Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Wednesday said the police will constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the complaint that Youth Congress workers were beaten up on an Indigo flight by CPM leader EP Jayarajan.
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious anti-graft initiative, "Project Zero," to make the state completely corruption-free through a phased and systematic process.
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who had reportedly been upset after V. D. Satheesan was chosen by the Congress high command for the Chief Minister’s post, is now set to join the new Kerala cabinet with the crucial Home and Vigilance portfolios.
Kerala CM-designate VD Satheesan outlined his government’s stance on secularism, NEET and fuel prices while Congress works to contain signs of unease within party ranks.
With growing signs of infighting within the state unit of the party, Congress central leadership today held a marathon meeting with state leaders to discuss the issue.
Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday alleged that there is an understanding between the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) ahead of the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.
Announcing his decision at a press conference at his residence in Punnapra on Thursday, Sudhakaran said his candidature would be a protest against “the hostile attitude of the district leadership of the CPM.”
Speaking to media persons here on Thursday, Satheesan said the Public Relations Department of the state government is engaging itself in a false campaign through newspapers against the previous UDF government by spending the money from the state exchequer.
As a quid pro quo, the Congress leader proposed to give the vacant seat in the Maharashtra Legislative Council to Uddhav Thackeray in return for the only winnable Rajya Sabha seat for the MVA in Maharashtra, sources said.
A day after the Kerala High Court pulled up the state government over alleged breach of privacy, senior Congress leader and CWC member Ramesh Chennithala accused the state Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) of orchestrating a massive collection of personal data from government employees, calling it a “blatant case of data theft” and a major political conspiracy.
