Kerala Congress

EC defers Kerala Rajya Sabha bypoll over Covid 2nd wave

7:50 pm May 28, 2021

New Delhi: Citing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Election Commission Friday decided to defer a proposed Rajya Sabha bypoll for a seat from Kerala. The Commission said that Kerala Congress (M) leader Jose K Mani had resigned as a Rajya Sabha member from Kerala on January 11 this year. His term in […]

P C Thomas-led Kerala Congress quits NDA, merges with Joseph faction

11:14 pm March 17, 2021

Kochi: Ahead of the April 6 Assembly polls, the Kerala Congress headed by former Union Minister P C Thomas on Wednesday quit the BJP-led NDA and merged with another Kerala Congress faction headed by P J Joseph, which is a constituent of the Congress-led UDF. Thomas, who helped the NDA register its first electoral victory in Kerala by winning the 2004 Lok Sabha polls from then Muvattupuzha seat, quit the […]

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NCP expels Mani C Kappan for taking part in Cong-led UDF rally

11:31 pm February 15, 2021

Kochi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP),a key partner in Kerala’s ruling LDF, on Monday expelled MLA Mani C Kappan from the party, a day after he participated in rally organised by the Congress-led UDF in his constituency Pala. In a statement, the NCP said its national president Sharad Pawar has expelled Kappan from the party […]

Vijayan claims Rahul shying away from attacking BJP

Kerala CM expresses solidarity with farmers’ stir; attacks Centre

2:39 pm December 23, 2020

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday slammed the NDA government at the Centre alleging that they were protecting the interests of corporates and not farmers, and demanded withdrawal of the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers are protesting near Delhi. Averring that the ongoing farmers’ agitation was one of the fiercest and most iconic […]

Kerala Congress (M) faction decides to walk out of UDF

12:17 pm October 14, 2020

Kottayam (Ker): The Kerala Congress (M) faction headed by Jose K Mani on Wednesday announced its decision to severe its decades old ties with the Congress-led UDF and work alongside ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in the state. Party leader Jose K Mani also said he would quit his Rajya Sabha membership, won with the support of […]