Raksha March Organised for Secular India, Developed Kerala

CHERTHALA in Alappuzha is a hamlet that once made a history because of its role in the formation of the present day Kerala. The same hamlet once again witnessed another historic event on February 1, 2014. On the day, Vayalar, where hundreds of communists made the supreme sacrifice in the struggle for independence, wholeheartedly welcomed the communist cadre on the day

Mani’s Election Eyewash Fuels Price Hike

THE crippled Kerala government, that has been trying to balance on a razor’s edge, is doing everything to woo the voters with an incessant declaration of eyewash schemes. Tat present, all the farmers, especially in the hilly regions of the state, are vigorously agitating against the government’s timid attempt to implement the controversial Kasthurirangan committee report on Western Ghats.

Dissidents Quit BJP, Come over to CPI(M)

GIVING a heavy blow to the Sangh Parivar, more than two thousand dissident BJP workers including the former National Council member O K Vasu and former Kannur district general secretary A Ashokan have quit the BJP and came over to the CPI(M). On January 28, CPI(M) state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan welcomed the new entrants to the party’s fold. The public meeting held on the occasion at Panur in Kannur district on Tuesday was attended by tens of thousands of people.

T P Chandrashekaran case

AFTER more than one and a half year long much hyped investigation to trap CPI(M) leaders in the T P Chandrashekaran murder case, the UDF government has suffered an excruciating set back as the trial court exonerated 24 accused including CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretariat member P Mohanan on January 22.

Rahul’s Alappuzha ‘Picnic’ Ends in Chaos

THE Congress party’s prime ministerial material, Rahul Gandhi’s one day trip to Kerala to take part in a roadshow in connection with the Youth Congress padayatra miserably ended up in an utter chaos with gross violation of law on January 13, 2014. It has led to a public outcry demanding that legal action must be taken against the Congress leader who travelled atop a police jeep. Kodikkunnil Suresh, central minister for state for labour, was injured and hospitalised in the melee that took place during the ridiculous roadshow at Noornad in Alappuzha district.

Police Attack Students; Hurl Grenades on Campus

ON January 9, 2014, students in Thiruvananthapuram were brutally attacked by the police when they staged a protest against the UDF government’s move to commercialise education by granting autonomous powers to several educational institutions. Police lathicharged the students and used water cannons on them. They hurled grenades on University College campus, one of the premier educational institutions in the state, resulting in injuries to some student activists.

Desperate Congress Inducts Chennithala into Cabinet

IN a desperate attempt to put up a show of unity, the Congress effected a cosmetic change in the UDF government, after the Congress High Command decided on December 30, 2013 to induct KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala in the state cabinet with home portfolio. As the ten months old dream of Ramesh Chennithala materialises, the incumbent home minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan is likely to become jobless.

LDF Intensifies Stir with Cliff House Siege

THE opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) has intensified its struggle to press for resignation of the Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, tainted in the solar panel scam, with a massive siege of Cliff House, official residence of the chief minister at Thiruvananthapuram. This indefinite blockade of the CM’s official residence began on Monday, December 9, as thousands of LDF workers literally laid a siege of it. Hundreds of workers courted arrest.

CPI(M) State Plenum Concludes

ON November 29, 2013, the CPI(M)’s Kerala state plenum, held over the last three days at EMS Nagar in Palakkad, concluded with an appeal to the party cadres to intervene strongly in the concrete political issues in the state. The plenum also decided to energise the organisation.The plenum,which was attended by all-India leaders of the party, including its general secretary Prakash Karat and Polit Bureau members Sitaram Yechury, S Ramachandran Pillai and M A Baby, culminated with a massive rally that was attended by nearly two lakh party workers coming from Palakkad district alone.

CPI(M) State Plenum Start at Palakkad

PALAKKAD, a land of mighty struggles of peasants and agricultural workers, hosted the special state plenum of the CPI(M) from November 26 to 28. Marking the beginning of the plenum, senior communist leader and CPI(M) state committee member T Shivadasa Menon hoisted the red flag on November 26 evening at AKG Nagar (Municipal Stadium), the venue of the public meeting.

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