THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan has said the Congress and BJP have stopped short of denouncing the tie-ups between the SNDP and BJP because of their secret relationship with them.
“Though KPCC President V M Sudheeran has been vaguely saying something against the tie-up, he is unable to make the Congress or UDF take some strong stand against the BJP and SNDP,” he said in a statement on Saturday.
“Oommen Chandy and UDF are contemplating on means to attract Hindu votes by hook or crook. It is a pity that UDF allies Muslim League and Kerala Congress are also having the same attitude.”
He also asks all secular-democratic forces to identify the opportunism of the Congress who is singing paean to the Sangh Parivar’s “diktats on what one should eat”.
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BJP, Congress using power to target CPM leaders, says Kodiyeri
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With local bodies’ polls in the state barely three months away, the BJP and Congress are using their respective power to target CPI-M leaders to keep them behind bars, said party state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said here on Friday.
Talking to reporters, Kodiyeri said both the parties were doing their best to ensure that the CPI-M leaders remained enmeshed in various cases registered against them.
"The state BJP is using the Centre to use the CBI, while the Congress government in the state is using its own powers. They know that if they are able to keep our state and district-level leaders behind bars, it will be beneficial to them in the local bodies elections," Kodiyeri added.
The local bodies’ elections are likely to be held in October as all new elected local bodies have to assume office latest by November 1.
The CPI-M has turned jittery as one of their senior state leaders P Jayarajan is facing the heat from the CBI and is waiting to hear from a court on the anticipatory bail plea moved by him fearing arrest.
The CBI has already questioned Jayarajan in the murder of an RSS activist Kathirur Manoj last year. According to CBI sources, Jayarajan is likely to be arrested if the court denies him anticipatory bail.
Incidentally, early this week, Jayarajan was given leave from the post of Kannur district secretary by the party, after he underwent an angioplasty and the doctors advised him rest.
Talking to reporters, Kodiyeri said both the parties were doing their best to ensure that the CPI-M leaders remained enmeshed in various cases registered against them.
"The state BJP is using the Centre to use the CBI, while the Congress government in the state is using its own powers. They know that if they are able to keep our state and district-level leaders behind bars, it will be beneficial to them in the local bodies elections," Kodiyeri added.
The local bodies’ elections are likely to be held in October as all new elected local bodies have to assume office latest by November 1.
The CPI-M has turned jittery as one of their senior state leaders P Jayarajan is facing the heat from the CBI and is waiting to hear from a court on the anticipatory bail plea moved by him fearing arrest.
The CBI has already questioned Jayarajan in the murder of an RSS activist Kathirur Manoj last year. According to CBI sources, Jayarajan is likely to be arrested if the court denies him anticipatory bail.
Incidentally, early this week, Jayarajan was given leave from the post of Kannur district secretary by the party, after he underwent an angioplasty and the doctors advised him rest.
BJP, Left bat for Tharoor’s resignation
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP State president V Muraleedharan said on Tuesday that Shashi Tharoor should resign as MP, in the wake of the findings that his wife’s death was a murder. The Congress, which justified him and made him the Congress candidate by baffling the people, should apologise to the public. If he is not ready to resign, the party will think about holding agitation, demanding his resignation.
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan also clamoured for the resignation of Tharoor MP. “If he is not ready to resign, he should be expelled from the party,” he said.
Meanwhile, CPI district council has demanded the arrest of Tharoor, citing the facts that could be pieced together to conclude that it is a case of murder. The party said that Tharoor who had been trying to create an impression that the death was natural had no right to continue as the people’s representative.
Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan also clamoured for the resignation of Tharoor MP. “If he is not ready to resign, he should be expelled from the party,” he said.
Meanwhile, CPI district council has demanded the arrest of Tharoor, citing the facts that could be pieced together to conclude that it is a case of murder. The party said that Tharoor who had been trying to create an impression that the death was natural had no right to continue as the people’s representative.
