition Leader VS...
03:59 AM, Mar 16, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Ruling Congress-led UDF on Tuesday demanded the resignation of VS Achuthanandan as the Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Assembly in view of the House committee's findings that he had intervened in getting plum official posts for his son during his tenure as Chief Minister. In a statement here, UDF Convener PP Thankachan claimed Achuthanandan had "no moral or lawful right" to continue in office as it had been...
10:26 PM, Mar 13, 2012
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