BJP, UDF volunteers, pelt stones at each other
KANNUR: Two BJP activists and one pedestrian suffered minor injuries in a stone pelting incident between BJP and UDF activists at the bus stand here as election campaigning draw to a close. Central forces and a Police team led by Kannur DySP J Santhosh Kumar blocked both parties to avoid a scuffle at the end of election campaigning. However, the activists hurled stones at them resulting in injury to three people. A UDF procession began at Kannur City Junction and ended at Stadium corner, while the LDF procession began at Prabath junction to end at KSRTC bus stand. BJP procession begins from S N Park and ends at Old Bus stand. The LDF procession was to pass before the old bus stand and later UDF procession when a scuffle between BJP and UDF activists ensued. Due to the timely intervention of police, a clash was averted.
Govt formation: Kejriwal sets some conditions for Cong, BJP
NEW DELHI: Giving a new twist to government formation in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party on Saturday set some new conditions for Congress and BJP before it can decide on forming a government, a move seen as attempts to fob off criticism that it was running away from taking responsibility.
Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, whom AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal met, has said he will send a report to the President, an indication that he would tell the Centre that government formation will not be possible now.
Earlier, Kejriwal had given to Jung the copies of the letters he had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP president Rajnath Singh seeking their views on a list of 18 issues that included ending VIP culture in the capital, audit of electricity companies and removal of MLA local funds scheme.
In a surprise move, Congress had last night extended unconditional support of its eight MLAs to AAP for forming the next government.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Kejriwal said, he had not sought any time from the lieutenant governor for government formation.
He claimed the LG told him he can come back when he has the majority. However, a press release issued by the LG said, "Leader of AAP legislative party Arvind Kejriwal met lieutenant governor. Referring to the letter of support received from Congress, Kejriwal said he would be in a position to form a government only after ascertaining the views of people of Delhi. The honourable LG will be submitting a factual report to the honourable President of India".
While the single largest party BJP with 31 MLAs had declined to from the government, the second big party AAP with 28 seats has been saying that it would not take from or give support to Congress and BJP in government formation.
Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung, whom AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal met, has said he will send a report to the President, an indication that he would tell the Centre that government formation will not be possible now.
Earlier, Kejriwal had given to Jung the copies of the letters he had written to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and BJP president Rajnath Singh seeking their views on a list of 18 issues that included ending VIP culture in the capital, audit of electricity companies and removal of MLA local funds scheme.
In a surprise move, Congress had last night extended unconditional support of its eight MLAs to AAP for forming the next government.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Kejriwal said, he had not sought any time from the lieutenant governor for government formation.
He claimed the LG told him he can come back when he has the majority. However, a press release issued by the LG said, "Leader of AAP legislative party Arvind Kejriwal met lieutenant governor. Referring to the letter of support received from Congress, Kejriwal said he would be in a position to form a government only after ascertaining the views of people of Delhi. The honourable LG will be submitting a factual report to the honourable President of India".
While the single largest party BJP with 31 MLAs had declined to from the government, the second big party AAP with 28 seats has been saying that it would not take from or give support to Congress and BJP in government formation.
BJP, Cong in neck-and-neck race in Uttarakhand
Tuesday, March 6, 2012: A neck-and-neck race is on in Uttarakhand in the 70-member Assembly.
Both the Congress and the BJP were leading in about the same number of seats. The latest trends from Uttarakhand showed that Congress was leading in 31 seats and BJP followed closely with 25.
BSP was leading in five seats while Uttarakhand Kranti Dal-Panwar (UKD-P) was leading in one seat while others were ahead in the rest of the five seats.
Chief minister B C Khanduri was trailing from Kotdwar seat by 90 votes against S S Negi of Congress. Congress leader Indira Haridayesh was leading with 4000 votes from Haldwani constituency against Renu Adhikari of BJP.
However, state BJP president Bishan Singh Chufal was leading by 688 votes from Didihaat constituency.
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